I will be gone February 8-25 traveling to the far-off land of New Zealand. The Kiwi trip is a vacation so I will be doing plenty of biking, tramping (hiking in Kiwi), kayaking, camping and general sightseeing (see “TUI” Active New Zealand). I will try to make blog posts from ”Godzone“ as a I come across Internet cafes. [...]
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New Zealand Bound
February 7, 2007Super Bowl Sunday
February 5, 2007I discovered that Super Bowl Sunday is a great day to ride a bike in Portland. Not much car traffic on the roads at all. I did a respectable 28 mile ride on this unseasonably warm 55 degree day. My travels took me from the Garden Home area, through Hillsdale, past OHSU, downtown, over the Hawthorne [...]
Great Commute Week
February 4, 2007The past week (Jan 29 – Feb 2) was a great week to commute to work. The weather was sunny with the temperature ranging between 33-45 degrees. I made the 15 mile roundtrip commute four times during the week.
Ride on ->
Non-Cycling Fun
January 29, 2007Every once in a while even the most avid cyclist needs to hop off their wheels and take to their feet. That is exactly what I did today. It was a bright, sunny and chilly day in the greater Portland area – including the Columbia River Gorge.
We did an eight mile hiking loop that started at [...]
Amsterdam Daydream
January 26, 2007During my cycling commute to work this morning, my thoughts turned to Amsterdam. What provoked this you might ask? The daydream inducing catalyst actually bolted from the ear-buds of my iPod. It was the song Amsterdam by Griffin House. That very distinctive song elicited vivid memories of my visit to Amsterdam during the summer of 2005.
As has been previously [...]
