The skies were gray all day long, but they cleared a bit near the end of the day when I took this photo of Crater Lake from near Sentinel Rock. Unfortunately, my memory of this location is not a good one as our bikes had just been stolen. How can bikes you are riding get stolen you ask?

As mentioned before the day had its low points. The ride was about twice as long as anticipated and after 20 miles my legs began to cramp. A few miles later we hitched a ride and hid our bikes off the road with the intention of getting a ride to our car, driving our car back, and picking up the bikes. All went as planned until we got back and found the bikes missing. A dishonest someone must have seen us hiding the bikes.

The only silver lining is that my bike was in need of an overhaul anyway, and Ryan is getting too tall for his.

Posted on August 28th, 2010 under places. Tags: biking, clouds, crater lake, skywatch. Comments: 2

A few nights back we had a really intense, and really short, lightning storm. The next morning I woke up to this view out the window.

Posted on August 18th, 2010 under nature, places. Tags: clouds, sunrise. Comments: None

As I walked out of the Ashland Recycling Center on Water Street the other day I had the above view. I like the empty box car over the mini tunnel. These same tracks eventually turn into this scene.

The Ashland Recycling Center is right next to a skateboard/bike park. I’m guessing that is where the biker in the tunnel is about to go.

Posted on August 17th, 2010 under places. Tags: clouds, skywatch, summer, trains. Comments: None

Revisiting one of my favorite places in Southern Oregon, the Avenue of Giant Boulders.

Posted on August 9th, 2010 under nature, places. Tags: avenue of the giant boulders, clouds, hike, mountains, trees, water. Comments: 1