2011 MBO Photos Posted

We’ve been a little busy and haven’t had time to post the photos from the 2011 Mountain Bike Oregon on the WatermanAtWork website, but they are up there now, along with photos from 2008 and 2009. Better late than never, I reckon.

The Roads to Bertram

The weather here in Central Texas has gotten a little cooler, making it just about perfect for bike riding. Once again, we hit the county roads outside of Leander, Texas for a ride through what’s left of Texas ranch country. Not a lot of traffic on these county roads, most of the traffic is on … Read more

Remembering Northwestern Lake

On October 26, 2011, engineers blew a hole in the Condit Dam in Southwest Washington and emptied Northwestern Lake into the lower White Salmon River in order to remove the dam from the river and allow salmon and steelhead to migrate upstream to spawn. Northwestern Lake, the reservoir created upstream from the Condit Dam when … Read more

Cool and Sunny

Today was a beautiful late fall day, perfect for riding the Central Texas hill country roads. It was sunny, but cool; about 60°F, not much wind. Rode out of Leander, TX, up Round Mountain and into the city of Liberty Hill. Liberty Hill is a small town north of Austin, it really has that “old … Read more

Late Fall Texas Riding

The weather for the past few days here in Texas has been pretty darn nice, maybe a little chilly for the locals though. Daytime highs in the low seventies, overnight lows in the high thirties and low forties; after the hottest summer on record, it’s quite a cold snap for this area. Pretty good riding … Read more

On The Road Again

I probably have said this before, but I’ll say it again; one of the best ways to see the world is from the seat of a bicycle. You are moving at a speed that is faster than walking or riding a horse, but it’s slow enough that you can see what is on the side … Read more

Let Us Ride: Texas Edition

For the past few years I’ve been lucky enough to spend a lot of time riding mountain bikes around the Columbia River Gorge between Mt. Adams and Mt. Hood. I’ve been riding mountain bikes long enough to know that area could easily be one of the best places to ride a mountain bike in the … Read more

Hello Hill Country

After a few weeks of moving and having by bikes destroyed by a redneck truck driver, I finally got back on the bike and back on the road. I’m living here in Texas hill country, so why not get out and have a look around? A bike is the best way to see the countryside, … Read more

GoPro Camera Review

If you’ve been to a ski resort or on a bike trail in the past year or two, no doubt you’ve seen many GoPro cameras attached to every part of a person’s body. While there have been a number of personal POV(Point Of View) cameras available at a relatively inexpensive price, including Contour and the … Read more

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Sorry for yet another long delay in blog posts. There has been a lot happening, it is taking a little time for everything to settle down so I can sum it up in a few paragraphs and photos. Left the Columbia River Gorge as the autumn rain started to fall and headed south. Across eastern … Read more