The weather was rainy from the start. After 2 ferries, and about 2 hours of riding in inclement weather, I arrived in Victoria.
Category: PNW
I see an adventure coming…
Planning a motorcycle adventure around Vancouver Island, including Victoria, Tofino, then the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver on the way back.
MicroAdventure: Mt Rainier
My brother has been in town for the past month. He’s been teaching English in Uruguay for over two years and was finally able to come home for a few months. We’ve been making videos for him to use in his work.
MicroAdventure: Olympic Loop
Also, another Westport It’s October and the weather is beginning to suggest that there won’t be many more opportunities for good motorcycle travel this year. Since it’s been a horrible year for travel and life in general, I thought I’d try to squeeze in one more trip. I decided on a simple overnight of mostly…
Weekend on the Cispus River 3
Spirit Lake is, to this day, still choked with floating trees, the handful that floated to the surface after the massive landslide that triggered the 1980 eruption. Elsewhere, bare trees and fallen trunks are everywhere, always pointed away from the mountain.
Weekend on the Cispus River 2
I eventually settled in by the river with a bag of fresh cherries, a bottle of water and more reading about the end of everything.
Weekend on the Cispus River 1
It’s been a while since I last started a charcoal fire, and I was a bit out of practice.
Birthday Trip 3: Up the coast and home
I arrived at Seal Rocks, where I spent a bit of time doing some more long exposure photos from the bluff overlooking the beach. Then I continued north along the bulk of the Oregon coast.
Birthday Trip 2: To the coast and Yachats
Between the RVs on the road, the RVs in the campground, and the general crowds everywhere, I was pretty well done.
Birthday Trip 1: Bend and the Coast
Dinner was fantastic. A few variations on old favorites I remember from Tim’s time in Utah. a few new things. It was my birthday so I allowed myself two glasses of good wine…