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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | what | sunscreen | is the best |
bunscreen? | |
| Steven’s Locks | light | 10-13 | 13-16 | 20-23 | |
| Hatchery/White Salmon Sandbar (minus a few for Hood River) | light | 10-13 | 13-16 | 20-23 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | light | 10-13 | 13-16 | 20-23+ | |
| Rufus, etc. | light | light | 13-16 | 20-23+ | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | light | light | 10-13 | 20-23 | |
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Gorge Wind Forecast (and Sauvie’s, Jones, the Coast…)
There was pretty much no wind anywhere in the Gorge when I woke up this morning, but don’t let that discourage your Wind Johnnying aspirations for today; the wind shall return, and with it, your windesires shall be fulfilled. Expect light and variable wind early (the 5am gradient was .02 E pdx-dls), W 10-13 by noon, and W 22-25 by mid-afternoon. You’ll find this wind initially at Stevenson, and then from Stevenson to Hood River, and then all the way to Arlington by early evening. You may even see 24-27+ late in the day from Rowena eastward.
We’ll all wake up to 24-28+ for Dawn Patrol tomorrow, with 30+ for much of the day. Your only decision will be where to spend your time playing on the river; it’s hard to say where the marine layer will settle, but if it stays west of Swell, you’ll find an excellent Dawn Patrol from Swell to Doug’s tomorrow. If the little fluffy clouds are past Swell, head to the Mosier-to-Doug’s stretch. As for the rest of tomorrow, just pick a beach. For you downwinding people, tomorrow looks excellent. However, Stevenson will likely join in the fun late due to the marine layer, so keep that in mind.
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Friday starts off with a nuker of a Dawn Patrol: 24-28+, once again. With a deeper marine layer predicted and a bit of a dynamic weather thing happening, the wind won’t be quite as steady or reliable as Thursday. It’s looking like the strongest, steadiest wind will be all the way from Swell (unless the clouds push too far) to Arlington in the morning, with 28-32 likely from Swell to Doug’s, shifting back to the Stevenson-to-Doug’s section of river in the afternoon with 25-29.
Saturday looks like E 15-18. Sunday starts with light easterlies and switches to westerlies at 20-23 in the afternoon.
Coast (north/central/south). Today: 10-15/15-20/15-20?, NW swell 9′ @ 9 seconds. Tomorrow: light/light/30-35, NW 8 @ 9. Friday: 5-10/15-20/30+, NW 8 @ 9.
Jones n’ Sauvie’s beta test forecast. Jones today, 24-27. Jones tomorrow, 12-15. Jones Friday, 20-23. Sauvie’s today, 9-12. Sauvie’s tomorrow, 9-12. Sauvie’s Friday, 7-10.
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
Nothing to say here today.
Random Morning Thoughts
I was at the community meditation in White Salmon last night doing my lovingkindness thing. It’s easy to fill my soul with love when so many people I care deeply about are sitting in the same room. Part of me wanted to jump out of my chair and give these people big hugs and tell them how much I love them.
Clearly that wasn’t a good idea in the middle of the sit, but I realized how unlikely I was to say the words “I love you” to people who are “just friends”, even if we share the same worldview, the same self-study path, and the same football team.
In American culture, we save the phrase “I love you” for our romantic partners and our relatives, for the most part. That’s unfortunate, because different people receive love best in different ways; some need to see actions, some need words, some need gifts, some need touch, and some people, sadly, can only receive love in ways that feel abusive to the rest of us. (note: I’m pretty sure there’s a book on this, and I’m not intentionally plagiarizing… just rambling).
There are lots of ways to demonstrate love, and only some resonate with each person. By limiting the words “I love you” to familial and romantic love, we deprive people of the opportunity to fully receive and feel love. So, I encourage you to use those three words more often. I love you guys. Thanks for your support. Have an awesome day.
Gorge Weather Forecast
Today is starting out cool and smoky and will finish up hot and way less smoky. Expect temps in the upper 50’s early and the mid 90’s this afternoon. No wind early, moderate westerlies late. Tomorrow starts off with temps in the low 60’s and ends up in the upper 70’s with nuking westerlies all day long. Say goodbye to your garbage cans. If Friday’s your garbage day, you too shall have problems. Expect temps in the low 60’s early and the upper 70’s in the afternoon with strong west wind. No rainbows for the 24 hour period. The weekend looks hot and sunny.
White Sprinter Van of the Day
Road and Mountain Biking
It’s calm and cool out there this morning (like you, I suspect: calm and cool), which would normally be a great start to an early ride. However, it’s smoky as an unshowered wildland firefighter out there too, meaning your lungs are not going to thank you if you go hammer out a couple hours on the roads or trails.
If you’re interested in bike touring, Oregon State Parks has a great event this weekend, Let’s go Bike Touring. They’ll teach you how to plan a tour, and they’ll give you some information about how bike touring impacts the planet and communities. You’ll need to provide your own lunch, but they’ll have some bikes available if you don’t have one. RSVP’s are required. Visit the link above for more information.
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Upcoming Events
It’s going to be hot this evening, so take cold drinks if you’re headed out for the weekly events. There’s the women’s Post n’ Pinot mountian bike ride leaving Dirty Fingers at 5:30. There’s kid-friendly mountain biking plus pizza at Family Man at 5:30. If you want to play in the whitewater, there’s a paddle on the White Salmon that leaves Husum at 5:30, and there’s sailboat racing out of the Hood River Marina tonight too.
Coming up tomorrow, there’s community foundational flow yoga at 8am at Flow. There’s another free yoga class at 6:30 at Yoga Samadhi tomorrow. Coming up Saturday, Oregon State Parks teaches you how to go bike touring at the Twin Tunnels in Hood River and Riverkeeper cleans up the Columbia with your help at Riverfront Park in The Dalles. Mt. Hood Meadows has the Uphill Challenge on Saturday.
In big screen news, Frozen plays at Cascade Locks Movies in the Park on Friday evening at dusk, and Despicable Me 2 plays at Jackson Park in Hood River on Saturday evening at dusk. The Seahawks play the Chiefs at 5pm Friday night on the TV of your choice.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
