So Asta & I headed out to Joann's for supplies, with a Starbucks's top along the way. Around 3:00pm I decided I needed more fondant, some foamcore to serve as the base, and an exacto knofe for easier and more precise fondant cutting. Then I began the layout and fondant work. On Saturday morning, I started working at 8am, baking more layers. On Friday night I began baking the layers. Finally, on Friday night, I settled on a design. So, I spent quite a few weeks stressing over his cake would look like. Well, if you google "Cougar Cake", the results that you are presented with are decidedly NOT fit for a child's visual consumption. This year, he decided he wanted a cougar cake. Then, I start googling around for ideas, and usually come up with something fun. In the early years, I made the cakes based on whatever he showed an interest in, but now that he's older, I let him choose the theme. #6: Starbucks, Hillsboro OR, Saturday November 8th.Įvery year, I bake a birthday cake for my friend Jill's son, Liam. Plus additional unrecorded miles post-coffee to brunch and back home. We locked our bikes up to a motley assortment of utility pipes and street signs. In addition to a tasty pourover, I purchased some coffee to go.Ĭompanions: Keith, Jeff, Theo, Asta, Lynne, Garyīike facilities: Minimal. All the baristas were prototypical lumbersexuals. Everything was drippy and eerie, and traffic was nearly non-existent.Ĭoava shares space with a wood-working showroom of some sort. Still a lovely ride to get there, involving a ride up and over the West Hills in the fog. We had "grand plans" to take the long way to the coffee shop, but Sunday dawned cold, foggy and chilly. Gary crashed in my guestroom on Saturday night. A bunch of us decided to coffeeneur Sunday morning, and eventually settled on Coava, a place I've never been, #5: Coava Coffee, Portland Oregon, Sunday November 2ndĪfter the populaire the day before, I had a big post-ride party at my house. We leaned our bikes up against the chain link fence near the church. After our meal and much socializing, we rode our bikes back to our vehicles, which were parked near the start of the populaire, which was a few miles away in Forest Grove.Ĭompanions: Paul, Keith, Graham, Michal, Garyĭrink: black coffee out of the biggest urn I've ever seenīike facilities: None. Bingo was in full swing and the polka music was blaring from the loudspeakers. After finishing the ride, we wandered off to the Bingo tent for sausages, coffee and "atmosphere". This ride finishes at the annual sausage festival, where a local church makes and sells thousands of pounds of homemade sausages and kraut for it's annual fundraiser. This day began with a 100K populaire with Oregon Randonneurs. #4: The Verboort Sausage Festival bingo tent, Verboort OR, Saturday November 1stĪnother opportunistic coffeeneuring adventure. We rode back to the hotel too, with just a wee little 205km ride in between. We just lean our bikes up against the storefront. Especially since the staff there was pretty clueless.īike: The Troublemaker (my carbon Sweetpea)īike facilities: None. Jason works for Starbucks corporate, so it was funny to coffeeneur there with him. This is what we call "Opportunistic Coffeeneuring." Sometimes ya just gotta fit them in where ya can! The meetup was at a Starbucks which was 2.5 miles from the hotel where Jason, Keith & I were staying. I drove to the Tri-Cities region to ride the Richland-Pendleton-Richland 205km permanent with Norm, Gary, Jason and Keith. #3: Starbucks, Richland WA, Saturday October 18th Super safe location with no need for a lock #2: Longbottom's Coffee and Tea, Hillsboro OR, Sunday October 6thĪnother sunny day! Asta acquired a new bike, so we made a quick spin to Longbottom's for her first test ride.īike facilities: There a rack outside the front door, but we just lean our bikes wherever.
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