events - The Gorge is my Gym

Good morning,

Pine Street Bakery now open! You really don’t want to look at Pine Street Bakery’s Facebook page. Why not? Because you’ll get up from your computer before you finish reading this forecast, and you’ll buy something utterly delicious. Something full of butter. Something full of flavor. Something made with love. Really. Megan Davis is Hood River’s biggest sweetheart. And she’s Hood River’s best baker. Please support her bakery. 1103 Pine Street. Hood River. Yum. We’ll be giving away cookies on the email report… once she’s not completely slammed with opening. Go easy on her today, okay?

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First, congrats to Pine Street Bakery and my friends Megan and Clint for a successful opening yesterday. The food was yummy, my coffee was perfect, and all of you people ate them out of house and home: they had to close early because they sold out of goodies! Don’t worry. They baked more.

Today looks like a great day to be a windsurfer or kiter, because it’s going to stay windy all day. The satellite picture this morning suggests Doug’s, Maryhill, and Arlington. The pressure gradients suggest you wait around for Hood River, Mosier and Doug’s. I think the clouds will back off eventually, giving us gusty 22-25 near Hood River. It’ll be quite windy at Mosier, and then east of there, by noon or so, we’ll see 28-33 at Doug’s and Arlington and 30-35 at Maryhill.

Tomorrow starts off with 26-30 from Hood River to The Dalles, holding all day long, and possibly bumping up to 28-33 at times.

In mountain bike news, it’s roundup time on the Kreps land, so please ride elsewhere until Sunday. That’s not a big hardship, because Post is pretty much perfect right now. Post Canyon yesterday was as good as I’ve seen it, so if you can ride today, do it. Borderline, especially is great, so maybe it’s a day to ride the Super D. Note, I said ride. As in pedal all the way from the bottom to the top. It’s not that hard. If I can do it, you can too! If you’re a gal, tonight is the Post and Pinot ride out of Dirty Fingers, starting at 5:30, so come ride with a bunch of gals and earn yourself a refreshing drink. The Post and Pint is tomorrow night.

Also tonight is the Kayak Shed’s shop paddle on the White Salmon, and sailboat racing out of the Hood River Marina.

Coming up next weekend, it’s the Backyard Half Marathon in White Salmon on Saturday, benefiting the White Salmon High School Cross-country team. Following the race, actually, starting at 4pm, there’s the Pig Roast in the park, benefiting the White Salmon Pool. Come eat some great food by Henni’s restaurant and help keep your local pool open.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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Good morning,

Hey, where did the rain come from? I woke up at 4:45, and it was lovely outside. Just a few clouds, a nice sunrise… and now it’s pouring? Well… I did water my garden last night, so of course it’s raining today!

Despite this momentary blip in the weather, it’s still going to be windy today. The gradient is .09 from Portland to The Dalles this morning, and that’s got the raindrops blowing sideways in the upper teens to mid-twenties on the river. It’s hard to tell where the clouds will stop, so let’s call it 15-18 under the clouds today, building to 23-26 early afternoon east of the clouds and 26-30 late in the afternoon from Maryhill to Arlington. Once this morning rain clears out, high pressure builds in, so the wind direction should be good today.

Wednesday starts off strong, with west wind at 23-26 east of the low clouds. By afternoon, the wind will pick up to 28-32 or a bit more from Hood River all the way east to Arlington. Strongest wind should be in the noon-2pm time period. High pressure off the coast will keep the west wind going strong through midday Thursday.

For events tonight, there’s the Hood River Triathlon Club’s Tuesday workout tonight, where you can get your swim, run and bike on at the east end of Hood River’s Event Site. Also tonight, it’s opening evening for the ladies standup paddle club. Girls, come on over to Big Winds from 5:30-7pm for snacks, drinks, and raffles. Sorry boys, but you’re going to have to go to the triathlon club, ‘cuz this one’s for girls only.

Heads up for next weekend, when White Salmon hosts two great events. First is the White Salmon Backyard half marathon, free and open to everyone. All donations to this event benefit the White Salmon High School Cross-Country Team. After the Backyard Half, head to Rheingarten Park for a pig roast fundraiser benefiting the White Salmon Pool. The pig roast is brought to you by Henni’s restaurant in White Salmon. Eat pig. Keep the pool open.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

p.s. If you find this report useful, entertaining, or just want to recognize all the hard work that goes into it, please take the time to make a donation by clicking on the link below. For a suggested donation of $10, I’ll add you to the email version of this list for a year, putting you in the running for cool prizes donated by the weekly sponsors during the summer season (and the winter if I get off my bum and get some!). If you don’t PayPal, you can send a donation to PO Box 841 in Hood River, 97031.