The official debut of the Bakfiets

As we mentioned on a previous post, we bought a Bakfiets, or as it may be more commonly known around these parts, a Dutch wooden bucket bike. We bought it used on Craigslist, spent the past couple of weeks fixing it up (upgrading the brakes, tuning the shifters, changing the tubes, that sort of stuff), [...]

A busy weekend

Dave’s parents are in town visiting so we have had a jam packed weekend full of fun. Saturday involved lunch at the fabulous restaurant Bunk and watching a roller derby bout (Dave’s sister Kate is on the team Guns-n-Rollers). Mira loved the derby bout – so much to see and hear and she did great [...]

Five Months

Mira turned five months old last week. I meant to post something on the day itself but it didn’t happen and since then we have had amazing weather so I have been outside more than inside. Mira’s latest adventures have included swimming “lessons” (I use that term loosely since it is really just about her [...]

Monday morning funnies

I know it’s not Monday, but it sure feels like it as I had yesterday off of work due to President’s Day. Last weekend was the Mini Bike Winter festival in Portland. I didn’t attend any of the events, but I did enjoy watching videos from past MBW’s. Such as this clip of bike bowling, [...]

The season for biking the coast

Morgan and I are part of a network of bicycle tourists that are willing to host other bicycle tourers as they pass through our town, called Warm Showers. During our travels, we’ve stayed with other Warm Showers hosts, and as payback, we host folks as they pass through Portland. This time of year brings lots [...]

A nice long weekend in Bend, OR

Dave and I joined our friends Kurt and Nathalie in Bend for a nice long weekend. Dave and Kurt rode on many of the mountain bike trails and came back every day dirty and happy. Nathalie and I spent the days snooping around Bend and getting in some needed R&R. We didn’t take many pictures [...]

Staying weird in Portland

People do weird things in Portland. Last weekend, someone rode around a traffic circle for 100 miles: http://bikeportland.org/2011/08/01/filmmaker-does-650-laps-for-a-ladd-circle-century-57170 That guy can be forgiven for being so crazy, I guess, since this is the same guy that put together an awesome homage to the Tour de France:  

Zoobomb!

No, I’m not referring to a terrorist attack. Zoobomb is a weekly event that involves a train, a lot of mini-bikes, and Portland’s plethora of hills just outside of downtown. It usually results in no injuries – and if there are injuries, they most certainly are self-inflicted. Every week, a group of people meets downtown, [...]

Pedalpalooza’ing once again

It’s June in Portland, and that means it’s raining. It also means that it’s Pedalpalooza time, a two-week (ish) celebration of all things bicycling in Portland. A very Portland type of activity, as it involves bicycling and freaks. Pedalpalooza is basically a bunch of bike rides organized by the Portland public bicycling masses. And that [...]

Home!

We are back in Portland!  We flew from Buenos Aires to Washington DC on to Seattle and finally landed ourselves in Portland. Dave and I put the bikes back together at the PDX airport (with many curious onlookers) and rode ourselves home.  It feels good to be home with our sweet kitty and in our [...]