#sunsetmoonriseride

Leaving Frazer Park. Olympus XA2/Fujicolor 200 Another month, another Sunset/Moonrise Ride! But just you wait, next month we’ll have two! Yes, there’s a blue moon in August! Anyways, about 50 of us met at Frazer Park in NE, conveniently located about a mile from my house. The destination was Mount Tabor, an end spot I haven’t done since the 2019 Pedalpalooza on June 17th. Tabor is not a common…

As we hurtle towards longer, warmer, and drier days (here in Portland, at least), it’s time to bring back one of my favorite ride series: Sunset/Moonrise Rides! The concept is simple: we go to a mystery spot to watch the sun set and moon rise. These rides happen on the Full Moon, when sunset and moonrise is either very close up to within an hour of each other. The first one is scheduled for…

Ride Report: Sunset/Moonrise Ride, 11 August 2022

Camera: Minolta SR-T 101. Lens: Minolta Celtic MC 135mm f/3.5 Film: Lomography 800 Thursday August 11th was a long and tough day for me. I had to wake up at 6, and my morning and afternoon was dealing with transporting a stage (via UHaul truck) and setting it up/dismantling. This was all for my day job, working with Emee. I was pretty exhausted when I got home, but I had to lead a bike ride. I…

Pedalpalooza 2022, so far: Sunset/Moonrise Ride and Midweek Gorge Report, plus a Greenways Ride

We are almost at the end of the first month of Pedalpalooza. There’s been at least one hundred rides and events that have happened since the Kickoff Ride on Wednesday June 1st. But how many rides have I been on? Not many. Many of the rides boil down into the pop culture reference, dance party, and/or “big ride for the sake of a big ride” categories that don’t have much of a draw for me. (For…