#champoeg

A look back at my 2022 touring season

The Bantam at Crown Point, during the Midweek Gorge group camping trip, 15 Oct 2022. Camera: Ricohflex Dia Film: Kodak Gold 200 As the first real rains of autumn hit the Northwest, and the chances of getting “one last camping trip in” diminish, now is a good time for me to look back and reflect on what my bike touring looked like in 2022. And despite hoping that 2022 could be ever-so-slightly…

Champoeg post-report: A de-briefing on my first (tent) bike camping trip of 2022

St. Louis Church, 7 April 2022. Olympus 35 RD/Kodak TMAX 400 My first tent bike camping trip of 2022, to Champoeg State Park, happened just about two weeks ago. (My first bike overnight was in February with Emee to Stub.) Even after bike camping and touring for the better part of two decades, the first outing of the season is always a big deal. After many months of not doing it, it’s natural to…

Bike Overnight: Champoeg (and the Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway) 6-7 April 2022

The gate(s) of Champoeg, 7 April 2022. Olympus 35 RD/Kodak TMAX 400 After the trip to Stub Stewart with Emee to Stub Stewart in February, I was jonesin’ for another trip, this time with a tent. While there were good bouts of weather in March, I was occupied with other things when they hit. So when a two day stretch of particularly good weather hit in early April, I was ready. But where to go? I…

Like a broken record, the bike camping/touring itch returns

Beverly Beach State Park on Emee and my Oregon Coast Tour, 14 August 2021. Camera: Olympus Pen EES-2. Film: Fuji Sensia 100 (slide film)(expired) Winter camping in Portland is a possibility: there are several all-year campgrounds nearby and we rarely see snow or temperatures below freezing. Every once in awhile the temptation to do a mid-winter trip arises, but I never carry through. While it…