Almost exactly a year after my first trip up the Alaskan Highway I was once again on the Alaskan Highway. Masochism? Self-hate? What were my motivations to make this ghastly-long drive basically twice in the same year? The big one this time was the wedding of two good friends from college. The Alaska-Bozeman connection was [...]
So… there’s beer in Portland. Lots of it. There are about 30 breweries in the metro-area, most with more than one taproom. There are over 60 “brewpubs”. The state of Oregon has even more - 63 to be exact. Our circumnavigation of Mount Hood took us past about seven breweries! You can read all about [...]
Three words: Forest Service Cabins. Best things ever. Did you know you can rent out old National Forest guard stations and fire lookouts? Well, you can, and it’s amazing. The fees keep going up, but they are still insanely reasonable. For around $40 you can rent out a whole cabin for the night, and there [...]
Two unrelated topics in one post! First, a cyclocross video from a recent race in Montana:
Herron Park Cyclocross from Off the Grind on Vimeo.
Bitchin! I have only just recently heard about this “cyclocross” thing, and I have to say, I’m intrigued. I first ran across it on Dave Byers blog, which is where I found [...]
