The weather could not be better for this time of year; a little cold overnight and in the early morning, but beautiful during the day; especially in the late afternoon in the evening sun. We are extremely lucky to have great bike riding here; roads winding through beautiful countryside and forests and trails that traverse … Read more
Looks like about six inches of snow over the past couple days on Mt. Hood; snow level down to about 4K’. Anticipation of the coming snow season is building. Looking forward to Meadows opening and some backcountry trips as well. Always sad to see a beautiful summer pass; but the leaves are turning colors; that … Read more
On my last mountain bike ride; I was trying to keep up with DH Dan G and probably going faster than I should have been going when I clipped a tree with my handlebar that sent me flying head first into another large tree. Checking out the damage to the helmet; looks like I hit … Read more
Summer may be officially over and the famous rainy PacNW weather may be right around the corner so we have to get the most out of the nice days we have left. This past weekend had perfect weather for riding so Don and I took full advantage of it to go on one of the … Read more
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Most of the time; when you are riding your mountain bike; it is either a training ride or racing, sometimes a combination of the two. You want to ride as fast as you can; to improve your fitness or to beat your riding partners in friendly competition. We are lucky enough to live in an … Read more
I’ve uploaded kayak fishing photos taken from early this spring to the current late summer steelhead and salmon fishing. You can find the photos at PacNW Kayak Fishing Photos on the WatermanAtWork website.
The great local steelhead fishing is still red hot. If you are in the right spot at the right time you will be mixing it up with native and hatchery ocean-run steelhead. The native fish are beautifully colored and exceptionally strong fighters. You have to catch and release the natives, so all you get to … Read more
This past weekend was the second of two Mountain Bike Oregon events. It was another great event; beautiful weather, great singletrack riding and the company of three hundred or so questionable characters. I’ll be adding more mountain biking and kayak fishing photos to the website in the next day or two. The weather is so … Read more
Sorry for the lack of posts lately. It’s not that I’m not doing anything; there is so much going on I can’t seem to find time to keep the blog up to date. Long story short; weather has been great. Mountain bike riding has been fantastic. Kayak fishing has been as good as it gets. … Read more