Day 4 – Trout Creek to Bog Hot Spring A chronicle of my 7-day ride of the Oregon’s Big Country route. Tuesday, July 16. I slept well despite a bit more rain during. I stayed dry, but the condensation on the inside was pretty bad. I spent the better part of the morning using my…
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Bikepacking the OBC Day 3
Day 3 – Willow Creek to Big Trout Creek A chronicle of my 7-day ride of the Oregon’s Big Country route. Monday, July 15 My morning was rather uneventful. I felt well rested, sore, but ready to put on some miles. It was going to be a very long day of mostly climbing to the…
Bikepacking the OBC Day 2
Day 2 – Steens to Willow Creek Sunday, July 14 2019. A chronicle of my 7-day ride of the Oregon’s Big Country route. I slept poorly as the wind was blowing non-stop causing the tent wall to flap into my head. Waking me every few minutes, no matter how flat I made myself or deflated…
Freemont Trail Stewardship
Spent a long weekend helping to clean up part of the Freemont Tier of the Oregon Timber Trail. Got to do a bit of riding: Section with a group: Section with Nathan to clean up trees on the route: Learn more about the Oregon Timber Trail Full Album on Flickr
Newberry Crater
In preparation for a much longer, more challenging route, I wanted to get a shakedown ride under my tires. I had everything I needed for a bikepacking trip all ready to go but didn’t know if anything was going to fall off or behave in some other unexpected way. So, for the holiday weekend, my…
Cascade Skyline 2015
One of our first bikepacking trips and a challenge physically and mentally. I rode my Surly Pugsley and Brad on his Scott 29er. We got dropped off in Estacada, stayed the night at Milo McIver. My original post was lost in a server switch. I’ll have to come back and write about it some other…