A little more SportsNight

Portland, Oregon Working in Portland, staying over with Dennis, watching hours of SportsNight. Catatonic or not, I’m thinkin’ life is good. Worked in Portland today, and it’s more of the same tomorrow, so with Dennis’ kind permission I crashed...

Going well until…

Any day that ends in a shower of sparks can’t be all good. After a couple more episodes of SportsNight in the morning, I met my friend Julie at Red Robin by the Oregon Convention Center. We had a enjoyable and leisurely chat about work, life, etc. She’s in...

A lot of miles, a lot of hours

Portland, Oregon Pacific City to Salem to Tualatin to Portland. That’s too much car time if you ask me. Dennis to the rescue. Erin experienced a little nausea last night and again this morning. Since there’s not much anybody could do that wasn’t...

Recovery is a big sand dune

Pacific City, Oregon There are a lot of ways to recuperate after a long hard bike ride. Climbing a giant hill is an odd one. About half our beach house contingent returned to the “real world” today, leaving Joe, Carol, Susan, Dave, Eileen, Erin, Jonah, and...

55 miles from Amity to PC

Pacific City, Oregon A very different bike ride this year. My case that the apocalypse is nigh. Tell me I’m wrong. Mile zero: Dennis, Mike, Joe, and I leave Amity at 9:45 AM. I’m on a rental bike this year, hoping that the slick tires will make up for my...