Moser tunnel to Rowena Crest - 4/29/2012

36 miles. 30" TZ
Weather was sunny and warm.  A breeze but it was light be Gorge standards.

Leslie and I started at the Mark O. Hatfield visitor center and biked up the path and through the twin tunnels. Then out to Rowena Crest Viewpoint.  We took the Marsh cut-off on the way back and then a side trip up Moser Creek Road to check it out.  For some extra miles, we rode out to Panarama Point after returning to the parking lot.

Moser Tunnel Ride 4/29/2012

Leslie & Tony 36 miles TZ=30"
Started from Mark Hatfield Park and rode through Moser Twin Tunnels out to Rowena Crest Viewpoint.  Side trip out to Panorama Point.

Banks-Vernonia LP via Timber - 4/15/2012

Leslie, Bruce, Petra and Tony 54 Miles, TZ=46"

Start at BV LP and take Cedar Canyon Rd to Hwy 6.  6 miles with traffic but a good shoulder takes you to Timber Road.

Banks-Vernonia Lollipop-4/7/2012

Leslie and I rode BV Linear park to Vernonia via our Lollipop route.
44 mi TZ=39"


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Marble Mtn. Sno-Park Feb. 26, 2012

Marble Mtn. Sno-Park 2800 ft.   Pine Marten, Sasquatch, Wapiti Meadows trails and couple others as well.

Here's the link to the map that's similar (not quite the same) to the one posted along the trail... http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5288545.pdf .  Unfortunately, it does not show the creeks which are kind of important.

Leslie and I drove to the Marble Mtn Sno-Park and skied the Pine Marten trail up the intersection with the Sasquatch Trail.   The snow was fresh and nice and dry.  Only one skier and a snow shoer were ahead of us.   At that point we decide to ski across the road to the Wapiti Meadow trails which we have not skied before.  No one had been there for a while so it was time to break trail.  But we ran into lots of running water...most of which we got across but at lunch we came to a Wapiti Meadow which was full of beaver ponds and too much open water so we turned back.  We also checked out the lower loops (245G and 245B) but were turned back because we could not get across the river.

It was a great day with good snow and even some patches of blue sky.

Bathroom Remodel - 2012

The bathroom remodel has started...let the fun begin.

Got a little demolition started.  Surveying the landscape for where and how to run the plumbing for the new second sink and the new circuit for the heated floor.
The new vanity cabinets have been purchased and the tile has been selected.

Kalama Ski Trail - Feb. 19, 2012

Kalama Ski Trail from Cougar Sno-Park (~2300ft) Sunday Feb. 19, 2012

Skied with Petra and David on the Kalama Ski trail.  There was a bit of new snow and it got deeper and better as we went.  We ended up turning around about 3/4 mile past the second snowmobile crossing...it seemed to be about the apex of the trail.