The Gorge Is My Gym

5/14 Gorge wind, events, and world naked gardening day

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Meet your forecaster: Temira

For almost 30 years, Temira (they/them) has been making the most of the Gorge: riding river swell, shredding powder, and cycling all the gravel and pavement and trails. This is Temira’s playground, their gym… their life’s work.

This passion led Temira to take a vow: In 2006, Temira decided to provide the most accurate, hyper-local weather forecasts possible. Today, Temira’s forecasts have become an essential resource for thousands of skiers, snowboarders, wind sports enthusiasts and Gorge commuters. With Temira’s guidance, you can plan ahead, time your sessions perfectly, and just plain have more fun! But the story doesn’t end there.

There’s “Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service” and “Valuable Advice for Gardeners Inhabiting Neighboring Areas” – the Gorge’s premier microclimate forecast and gardening information. When winter storms, extreme heat, hail, or avalanches on SR-14 and I-84 threaten, TATAS keeps everyone and their tomatoes and giant pumpkins and cash crops safe.

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Thank you for using this forecast! Your donations keep this forecast going – despite rumors to the contrary, nobody pays me to write this and post it. This forecast started as a way for me to find better windsurfing conditions. It morphed into a way for me to find better skiing in the winter. Seemed silly to keep that information to myself, so it’s here for you (almost) every day. Make a $12 or larger donation, and you’re on the email list for a year. No dealing with the twice-yearly pledge drive. Sometimes I even have prizes to give away from the email list sponsors. Thank you again for your support! Enjoy the snow and wind and sun!

Good morning,

This morning’s amusing ad:

The Canfield Brothers Yelli Screamy
Really Temira, seriously? You’re advertising a bike? A random bike we’ve never heard of? A freakin’ hardtail? Yes, I am, and I’m doing it because I love this bike. So does Jason Wells, who built GP for you. This bike is the Post Canyon destroyer. Slack head tube for descending.29″ wheels for rolling over stuff. Very, very, very short chainstays for fast responding bike action that’ll make you giggle. And yell. And scream. I slay the Gorge on this bike. You should too.Contact sean@canfieldbrothers.com for more info. We’ll have a demo day in late June. Stay tuned.

In the wind report today, we’ll see light wind all day, westerly at 5-10 or so, as high pressure fills in on both sides of the Cascades. Tomorrow starts off glassy, but the westerlies will pick up to gusty 17-21, possibly 22-24, in the afternoon, both on the river and up in the valleys, as a weak weather system drifts through. Don’t expect spectacular, steady wind, but expect wind of some sort. Thursday looks like another light wind start, with a round of light west wind late in the day.

If you’re hoping for rain, we might see a few more showers both tomorrow and Thursday. That’ll be good for the trails, and speaking of trails, a big thanks to the person who cut out the trees on 8-mile and Knebal trails – there are just 3-5 left on 8-mile, so go ahead and ride your bike or hike up there.


The Clymb: free membership. Cheap gear. Temira approves. Click to join.

For you frisbee folks, registration for Gorge Ultimate Co-Ed Summer League is now open. Games are Wednesday nights from June 19th to August 7th and most games are played at W’yeast Middle School. To register, go to: http://gorgeultimate.leagueapps.com/

Coming up Thursday, it’s the first of the Gorge Short Track mountain bike race series at the EasyCLIMB trail in Cascade Locks. You can preview the course between now and then, and registration starts at 4:30 on Thursday. Also on Thursday, if you don’t want to race, it’s the Post and Pint mountain bike ride out of Dirty Fingers, with a free pint of beer if you complete the two-hour ride. Tomorrow night, Wednesday, is the Post and Pinot ladies ride at Dirty Fingers. Women only. Sorry boys. There will be prizes and a free beer if you complete the ride, along with $5 delicious girl-friendly food after the ride.

Looking ahead to the weekend, there’s the Carson to Stevenson Ridge Run, there’s Gorge Cup windsurfing racing, and there’s a CGWA swap meet on Sunday.

Oh yeah… one more thing: Today is WORLD NAKED GARDENING DAY and Friday is National bike to work day.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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Have an awesome day.

Love, Temira