The weather here in the PacNW continues to be cold, snowy, wet or all the above, so outdoor activities are limited, at best. Which means we’ve had time to work on the WatermanAtWork.com website. We had to do a lot of work cleaning up the website’s computer code, some of which was more than a … Read more
The weather has not been so great the past couple weeks; cold, rainy and even a pretty good blizzard that dumped over 6″ of snow in about three hours the other day, so outdoor activities have been somewhat curtailed. Luckily, today we got an early Christmas present of a decent day that allowed us to … Read more
The rain continues here in the Pacific Northwest so instead of waiting for the rain to stop, we go somewhere that you can ride when it’s wet. Probably one of the best places to do that is in the Tillamook State Forest, a temperate rain forest in the Oregon Coastal Mountain Range. It rains here … Read more
This time of year in the Pacific Northwest, unless specified otherwise, it is raining, about to rain, or just stopped raining. Bike riding is all about getting out between storms, with short winter days, that takes some dedication. To leave a nice, warm house to go riding when it’s cold and wet, well, you have … Read more
After a couple weeks of rain, we finally got a couple days of relatively dry, but cold weather. Cold or not, when it’s not raining this time of year, you get outside because you never know when the next dry day is going to be. We headed out the door for a mountain bike ride … Read more
There’s been a little bit of rain in the past few days but overall, the trails have had a chance to absorb the rain that has fallen. Today was mostly clear, but pretty cold. We set out on the local trails with the temperature at about 40°F and most of the leaves fallen from the … Read more
Another nice day here in the Pacific Northwest. No rain or snow and the fishing season is quickly coming to a close, so it’s back to the Klickitat River for another try at a trophy steelhead or salmon. There are still a few leaves on the trees, but as the wind picks up, most of … Read more
We are really getting lucky here in the Pacific Northwest; instead of cold rain and snow, we have a few more nice sunny days before winter inevitably arrives. This time of year, it’s usually cold rain, gray skies and snow, instead we have sunshine, blue skies and temperatures in the sixties. For November, it has … Read more
Winter is approaching quickly here in the Pacific Northwest; long sunny days are being replaced by short, gray and rainy days. After a few days of rain, the clouds cleared out and I was able to see that Mt. Hood had received a healthy dose of snow, the snow level dropping every day. In all … Read more