A rainy day here in the Cascade Mountains provides the opportunity to post a couple weeks worth of mountain bike photos in one of the last wild areas of the continental United States.
![Cascade Mountain Trail](https://watermanatwork.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/CascadeMtnTrail7-17-23.jpg)
![Forest Trail](https://watermanatwork.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ForestTrail7-17-23.jpg)
Nature is always in motion. There are a lot of trees here, some of them fall down.
![Downed Tree](https://watermanatwork.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/DownedTree7-22-23.jpg)
It’s been hot and there has been no significant rain for a month but the forest is still green. Dry, but green.
![Forest Trail](https://watermanatwork.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ForestTrail7-22-23.jpg)
Early morning ride
![Early morning ride](https://watermanatwork.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EarlyAMRide8-3-23.jpg)
The glaciers on Mt. Adams are melting in the hot summer sun. This black lava rock mountain is on the front line of the changing climate.
![Mt Adams](https://watermanatwork.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/MtAdams8-3-23.jpg)
I’m doing everything I can to not destroy the planet, and so should you. Along with that I try to ride my bike every day I can just to be out in the woods.
![Cascade Mountain Singletrack](https://watermanatwork.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/CascadeSingletrack8-4-23.jpg)
![Mountain Trail](https://watermanatwork.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/MountainTrail8-4-23.jpg)
The bit of rain here should clean the dust off everything, not nearly enough to cause even a puddle. In the middle of dangerous fire season, any rain is good. Always something going on so check back soon.