gl.

 

by month:
* March 2002
* April 2002
* May 2002
* June 2002
* July 2002
* August 2002
* September 2002
* October 2002
* November 2002
* December 2002
* January 2003
* February 2003
* March 2003
* April 2003
* May 2003
* June 2003
* July 2003
* August 2003
* September 2003
* October 2003
* November 2003
* December 2003
* January 2004
* February 2004
* March 2004
* April 2004
* May 2004
* June 2004
* July 2004
* August 2004
* September 2004
* October 2004
* November 2004
* December 2004
* January 2005
* February 2005
* March 2005
* April 2005
* May 2005
* June 2005
* July 2005
* August 2005
* September 2005
* October 2005
* November 2005
* December 2005
* January 2006
* February 2006
* March 2006
* April 2006
* May 2006
* June 2006
* July 2006
* August 2006
* September 2006
* October 2006
* November 2006
* December 2006
* January 2007
* February 2007
* March 2007
* April 2007
* May 2007
* June 2007
* July 2007
* August 2007
* September 2007
* October 2007
* November 2007
* December 2007
* January 2008
* February 2008
* March 2008
* April 2008
* May 2008
* June 2008
* July 2008
* August 2008
* September 2008
* October 2008
* November 2008
* December 2008
* January 2009
* February 2009
* March 2009
* April 2009
* May 2009
* June 2009
* August 2009
* September 2009
* December 2009
* January 2010
* February 2010
* March 2010
* April 2010
* May 2010
* June 2010
* August 2010
* October 2010
* November 2010
* March 2011
* June 2012
* July 2012
* August 2012
* September 2012
* October 2012
* November 2012
* December 2012
* January 2013
* February 2013
* March 2013
* April 2013
* June 2013
* July 2013
* August 2013
* September 2013
* April 2014
* August 2014
* November 2014
* December 2014
* January 2015
* March 2015

This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?
site feed by atom

Sunday, July 21, 2013

 
[#] [1]
i took the brompton all the way to the end of the hillsboro max line and set out to camp at stub stewart state park. there was an omsi star party that night and i've always wanted to go to one!

from the max station i biked through hillsboro to banks. i have become suddenly acquainted with and enamoured of the iphone’s panorama option.







after a brief stop at thriftway for a sausage and soda refill, i rode a little over 10 miles on the banks vernonia trail, a separated rails-to-trails path that goes all the way to vernonia. it is lovely, but it’s also slightly uphill: no matter how gentle the grade, going steadily uphill for 10 miles is eventually going to wear me out.






i camped across from another bike camp!


after dinner i hiked up the trail for the star party. lucky for us, jul20 was the anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969! though it was still pretty light at 9p, first venus appeared, then arcturus & saturn, then the summer triangle, then the big dipper. by the time scorpio was visible, the moon was up, so there was no chance to see the milky way. i was charmed that even the bathroom lights were filtered red to preserve our night vision. 

based on my experience at this star party (and the trip sven & I took to craters of the moon), my advice to astronomy educators:

  1. don't tell people about stars they cannot see. if you tell them about a constellation, tell them where to see it right now or they'll see it wherever they are looking.
  2. pronounce the names of the constellations correctly! “arcturus” isn’t “arcturius” and “bootes” isn’t “booties” (though it did make all the kids crack up).
the way home was pretty much all downhill and wonderful. i almost ran over a bird in the middle of the path, though. when I circled around it wouldn't move, so i put my bike between it and the path to keep others from hitting it. i grabbed a handkerchief and tried to escort it away from the path when it burst from my hands and flew away -- at which point the entire robin kingdom was suddenly furious with me.

[heading home]

[sketchnotes]


Thursday, July 18, 2013

 
[#] [0]
i'm not generally someone who likes to ride gravel or hills. but i had some time after one of my jobs down in lebanon and when i saw the "vineyard mountain traverse" ride was considered "flat," i thought it might be fun.

well, i definitely wouldn't have called it flat. but it was more fun than i would have expected! some of the short side roads dead ended in some wonderful places: a sheltered spot that smelled like olive oil warmed in the sun, a magnificent vista of far-off corvallis, and a volcanic cove with hundreds of tiny golden fish and dozens of salamanders. i felt like i had discovered something magic.








Sunday, July 07, 2013

 
[#] [0]

i biked to vancouver, the first time i have ever biked myself across a state line! it took 3 hours for me to reach vancouver lake to pick raspberries at serin's brother's house.


i enjoyed the trip (and the raspberries) but my favorite part was seeing this sign on the 205 bridge on the way home.


Thursday, July 04, 2013

 
[#] [0]

Sven & Cecilia & me at Rocky Butte on 4th of July.