Went for a second try at the lodge last weekend. Porch, Sue and Sam joined me for the epic hike. Together, we made it all the way this time.

Since reading this post on portland hikers.org, I have been wanting to search out the elusive Nesika Lodge. It is run by the Oregon Trail Club and entry is members only – even so, it’s proximity to the popular Multonomah falls, yet hidden location intreagues me. Unfortunatly, we didn’t find the lodge this time. Mike […]

Just a quick set of shots from the Mexico trip. I will also be sure to post more images and video during the next few days. However, there were so many things to see and do, that they won’t even begin to scratch the surface of our 10 days in PV. Just thinking about flora […]

Went up to the Tilly Jane cabin with a group on Saturday. We got a late start, but the snow was great on the way up. The cabin (which normally sleeps 30) was already filled with people when we arrived, but everyone squeezed in for the night. Rained on the way out. Funniest part was […]

By the time I arrived at the Flag Point fire tower, the two old batteries in my camera were already dead. Since I had a lot of free time the next day, I decided to see if I could MacGyver a new one. You see, The camera takes 8.4 volts and I had 2 packs […]

On Friday, the four of us (Porch, Bomber, Sam and I) met up at 5am and drove to the other side of Mt. Hood.  I had rented the Flag Point fire tower for 3 days. Reservations for this and other cool locations can be made on Recreation.gov. On the way we stopped in Hood River […]

OK – this has me entranced… From stark-effect.com/mit.html: “If that user also happens to be running a file-sharing program (WinMX, Audiognome, Kazaa, etc.), and shares the directory in which the mic in track is stored, then these personal recordings can be easily downloaded from the user’s computer. The vast majority of them are either silent […]

It has been a while since I did any woodworking. This weekend I decided to carve a special spoon/paddle used to stir the boiling wort when making homebrew. Most people refer to this utensil as a “mash rake”. I prefer the term “spurdle”. It is made from a Brazilian tigerwood board that my brother salvaged. […]

I just noticed that one of the local Portland, OR restaurants was featured on the FailBlog. It used to be located downtown, but now it is on 82nd across the street from our SE Center.

Finally completed the disassembly of Sam’s R80/7. Just wanted to post a photo.