We are accustomed to a lot of rain up here in the Pacific Northwest, but this crappy spring weather is really starting to get old. After a night’s worth of heavy rain and a morning thunderstorm, the mud was so slippery, the second I got a couple feet out of my driveway, my truck slid … Read more
I’ve uploaded a video coming down Fir Mountain Road off of Fir Mountain in Hood River. Pretty healthy climb up and fun downhill. Check that downhill speed, no guard rails.
We’ve been having typical PacNW weather recently; sunny, cloudy, rainy and windy, sometimes all at the same time. Today was sunny, but cool with a stiff SW breeze. A little higher up in the foothills, there were scattered rainstorms. In the photo below the sun is shining in the valley, Mt. Hood is obscured by … Read more
The gray, windy, rainy weather is really hanging on here for the most part. It might be sunny for a bit, raining an hour later and maybe some 25-30 mph wind thrown in. Hit and miss on the bike riding, especially on the wet, muddy trails and too windy for kayak fishing. You can always … Read more
Well, there hasn’t been any blogging going on for a while, but that doesn’t mean that nothing is happening. Quite the contrary. For the past couple years, the WatermanAtWork home base has been in the hills outside of White Salmon, Washington. There has been a bit of a shift and now our operations will be … Read more
The past couple days have been beautiful, a real break from the record bad spring weather we’ve been having. It’s been sunny, with a bit of a cool breeze, but 60 degrees seems like mid summer in Austin compared to the previous few months. Even though there is a 100 pound killer cougar out there, … Read more
My leg has been a little sore from the Rottweiller bite and the weather has been a bit cold and rainy, but it all came together today. It was the nicest day of the year so far, nearly 70 degrees. Compared to the weather we’ve been having, that is a virtual heat wave. The trails … Read more
Dog Creek Falls is just another place on the side of the road that thousands of people drive by every day without stopping. No cover charge, no entry fee, but you do have to get out of your car and walk a hundred yards or so. Slow down, pull over and have a look.
Looks like it’s animal attack season around here. A few days after being attacked by the neighbor’s crazy Rotweiller, it looks like a cougar has killed a couple sheep. Not baby lambs, but full sized sheep. One sheep was lying next to the electric fence, it didn’t have any teeth marks or blood on it, … Read more
Today was the warmest, sunny day of 2011 so far, but I didn’t get much of a chance to enjoy it. As I was heading out the front door of my house, the neighbor’s Rotweiller attacked me, without warning, from behind and bit me on the back of my leg. I’m not sure why people … Read more