Aug 31, 2013
Buckley keeps my laptop warm.
—orc Sat Aug 31 18:37:48 2013
Aug 30, 2013
Alas, the 50-bottle minimum order means that this will likely never see the light of day.
—orc Fri Aug 30 12:34:46 2013
Aug 28, 2013
Catching up to Blue/Orange on MLK Blvd.
—orc Wed Aug 28 21:58:40 2013
Aug 26, 2013
The last 2.4 miles of the Springwater Trail to Boring are being paved right now, and part of that paving effort appears to be putting a new deck on the old Portland Traction bridge over Telford Road. At least it involves removing the old deck; I guess it could be that the whole bridge is going to be removed and replaced with one that gives more room for cars, but I don’t know for certain.
—orc Mon Aug 26 23:42:39 2013
Aug 24, 2013
A “Slow Down!” sign on Eaden Road.
—orc Sat Aug 24 20:25:57 2013
Aug 23, 2013
Aug 22, 2013
An Osprey sits watch above its nest.
—orc Thu Aug 22 21:52:04 2013
A northbound Coast Starlight comes off the Steel Bridge.
—orc Thu Aug 22 21:44:53 2013
Aug 18, 2013
The viaduct from downtown Milwaukie to the ex-Portland Traction ROW along the west side of 99e now crosses 99e (after a weekend closure to lift the steel into place.)
—orc Sun Aug 18 16:50:23 2013
Aug 16, 2013
Aug 15, 2013
Trying something different in the rando fud division; a bean+hummus+tofu+avocado+tomato+lettuce burrito, with a science diet (nuun) chaser. Sitting under a tree and having a snack makes a nice way to wait until a rainshower goes by, and it’s better when that snack actually has some food value.
—orc Thu Aug 15 22:08:47 2013
Aug 12, 2013
The Portland section of the Empire Builder crosses NW 17th Ave as it heads off to meet the rest of the Empire Builder in Spokane.
—orc Mon Aug 12 22:32:17 2013
Aug 11, 2013
A word to the wise; it’s a bad idea to start off on a (moderately) hilly 200 without any protein-shaped objects in my handlebar bag, particularly after pretty much not riding any distance for the last couple of weeks. I let most of the smoke out climbing up to Silver Falls, and ended up completely stalling three times on the Leland Road ramp into Oregon City.
I got home (after an 11 hour loop, ugh!) feeling much as if I had been hit by a car, but after drinking 16 oz of soymilk and eating a pb&h sandwich I feel much better. A bit sore, and a bit tired (enough to make me think that going out and doing a 400 tomorrow is a non-starter… we will see if I wake up sans alarm at 5am and am itching to go. If not, eh, I’ll ride the 400 sometime next week and save up my energy until wednesday and see if I’m recovered enough from the time off to do a 600) but that’s to be expected after grinding myself down to a nub on the line.
—orc Sun Aug 11 22:26:21 2013
Aug 10, 2013
The fence around the Eastmoreland golf course is helpfully signed “POST NO BILLS” every 100 meters or so. One of the signs is right at the junction of 28th & Woodstock, which happens to be directly across from Reed College.
I think that once the idea got into someone’s head it was impossible for them not to follow through with it, and it seems to have gone viral.
—orc Sat Aug 10 19:48:52 2013
Aug 09, 2013
Aug 03, 2013
Orange/Red approaches the eastside line’s temporary OMSI terminal while a RSD-5, a Trackmobile, and a tender sit below in the ORHF’s shop yard.
—orc Sat Aug 3 22:47:39 2013
Aug 02, 2013
Dust Mite explores a mesh bag from our tent.
—orc Fri Aug 2 23:43:40 2013
The weather yesterday was supposed to be “cloudy AM, clearing PM”, so Stasia Honnold and I decided that this would be a lovely time to ride up to the top of Larch Mountain.
Well, the “clearing PM” part of the forecast was a lie – not only was it cloudy (and periodically drizzly) all day, but the clouds were at ~2500 feet, which, conveniently, is 1500 feet below the top of Larch Mountain. We were cold on the climb up the mountain, and freezing on the way down until we got to about 800 feet and fell into the layer of warm air that filled the Willamette Valley.
But the blackberries (and, at higher elevations, thimbleberries & salmonberries) are ripening, so the trip got interrupted periodically to pull off to the side of the road and forage for berries.
—orc Fri Aug 2 05:20:40 2013
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