Doggles
After securing the dog so he can’t fall or jump out of the sidecar, the next important concern when taking your pet riding with you should be eye protection. There are several products available to protect your dog’s eyes from bugs and debris; the one I am most...
Scouting for a Camp Site
(Words: Andy Wade; Photos: Vernon Wade & Andy Wade) Half the fun of camping is scouting new places to go. Any time we get out on the hacks and head to the mountains is a good day. Our expedition the week before was, as usual, a blast. Riding through Underwood and...
Battery Bank
I don’t know if I have a charging problem or just a weak battery, but lately I have been having trouble starting the bike. Not all the time; in fact, very rarely, but always when the weather is miserable, and I am trying to get home. It happened again yesterday. I had...
A February Excursion
This story first appeared in International Sidecar Traveller #29 December, 2016 It’s been a cold winter, with temperatures in the single digits. Storm after storm has swept in from the ocean, dumping rain and snow across the Pacific Northwest. We've had some...
Why I Am Not A Cat Person
It was one of those spells we get in January; a couple of weeks of clear, dry weather with the temperatures stuck in the teens. I had seen an ad in the paper for a BMW powered reverse trike up in The Dalles. I envisioned something like a Morgan. Two wheels in front,...
Good Morning
9/2/26 6:00 56f (13.3c) Clear sky, calm, cool air. The light is slow to arrive. The morning star hangs against a lavender backdrop, low in the east. This morning feels like summer ending. It won't feel that way this afternoon, when temperatures climb above 90f...
Good Morning
9/1/25 7:00 58f (14.4c) Light breeze with a thin, broken cloud cover. The hot tub chemicals need adjusting, so I have to wait a few minutes for my soak. ...
Good Morning
8/31/25 6:30 58f (14.4c) It is a quiet Sunday morning, partly cloudy, with the subdued chatter of birds remeniscent of the low murmer of an audience settling in before a show begins. Somewhere behind the curtain of oaks, a dove coos.
Good Morning
8/30/25 7:00 58f (14.4c) Calm. A vestige of the wildfire haze that settled in last evening still remains. It lends a golden tinge to the morning light. It is quiet now. Earlier, the crews were banging ladders in the orchards and Walter was leading the...
Good Morning
8/29/25 7:00 59f (15c) It is a quiet, calm morning. The sky is filled with torn clouds, ripped and shredded like a...
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