**Day 1: Climbing** Starting at dawn, the air chilled as ice. I packed up and kissed my sweetie goodbye. I knew I had hours of climbing ahead of me but I had not anticipated it taking so long. Shortly after starting and only a few miles into the route I realized that I may be…
Solo on the Oregon Stampede
On a whim, I decided to go ride the Oregon Stampede route. No friends, no strangers, no real plan. I just drove out on a Sunday morning and started riding the route. Lucky for me, it happened to be 100F+ in Portland and on the route. This route has been ridden for years as part…
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…
Fish Creek Exploring
We started mid-day, both of us ready to find a nice place to camp along the Clackamas River. It was a bit chilly on the way out but sunny for part of it. We rode out to Estacada and stopped for some last minute food then into the Mt Hood National Forest via 224. We…