STEM Ph.D. analyst focused on data-based decision-making. I collect and interpret information to make my life better & advise in plain English. Interests: efficiency, semiconductors, & fitness.
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Latest WashCo Cycling Tour ride: All-gravel ride through a highway interchange, an abandoned rail depot, and a pioneer post office (Staleys Junction, Strassel, and Burnt Woods). It's a fine ride that could be part of something great: a new city-to-sea route.
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Latest WashCo Cycling Tour ride: Where are all the gravel bikes at? Rogers Camp at Tillamook Forest has miles of unpaved roads and 0 Strava heat. We climbed nearly 3000ft to the county high point for a great ride with great views. More people should visit.
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Latest WashCo ride: Tour de Tigard including Metzger, Greenburg, Trece, and Bonita. All former stops on the Oregon Electric Railway and present-day bedroom communities.
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WashCo Grand Cycling Tour: April update
I've now visited over 100 communities (of 150)
New: Seghers, Molthrop, Hillsboro, SoHi, Reedville, Witch Hazel, Mahan, Orenco
Soon: Beaverton, Fanno, Greenway, Oceola, Chehalem Ridge/Iowa Hill
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Latest WashCo Cycling Tour ride: Metro's newest park, Chehalem Ridge is a haven for MTB...but I used a road bike. The park has 10miles of trails...but we found it more exciting to start in Forest Grove and climb to the park entrance.
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Latest WashCo Cycling Tour ride: HAYWARD, a hilltop farm community west of Banks that had a post office in the 1890s. Many gravel cyclists pass through as part of the Wildcat Mountain loop.
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Latest WashCo Cycling Tour ride: Laurelwood, the remote Seventh-day Adventist community. Includes a steep climb and thrilling descent over the Chehalem Mtns that all local road riders should try at least once.
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Latest WashCo Cycling Tour ride: A circuit of Beaverton including Oceola (1850s post office), Fanno, Greenway, Progress, and Bradley Corner.
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WashCo Grand Cycling Tour: May update
With Aloha, I've now visited 75% of the communities.
New: Beaverton, Fanno, Greenway, Oceola, Chehalem Ridge, Aloha, Hayward, Aloha
Soon: Gravel ride up 3000ft to the county high point & Laurelwood
sites.google.com/view/washco-cycling-tour
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We're gearing up for the first pacific northwest heatwave of 2026 so here's your annual reminder: window and blind management is the most effective way to cool a home.
It's simple: windows open @ night, blinds down during the day🔌💡
Full (free) article:
medium.com/the-new-clim...
