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Thank you all for your donations and kind words during last month’s pledge drive. Whew. Glad that’s over. I always feel a little weird asking for donations. That said, should you like to get on the daily email list (where you can occasionally win cool stuff), please take the time to click on the sun below and make a donation of $12 or more. That gets you a year’s subscription, and it makes me smile, because I know then that the hard work I put into this is worth a lot to you. Thank you for reading my work, and thank you for donating. Have a wonderful day!

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Looks like we’ll see some rain in the western Gorge today as a weather system swings across the Cascades. Well, maybe “sprinkles” is a better word (both because it conjures up images of self-decorated bowls of ice cream and because it describes today’s precipitation better). Most of the rain, at this point, sadly, is staying west of the Cascade crest.

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Wind forecast guess paragraphs

Expect light wind all morning, picking up to widespread, gusty, up-and-down 20-23 from Stevenson to Arlington this afternoon. Tomorrow brings a light west wind start, picking up to 10-13 midday and staying there. You’ll find what wind there is to be centered on the Central Gorge.

Saturday brings east wind in the low twenties, and Sunday looks like west wind of some sort. Probably west wind in the low twenties, but maybe stronger west wind. You know… these weather models are a bit unreliable that far out.

Today’s Gorge Wind
Your favorite beach	Dawn Patrol	9am- 11:30a	11:30a- 3pm	3pm- dusk
Steven’s Locks	light	light	15-18	20-23
Hatch (subtract a few mph for Event Site)	light	light	15-18	20-23
Doug’s / Rowena / Lyle	light	light	15-18	20-23
Maryhill / Rufus / The Wall	light	light	15-18	20-23
Arlington / Roosevelt	light	light	15-18	20-23

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Sports, activities, and other stuff

Tonight’s my favorite bike ride of the week, the Post and Pint. Meet at Dirty Fingers at 5:30 for a two hour race-pace mountain bike ride, followed by food and beer at the shop til late in the evening. Your first beer is free. Food is $5. Also this evening, starting at 7pm, Big Man’s Rotisserie on the 141 in Husum is showing a free whitewater rafting documentary. Live music starts at 7, and the movie should start about 8:30.

Saturday’s the final race of the Gorge Cup Windsurfing series at the Event Site in Hood River. Registration opens at 8:30 with the skipper’s meeting at 10, and it’s free to enter if you’ve never raced before. After the race, there’s an end-of-season party.

Also this weekend, it’s the Bunker to Bonneville 50k trail run and the Open Bic Unregatta in Cascade Locks. On Saturday evening, Windance has their annual customer appreciation party with food and drinks for all wind Johnnies, and then on Sunday, it’s the final Swap Meet of the season, happening at Luhr Jensen.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

This is Temira!

Thank you all for your donations and kind words during last month’s pledge drive. Whew. Glad that’s over. I always feel a little weird asking for donations. That said, should you like to get on the daily email list (where you can occasionally win cool stuff), please take the time to click on the sun below and make a donation of $12 or more. That gets you a year’s subscription, and it makes me smile, because I know then that the hard work I put into this is worth a lot to you. Thank you for reading my work, and thank you for donating. Have a wonderful day!

Random Thoughts you may or may not regret reading…

Gosh do I love it when it rains in the middle of summer. Especially when that rain falls on wildfires and mountain biking trails.

Support this local business

Lance Koudele Photography (LKP) has captured product/lifestyle photography for local businesses Celilo Restaurant, TREW Gear, Slingshot Sports, Dakine, Insitu, North Pacific Surfboards and shot international advertising campaigns for Patagonia, Keen, Adidas. Lance understands branding and how to convey it’s message precisely through photography. If you need a fresh perspective to lift your buisness to new heights contact LKP.

Wind forecast guess paragraphs

We’re going to see a nice warm day in the Gorge today, with very little wind, so it’s going to be a great day for Standup Paddling or fishing or road biking. Yes, I know there’s a bit of wind this morning. If you want it, get it now, because it’s going to fade to 10-13 by midday, not picking up again until late in the afternoon or early evening.

Tomorrow starts with light wind, and then we’ll see rain. Blessed, lovely, wonderful rain. After this weather system swings through (if it does before dark), we’ll see afternoon westerlies at gusty 15-18 from Mosier east.

Friday looks like a light start with maybe 13-15 in the afternoon. Saturday looks like east wind. Sunday looks like strong west wind, but I’m not sure I’m buying the model’s wind forecast for Sunday. Speaking of Sunday, there will be no forecast on Sunday.

Don’t forget: It’s time to nominate folks for the Gorge Windsurfing Awards.
You can do that at CGWA’s website through the 28th. Your award choices are: Dale Cook (big air), Grom of the Year, Windsurfer of the Year, Most Selfless Windsurfer, and Most Stoked. Also, don’t forget that new windsurfing windows are 15% off this month at Northwave.

Today’s Gorge Wind
Your favorite beach	Dawn Patrol	9am- 11:30a	11:30a- 3pm	3pm- dusk
Steven’s Locks	light	5-10	10-13	10-13 after 5pm
Hatch (subtract a few mph for Event Site)	14-17	14-17	10-13	14-17 late
Doug’s / Rowena / Lyle	10-13	10-13	10-13	14-17
Maryhill / Rufus / The Wall	20? I don’t get it	10-13	10-13	14-17
Arlington / Roosevelt	light	light	10-13	14-17

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Sports, activities, and other stuff

In great news for trail users, the Forest Service lifted most of the trail and road closures due to the Government Flats fire yesterday. All the trails except the 451 (whatever that is!) have reopened, but parts of the 17 Road and spur roads off the 17 are still closed. Hood River County’s Kitchen Sink trail, has also reopened to non-moto use. Moto folks, start doing rain dances so we can end fire season and get everyone back on the trails.

Speaking of trails, Hood River County is looking for sponsors for toilet cleaning at Family Man. Minimum donation is $150 – cleanings are $45 per visit, and include toilet paper. Hooray. We’re working on signage to thank all the sponsors, so start thinking if you or your business would like to be a Potty Hero, and shoot me an email.

Tonight’s roundup: at 5:30, there’s women’s mountain biking at Dirty Fingers, whitewater paddling at Husum, kids mountain biking at Family Man, and Qi Gong at Wilson Park. At 6pm, there’s sailboat racing in Hood River, there’s Tai Chi at Wilson Park, and there’s pickup Ultimate Frisbee at Wy’East Middle School.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira