Portland - Microbrew Capital of America

February 19th, 2009

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 [...]

Mount Hood Meadows

February 17th, 2009

I was in Portland with the GF this past weekend, so one day of our trip we planned to ski at Mount Hood. It’s ski season afterall, Bridger Bowl has been hurting for snow, and it looked like a lot of fun to ski when I visited last summer, so it was the only thing [...]

Oregon

September 21st, 2008

After Hood River I checked out Mount Hood and did some mountain biking at the Mount Hood Ski Bowl resort across from the mountain itself. Despite the fact that there was a fire burning on Hood, the side I was looking at was still very visible and awesome. It looks like a fun one to [...]