The mountain bike riding here in Cascade Mountains is always great. It’s been a hot, dusty and always short summer here in the PacNW. The weather is still good, unfortunately no rain so the extreme fire danger continues. Fire smoke drifts in and out of the area but thankful no major wildfires in the immediate … Read more
This is a temporary category of the watermanatwork.com blog to sell some of the things I’ve accumulated over time. I’ve done a lot of things and have some interesting stuff for sale. These are my personal possessions, no stores involved. Some of the items will be posted on online classified page websites. Most of the … Read more
My father, Joseph R. Barbish was an award winning wood carver and craftsman. Over the years, he sent me hand carved and painted work as gifts for holidays and birthdays. I agreed to not sell any of his carvings while he was still alive because he never sold any of his carvings himself. He has … Read more
This sailboat, the “Buccaneer”, was built by my father, Joseph Barbish, as a young man in 1939. He would go on to become an award winning wood carver and craftsman. He gave it to me when I was a young kid. I sailed it on a local pond a couple times and it’s been in … Read more
This is a rare Jimi Hendrix bootleg album from the Maui HI sessions in July 1970. The album was released by Trade Mark of Quality(TMOQ or TMQ) in July 1973. The 1970 sound quality is not very good, but it was a big deal because Hendrix was not making any more music. TMQ 7502 is … Read more
Hate to do it, but I’m putting my Burton Supermodel 174 snowboard up for sale. This board was purchased direct from Burton in 1997 and hand made in Vermont USA. The board is in mint condition. A few minor scratches on the deck from skier’s poles, the bottom is like new. The board comes with … Read more
Dealing with record heat and dry and dusty conditions, it’s time for more hot summer mountain biking from the Cascade Mountains. The conditions are not ideal, but the way things are going, there may be no riding at all if the fire situation keeps getting worse, as it probably will. Even though it’s hot, the … Read more
The continuing unseasonably hot weather is making for hot and dusty MTB trail riding here in the Cascade Mountains of the PacNW. Everything is bone dry making for extreme fire danger. There are already a number of large wildfires burning in the PacNW and the “fire season” has barely begun. Fire season is all year … Read more
We’ve got some kayak fishing for largemouth bass GIF action images that were not used in the watermanatwork.com blog this past winter. The fishing in this part of the PacNW has not been good and has become a lot more expensive. It’s nice to look back on a great season of kayak fishing for largemouth … Read more
As the hot weather continues in the PacNW, it gets drier and drier and the risk for wildfire is as extreme as it gets. The mountain snowpack is melting at a record rate. Seasonal streams and creeks are already dry and some mountain springs have been reduced to a trickle. This is all with a … Read more