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Throwback Thursday: Beaver Creek Run Part 3

by Vernon Wade | Dec 13, 2018

Beaver Creek Run Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 It was early afternoon but it seemed much later. The sky was dark and the clouds came right down to the pavement in torrents. Water streamed across every flat surface, cold and black and dirty. When we got to Corvallis we...

Throwback Thursday: Beaver Creek Run Part 2

by Vernon Wade | Dec 6, 2018

Beaver Creek Run Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Just before Seal Rock, we turned left onto Beaver Creek Road. We rode several miles up into the hills before we came to the farm where the party was. A steep muddy driveway led from the road into...

Spotted from the truck

by Vernon Wade | Dec 3, 2018

Mike and I were out poking around the forest with my dogs Sunday. We found one good chanterelle, some witches butter and a bunch of soggy mush. Snow level in the Columbia Gorge has dipped below 2000'. We stumbled into some...

Winter Traction – The Bacon Tour

by Vernon Wade | Dec 2, 2018

These videos are part of a series documenting the 2010 Bacon Tour see them all at Adventure Sidecar on Vimeo We spent the weekend driving on ice in the mountains east of Hood River. Mr. Cob had a two wheel drive Ural with...

Throwback Thursday: Beaver Creek Run Part 1

by Vernon Wade | Nov 30, 2018

Beaver Creek Run Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Howard and I had spent all winter working on our bikes. They both had fresh paint and new tires. Howard installed a new magneto in his Triumph and hand fashioned stainless steel fender struts and a sissy bar. I...