Hood River - The Gorge is my Gym

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Now, your forecast:

I’m not going to be able to post a forecast Friday morning, so I’m posting this Thursday afternoon for Friday morning as a best guess, as well as with the weekend’s updated forecast. We should have more marine clouds in Portland Friday morning and that’s going to give us a little more wind in the gorge than we are seeing now. We’ll see 15-18 Friday morning near Hood River, picking up to 18-21 from Stevenson to Mosier for the rest of the day.

Saturday starts off with 15-18 early near Hood River, picking up to 18-22 by mid-morning, and then as cold air pushes into the coast in the afternoon, the wind will pick up to 22-25 at Stevenson and fill in most of the way to Arlington.

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That cool air on the coast sets up a windier day on Sunday. We should see 21-24 early in the morning from Hood River to The Dalles, holding in the 22-25 range through evening. Models tend to underestimate this setup, so it could be a little better if we get lucky.

Speaking of, the Disco Diva mountain bike gals are riding the Whoopdee trail today, and as always, many thanks go out to SDS for letting people ride bikes on this trail for all these years. In really awesome biking news, according to Sharon at the Gifford Pinchot office, Ape Canyon and Plains of Abraham are now open for mountain biking for the summer, probably the latest opening ever due to the coldest, wettest spring in something like 100 years.

If you’ve got an eye on the Columbia this weekend, look for the outrigger canoes and surfskis in the Wildside relay race and wildside solo race happening on Saturday and Sunday between Cascade Locks and Bingen. And if you’re out on the river doing your wind Johnnie thing, please yield the right-of-way to the paddlers. After all, they are racing, and they’re going to be rightfully pissed off if you get in their way. =)

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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This week’s forecast is brought to you by food. Specifically, Henni’s food. Henni’s Bar and Grill in White Salmon will feed you well, with everyday food from around the world concocted with passion and the finest locally-sourced ingredients. If your mama was from Mexico, she’d make you tacos. If she was from India, she’d make you curry. If she was from the USA, she’d make you a killer burger. If Christiaan was your mama, he’d make you all of the above, better than your mom could make it.. Henni’s is open for lunch and dinner Monday-Friday and for dinner only on Saturday, with small plates from $4-9 and big plates from $14-18 and a killer happy hour. We’re giving away gift certificates this week, and then we’ve got a treasure hunt for you all next month. Stay tuned! I think Christiaan is rad, and I think his food is delicious, so cross the bridge (unless you’re in WA already), and go check out Henni’s.

Now, your forecast:

It’s a beautiful summer day out there, finally, even in Portland, where it’s not cloudy for once. The gradient now, at 8:45am (yeah, I slept in today), is .05, and that means we’re going to see a little wind today. It’s a bit glassy right now, but should pick up to 10-15 pretty quickly and then 14-17 this afternoon from Stevenson to Hood River.

Tomorrow brings 5-10 in the morning in the western Gorge, 10-14 midday, and then as a weak disturbance passes to the north late in the day, the wind will pick up to 17-21 at Stevenson, get gusty near Hood River, and then fill in as far east as Arlington in the low twenties.

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Saturday brings 5-10 in the morning picking up to 15-18 in the afternoon near Hood River. Sunday brings 15-18 in the morning and 21-24 in the afternoon.

Tonight is the Post and Pint mountain bike ride, as always on Thursday, but if you want something to watch, head up to Family Man in Post Canyon for the Pump de Post, an all-ages pumptrack race benefitting the Gorge Freeride association. It’s just $5 to enter, and if you’re coming up, bring your BBQ and your family and make a party of it. But please, the organizers are asking that you leave the beer at home.

If you want to ride tomorrow, meet the Disco Divas at the China Gorge park n’ ride for the Whoopdee trail at 8:30.

Coming up this weekend, it’s the wildside relay, an outrigger canoe and surfski race from Stevenson to Bingen, so keep an eye out for all the boats on the water!

Have an awesome day today!

Temira