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A Liter of Beer

A Liter of Beer

  As I rode up to the gate, I could hear the bands playing over the thumping rhythm of my ancient /2 BMW. It was hot out, at the high end of ninety, and I was overdue for a beer. There were campsites reserved for the bikers to the east of the stage, opposite the...

Deadman’s Lake

Deadman’s Lake

You would have liked it. It was steep. It was steeper than Ruckle Ridge, steeper than Herman Creek, steeper than Wind Mountain. Steeper than any trail you've likely been on. It wasn't a casual "I need to take a break now" sort of steep, it was seriously steep. I mean,...

Good Morning

Good Morning

    12/6/25 5:30 50F (10C) It is a warm moonlit morning with a fresh Chinook Wind blowing. I can almost taste the ocean in the breeze. I hear it coming through the firs on the ridge. Arriving, it gusts through the naked oaks and swirls the heaps of leaves at...

Good Morning

Good Morning

    12/5/25 5:30 46F (7.7C) Raining, sometimes lightly, sometimes  hard, but consistently wet. It is a gray morning,  barely illuminated by a full moon hidden behind the clouds. I am sipping mint tea and watching headlights pass. Are my nieghbors sitting in...

Good Morning

Good Morning

    12/4/25 6:30 34F (1.1C) There is a faint breeze.  It is cool and cloudy. The moon is full but it cannot be seen.                                        ...

Good Morning

Good Morning

    12/2/25 5:30 36F (2.2C) Calm, cold, relatively  dry. The moon has gone to bed. It is a dark morning. Above me the broken clouds are flecked with stars.                            ...