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Kayak Shed Shop Paddle
Starts: 5:30 pm
Location: Husum Put-in
Description: Come join a cool group of paddlers for a run on either the middle or lower white salmon. Class II whitewater experience is required, but no roll is required. After, join the gang for pizza and beer in Bingen.
Sailboat Racing
Starts: 6:00 pm
Location: Hood River Marina
Description: Come race sailboats on the Columbia. Meet at the Hood River Marina around 5:30. Experience is recommended, but if you show up with a 6-pack of beer, one of the bigger boats will probably take you along for a ride. Non-marking shoes required.

Fluidride Cup #2 Bike Race
Starts: 12:00 am
Location: Skibowl
Description: Four days of bike racing! Wow! There's also a cool bike movie being played one of those days. Skibowl.com for more information.
Post and Pint
Starts: 5:30 pm
Location: Dirty Fingers Bike Repair / Post Canyon
Description: Come ride bikes with the Dirty Fingers Crew. Take a lap around Post Canyon's Mitchell Ridge trail and then head back to the shop for a pint of beer on Mitchell!
Thursday Night (bonus) Tri
Starts: 6:00 pm
Location: East end of the Event Site
Description: 500 yard swim. 8 mile ride. 2 mile bike. What a workout!

Disco Divas Mountain bike ride
Starts: 9:00 am
Location: TBA
Description: Join a group of mountain bike girls for a girls' only mountain bike ride. Location and time change weekly. Contact Discover Bikes for more information.

Gorge Fly-in
Starts: 12:00 am
Location: WAAAM, Hood River
Description: Pancakes, planes, vendors, food, and beer. http://www.waaamuseum.org/pages/flyIns/2010/Vistorsinfo.html for more information
Kayak Shed Shop Paddle
Starts: 10:00 am
Location: Middle White Salmon
Description: Meet at the Husum Put-in at 10am for a run down the Middle White Salmon. Roll and Class III+ paddling skills required.
White Salmon Rafting Race
Starts: 2:00 pm
Location: The White Salmon
Description: This event is intended to be part race and part skills test. Be prepared to paddle hard, catch tight eddies, flip your boat, and to creatively respond to adversity. Meet at Northwestern Lake at 2pm.

Learn more at http://www.nwrafting.com/white-salmon.

Sunday Sicko Swim
Starts: 7:30 am
Location: East end of the Hood River Inn
Description: Swim from the east beach at the Hood River Inn, under the Hood River Bridge, and back to the Event Site. You must have swim-team level skills to take part.
CGORA Trail Work Party
Starts: 9:00 am
Location: Post Canyon, Kingsley staging area
Description: CGORA Trail Work Party
Trail #191L
Northwest Area, Hood River County Trail System
Hood River, Oregon
Sunday September 12, 2010
9:00am – 1:00pm Work Party

This CGORA Work Party will improve Trail #191L that was built last winter. This is a motorcycle and quad loop trail near Kingsley Reservoir. Bring water, lunch, safety glasses, and work gloves. We will be providing McLeods, Pulaskis, Rakes, and Loppers etc. We will walk into the work area. All volunteer hours are used to satisfy in-kind grant requirements. You can bring your bike and ride after the Work Party.

The trails are closed due to Fire Season, but the gravel roads are open.

Coed Touch Rugby
Starts: 5:30 pm
Location: Parkdale
Description: Coed touch rugby? What could be more fun that that? Give Hood River Community Ed a call for more information!
Free Tai Chi
Starts: 6:00 pm
Location: Wilson Park, Hood River
Description: Tai Chi is cool, but free tai chi is even cooler. Come check out this relaxing, meditative martial art. Lessons are free and so is class.
The Alternative Ride
Starts: 6:30 pm
Location: Mountain View Cycles to Mosier and back
Description: Grab your casual clothes and casual bike and come for a casual ride to Mosier and back. All ages are welcome, but be advised that there's beer drinking involved. Please wear a helmet and bring a light, as we'll be returning around dark. There's a weekly raffle, so come prepared to win stuff!

Tuesday Night Tri
Starts: 6:00 pm
Location: The Event Site, Hood River
Description: Meet at the east end of the Event Site for a casual (or not so) triathlon workout. 500 yard swim, 8 mile ride, 2 mile run, followed by beers. Yummy.

Pendleton Roundup
Starts: 12:00 am
Location: Pendleton, Oregon
Description: One of the 10 largest rodeos in the world. It's probably best if you just look at the website: http://pendletonroundup.com/ I can't really convey all the splendid nuances of the Roundup here...
Kayak Shed Shop Paddle
Starts: 5:30 pm
Location: Husum Put-in
Description: Come join a cool group of paddlers for a run on either the middle or lower white salmon. Class II whitewater experience is required, but no roll is required. After, join the gang for pizza and beer in Bingen.
Sailboat Racing
Starts: 6:00 pm
Location: Hood River Marina
Description: Come race sailboats on the Columbia. Meet at the Hood River Marina around 5:30. Experience is recommended, but if you show up with a 6-pack of beer, one of the bigger boats will probably take you along for a ride. Non-marking shoes required.

Post and Pint
Starts: 5:30 pm
Location: Dirty Fingers Bike Repair / Post Canyon
Description: Come ride bikes with the Dirty Fingers Crew. Take a lap around Post Canyon's Mitchell Ridge trail and then head back to the shop for a pint of beer on Mitchell!
Thursday Night (bonus) Tri
Starts: 6:00 pm
Location: East end of the Event Site
Description: 500 yard swim. 8 mile ride. 2 mile bike. What a workout!
Claiming Nelscott Reef - HD Movie
Starts: 7:00 pm
Location: Hood River Middle School
Description: Come see the surf-noir documentary directed by Erich Lyttle, with a pre-show surf photography slide show by Richard Hallman. $8 at the door.

Disco Divas Mountain bike ride
Starts: 9:00 am
Location: TBA
Description: Join a group of mountain bike girls for a girls' only mountain bike ride. Location and time change weekly. Contact Discover Bikes for more information.

Kayak Shed Shop Paddle
Starts: 10:00 am
Location: Middle White Salmon
Description: Meet at the Husum Put-in at 10am for a run down the Middle White Salmon. Roll and Class III+ paddling skills required.
Maupin's Riverfest
Starts: 11:00 am
Location: Oasis River Campground, Maupin
Description: 5/10 k walk/run, $25 river trips, all sorts of other fun activities. Check out http://www.maupinriverfest.com/ for more information.

Sunday Sicko Swim
Starts: 7:30 am
Location: East end of the Hood River Inn
Description: Swim from the east beach at the Hood River Inn, under the Hood River Bridge, and back to the Event Site. You must have swim-team level skills to take part.

Coed Touch Rugby
Starts: 5:30 pm
Location: Parkdale
Description: Coed touch rugby? What could be more fun that that? Give Hood River Community Ed a call for more information!
Free Tai Chi
Starts: 6:00 pm
Location: Wilson Park, Hood River
Description: Tai Chi is cool, but free tai chi is even cooler. Come check out this relaxing, meditative martial art. Lessons are free and so is class.
The Alternative Ride
Starts: 6:30 pm
Location: Mountain View Cycles to Mosier and back
Description: Grab your casual clothes and casual bike and come for a casual ride to Mosier and back. All ages are welcome, but be advised that there's beer drinking involved. Please wear a helmet and bring a light, as we'll be returning around dark. There's a weekly raffle, so come prepared to win stuff!

Tuesday Night Tri
Starts: 6:00 pm
Location: The Event Site, Hood River
Description: Meet at the east end of the Event Site for a casual (or not so) triathlon workout. 500 yard swim, 8 mile ride, 2 mile run, followed by beers. Yummy.

Wine, Women and Wow
Starts: 5:00 pm
Location: Gorge Room, Hood River Inn
Description: Join the Soroptomist club of Hood River for a mover and shaker meeting of the Gorge's women.
Kayak Shed Shop Paddle
Starts: 5:30 pm
Location: Husum Put-in
Description: Come join a cool group of paddlers for a run on either the middle or lower white salmon. Class II whitewater experience is required, but no roll is required. After, join the gang for pizza and beer in Bingen.
Sailboat Racing
Starts: 6:00 pm
Location: Hood River Marina
Description: Come race sailboats on the Columbia. Meet at the Hood River Marina around 5:30. Experience is recommended, but if you show up with a 6-pack of beer, one of the bigger boats will probably take you along for a ride. Non-marking shoes required.

Post and Pint
Starts: 5:30 pm
Location: Dirty Fingers Bike Repair / Post Canyon
Description: Come ride bikes with the Dirty Fingers Crew. Take a lap around Post Canyon's Mitchell Ridge trail and then head back to the shop for a pint of beer on Mitchell!
Thursday Night (bonus) Tri
Starts: 6:00 pm
Location: East end of the Event Site
Description: 500 yard swim. 8 mile ride. 2 mile bike. What a workout!

Disco Divas Mountain bike ride
Starts: 9:00 am
Location: TBA
Description: Join a group of mountain bike girls for a girls' only mountain bike ride. Location and time change weekly. Contact Discover Bikes for more information.

Kayak Shed Shop Paddle
Starts: 10:00 am
Location: Middle White Salmon
Description: Meet at the Husum Put-in at 10am for a run down the Middle White Salmon. Roll and Class III+ paddling skills required.

Dog Day at Skibowl
Starts: 12:00 am
Location: Skibowl
Description: Dogs and dog-related stuff. $15 gets you an all-day pass to the doggy party, a doggy bag for your doggy, and a ride on the chairlift for your doggy's human.
Starts: 12:00 am
Location: Skibowl
Description: Dog day at Skibowl. All kinds of stuff for dog lovers. http://www.skibowl.com/summer/dogday
Sunday Sicko Swim
Starts: 7:30 am
Location: East end of the Hood River Inn
Description: Swim from the east beach at the Hood River Inn, under the Hood River Bridge, and back to the Event Site. You must have swim-team level skills to take part.

Coed Touch Rugby
Starts: 5:30 pm
Location: Parkdale
Description: Coed touch rugby? What could be more fun that that? Give Hood River Community Ed a call for more information!
Free Tai Chi
Starts: 6:00 pm
Location: Wilson Park, Hood River
Description: Tai Chi is cool, but free tai chi is even cooler. Come check out this relaxing, meditative martial art. Lessons are free and so is class.
The Alternative Ride
Starts: 6:30 pm
Location: Mountain View Cycles to Mosier and back
Description: Grab your casual clothes and casual bike and come for a casual ride to Mosier and back. All ages are welcome, but be advised that there's beer drinking involved. Please wear a helmet and bring a light, as we'll be returning around dark. There's a weekly raffle, so come prepared to win stuff!

Tuesday Night Tri
Starts: 6:00 pm
Location: The Event Site, Hood River
Description: Meet at the east end of the Event Site for a casual (or not so) triathlon workout. 500 yard swim, 8 mile ride, 2 mile run, followed by beers. Yummy.

Kayak Shed Shop Paddle
Starts: 5:30 pm
Location: Husum Put-in
Description: Come join a cool group of paddlers for a run on either the middle or lower white salmon. Class II whitewater experience is required, but no roll is required. After, join the gang for pizza and beer in Bingen.
Sailboat Racing
Starts: 6:00 pm
Location: Hood River Marina
Description: Come race sailboats on the Columbia. Meet at the Hood River Marina around 5:30. Experience is recommended, but if you show up with a 6-pack of beer, one of the bigger boats will probably take you along for a ride. Non-marking shoes required.

Post and Pint
Starts: 5:30 pm
Location: Dirty Fingers Bike Repair / Post Canyon
Description: Come ride bikes with the Dirty Fingers Crew. Take a lap around Post Canyon's Mitchell Ridge trail and then head back to the shop for a pint of beer on Mitchell!
Thursday Night (bonus) Tri
Starts: 6:00 pm
Location: East end of the Event Site
Description: 500 yard swim. 8 mile ride. 2 mile bike. What a workout!

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Good morning! It’s Locals Day today, and that means it’s time to head to downtown Hood River to experience crowd-free shopping and extra attention from relaxed salespeople. Wander down to 2nd Wind to check out the final couple of weeks of windsurfing and kiting season in the shop. The big rearranging day is coming, when [...]

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