Throwback Thursday-New Years Day 2015

Throwback Thursday-New Years Day 2015

Several years ago Andy and I went for a little New Years Day ride up Lost Lake Road to Lolo Pass. Turning off FS 18, we followed a spur road which ran a short way along the West Fork of the Hood River, before ending in a clearing above a stream flowing into the river....

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A December Excursion

A December Excursion

Saturday morning, I installed a fresh tire on the front of the bike, a match to the new knobby I put on the rear last weekend, complete with ice screws. Now that I was ready for Winter, the temperatures had risen above freezing.          ...

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Throwback Thursday – The Solstice Tree

Throwback Thursday – The Solstice Tree

Walter, Andy and I decorated a random tree out in the woods on Solstice Day. The  snow was deep and it took us several attempts to get up the ridge. We tried Pinemont Road and I got stuck.       Even with chains on his KLR, my brother didn't make it...

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Throwback Thursday: Beaver Creek Run Part 3

Throwback Thursday: Beaver Creek Run Part 3

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...

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Throwback Thursday: Beaver Creek Run Part 2

Throwback Thursday: Beaver Creek Run Part 2

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...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

    12/30/25 5:00 40F (4.4C) Calm, clear, and dark. Our flight leaves SFX around three. We are having dinner with the kniece in Potland before going home.                            ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

    12/29/25 7:00 39F (3.9C) Calm and clear with a faint breeze out of the east. Monday morning in San Carlos. The whine of leaf blowers fills the air. After breakfast we walked from San Carlos to Lynne's house in Redwood City. Christmas decorations were...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

      12/28/25 6:30 41F (5.0C) Calm and clear, night still lingers dark. The moon,  half full and waxing brightly into the wee hours, has set. Amy is asleep.  I am enjoying the solitary peace of early morning.    ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

12/27/25 9:00 50F (10.0C) Sunshine, blue sky mixed with clouds and no wind. Another late night, up past midnight, slept in, dark dreams of the resistance forming, troop carriers rolling through the streets. We returned the rental car this morning, and rode the train...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

12/26/25 6:30 52F (11.11C) Cool and calm.     Broken clouds are patchworked across the blue sky in the subdued light of a quiet dawn. The wind and rain are taking a break. Perhaps like myself, they are enjoying a brief respite from the holiday frenzy. I had...

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