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- Thread starter KillRamsey
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JoeLopez
Veteran
A very fun, nice set of images. Congrats on the move and thank you for sharing
KillRamsey
Hall of Famer
- Location
- Hood River, OR
- Name
- Kyle
Drove home from Portland, east to Hood River on Sunday. Only the WA side is open, still - I-84 still shut down. A few shots as we went from clean air to smoke...
KBRX7800 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
KBRX7828 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
KBRX7848 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
Phoenix
All-Pro
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Name
- Phoenix Gonzales
They're really beautiful shots, It's just sad that because of the fire and smoke.
KillRamsey
Hall of Famer
- Location
- Hood River, OR
- Name
- Kyle
Ok, happier pictures. We fled to Portland for the weekend, partly for clean air, partly because our visiting friends from Boston were there. You know me... we biked around, drank beer, ate good food. We also recorded a podcast with Sprocket, a bike-themed podcast produced out of an Airstream trailer. If any of you have ever wondered what I sound like (while drinking very good beer), we're episode 374 here: The Sprocket Podcast | simplifying the good life
At any rate, pictures. My first surprise was getting to Portland, opening my camera bag, and discovering that I'd accidentally only brought the rokinon 12 and the XC 50-230. Haaaa ha ha. So long, middle focal lengths! Made things interesting, but I like a challenge.
Podcasting:
KBRX7329 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
Biking
KBRX7380 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
Partial Group Selfie, Japanese Gardens
KBRX7453 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
Japanese Gardens:
KBRX7489 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
KBRX7498 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
Head podcaster took us all on a long ride the next day, about 10-12 miles uphill along a mountain, to a dive bar. But it started raining, and the temps dropped to the high 50s, and the bar didn't allow minors, so us parents / kid split from there via a called car. Still an awesome ride / good workout.
KBRX7589 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
KBRX7624 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
KBRX7693 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
He shoots too - and finally went digital. I talked him into an XT2, which he loves. She gets exasperated by having to pose.
KBRX7712 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
The "Brompton Lift," in which you hoist your Brompton folding bike over your head. Because you can.
KBRX7747 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
At any rate, pictures. My first surprise was getting to Portland, opening my camera bag, and discovering that I'd accidentally only brought the rokinon 12 and the XC 50-230. Haaaa ha ha. So long, middle focal lengths! Made things interesting, but I like a challenge.
Podcasting:
Biking
Partial Group Selfie, Japanese Gardens
Japanese Gardens:
Head podcaster took us all on a long ride the next day, about 10-12 miles uphill along a mountain, to a dive bar. But it started raining, and the temps dropped to the high 50s, and the bar didn't allow minors, so us parents / kid split from there via a called car. Still an awesome ride / good workout.
He shoots too - and finally went digital. I talked him into an XT2, which he loves. She gets exasperated by having to pose.
The "Brompton Lift," in which you hoist your Brompton folding bike over your head. Because you can.
lino chetcuti
Regular
Great shots.
KillRamsey
Hall of Famer
- Location
- Hood River, OR
- Name
- Kyle
We bought a house. It's up in the heights, so my commute went from 1 mile downhill to 2 miles downhill... in the morning. The return trip is 437 feet of gain in 2 miles, which is a pleasant, warming workout that should help keep me from getting too fat and lazy. On the way in, I've started taking a wooded trail that runs along one edge of town, overlooking a steep dropoff into first a creek, then a river. It gets me 3/4 of the way to work, with quiet and woods. This last week or two, the light has been juuuust right as I bike it (post dropoff of kiddo at school) so it's been lit, and stunning. Yesterday was better, but no camera... so you get what I could get today instead.
The wooden water pipe used to carry water down to the railroad-facing fruit storage warehouses, to power early refrigeration pumps.
KBRX0769 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
KBRX0775 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
It dumps you into a steep neighborhood, looking over the Hood River. Looks a lot like West Virginia.
KBRX0781 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
Over the usual bridge and down to the port area, like always. Geese on the wing.
KBRX0782 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
The wooden water pipe used to carry water down to the railroad-facing fruit storage warehouses, to power early refrigeration pumps.
It dumps you into a steep neighborhood, looking over the Hood River. Looks a lot like West Virginia.
Over the usual bridge and down to the port area, like always. Geese on the wing.
tonyturley
Legend
- Location
- Scott Depot, WV, USA
- Name
- Tony
Congratulations Kyle. Great news, and yes, it does remind me a lot of some of the better areas of my state. My commute, unfortunately, involves 30 minutes of heavy interstate traffic, surrounded by highly aggressive drivers who tend to collide with each other when even the slightest bit of precipitation touches pavement - often turning a 30 minute commute into 60-90 minutes. Sounds like I'm the one who lives near Boston, rather than a city of 50,000.
I envy your new commute more than I can possibly put into words.
I envy your new commute more than I can possibly put into words.
KillRamsey
Hall of Famer
- Location
- Hood River, OR
- Name
- Kyle
I don't miss being near Boston. That kind of traffic / road rage is 95% of why we moved to Oregon... there's a finite limit to how much of that agression and stress anyone can take, and we were getting very close to finding out what our limit was. I miss my friends there, badly, but ... this is so nice.
Tim Williams
All-Pro
- Location
- Central Florida
- Name
- Tim Williams
Beautiful. I'll be out that way in about two years. I'll probably remain in FL and travel quite a bit, but this scenery is lovely.
KillRamsey
Hall of Famer
- Location
- Hood River, OR
- Name
- Kyle
This weekend we explored another of Oregon's Scenic Bikeways (officially recognized / signed / websited / etc "nice longish routes to bike," if you will...). This one, the Tualatin Valley, is northwest of Portland, and connects a smallish town to another distant smallish town via some farm roads and a paved rail-trail. We took a bus for an hour to Portland, then light rail to get within 5 miles of a good place to spend the first night at a hotel. Saturday, north to a campground, Sunday back down.
Owing to the wife’s advancing state of pregnant-ness, she rode the electric mountain bike towing our almost-9 year old this time, and I rode her usual long distance mount, the 70s Peugeot I converted to be a single speed with front racks and generator lights. People who noticed my setup (almost always older gentlemen on nice bikes, if I may stereotype) thought I was nuts for riding a single, but it was honestly delightful. The very few STEEP sections, you just stand and grind. Otherwise you bop along at about 14mph all day, happy as a clam.
What I rode:
KBRX7368 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
KBRX7438 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
KBRX7427 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
And some shots… I brought the XT1 and 18-55, and accidentally brought the 56 1.2. I thought it was the rokinon 12, didn’t look in the bag before I left. Really didn’t use it.
First, this for awhile.
KBRX7445 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
KBRX7297 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
KBRX7305 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
Then a lot of this...
KBRX7343 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
And finally a shortcut through the woods to the back entrance of the Hiker/Biker campsites...
KBRX7363 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
Happy to have arrived, and to have found one of the 2 remaining empty sites.
KBRX7371 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
My memory of how large this used tent we got is, is flawed. I keep thinking it sleeps 3, but it does NOT. Thus, I slept on the picnic table.
KBRX7422 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
And then we biked home...
KBRX7400 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
And finally, we passed this set of signs, upon which I shall now NOT comment. But I turned around to get a picture, so apparently I'm still 17 years old.
KBRX7395 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
Owing to the wife’s advancing state of pregnant-ness, she rode the electric mountain bike towing our almost-9 year old this time, and I rode her usual long distance mount, the 70s Peugeot I converted to be a single speed with front racks and generator lights. People who noticed my setup (almost always older gentlemen on nice bikes, if I may stereotype) thought I was nuts for riding a single, but it was honestly delightful. The very few STEEP sections, you just stand and grind. Otherwise you bop along at about 14mph all day, happy as a clam.
What I rode:
And some shots… I brought the XT1 and 18-55, and accidentally brought the 56 1.2. I thought it was the rokinon 12, didn’t look in the bag before I left. Really didn’t use it.
First, this for awhile.
Then a lot of this...
And finally a shortcut through the woods to the back entrance of the Hiker/Biker campsites...
Happy to have arrived, and to have found one of the 2 remaining empty sites.
My memory of how large this used tent we got is, is flawed. I keep thinking it sleeps 3, but it does NOT. Thus, I slept on the picnic table.
And then we biked home...
And finally, we passed this set of signs, upon which I shall now NOT comment. But I turned around to get a picture, so apparently I'm still 17 years old.
Tim Williams
All-Pro
- Location
- Central Florida
- Name
- Tim Williams
Very nice set Kyle , Love the Peugeot.
JoeLopez
Veteran
Very nice!
john m flores
All-Pro
Me too. I still thought that Kyle lived in Cambridge/Boston!
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI USA
- Name
- Luke
wow, that kiddo of yours really hit a growth spurt, Kyle!
Great photos, as usual.
Great photos, as usual.
- Location
- The Netherlands
- Name
- Marlof
I really enjoyed these updates, Kyle. And congrats on house, 9 yr old, pregnant-ness (!) and imagery. I can relate to the joy of leaving heavy traffic behind you. My recent change of work location converted a one hour by car commute to 30 mins on the bike. I am really, really, really grateful that this finally materialized. I even get to buy a new bike, since my old one doesn’t seem to respond well to high mileage on/off-road. No big problem though: I can easily pay for the bike with all the saved gas money.
KillRamsey
Hall of Famer
- Location
- Hood River, OR
- Name
- Kyle
Thanks a ton, all.
The kid is indeed growing at an alarming rate. She likes it here, has made good friends, likes the school, and can ride her bike there like she used to in Cambridge. It's been exactly 2 years right now, pretty much. Nutso.
The kid is indeed growing at an alarming rate. She likes it here, has made good friends, likes the school, and can ride her bike there like she used to in Cambridge. It's been exactly 2 years right now, pretty much. Nutso.
KillRamsey
Hall of Famer
- Location
- Hood River, OR
- Name
- Kyle
Oh and a side note: wife is carrying a baby for another couple, acting as a surrogate. They're French, can't conceive on their own, and have been waiting years for a match, so this feels awesome. Thus, no cigars for me.
tonyturley
Legend
- Location
- Scott Depot, WV, USA
- Name
- Tony
That is a seriously commendable act, especially considering how difficult pregancy can be for a woman. My congratulations to your wife for her selflessness.
