{"id":1306,"date":"2011-02-14T18:52:58","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T01:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2013-04-10T15:25:45","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T23:25:45","slug":"urban-riding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/urban-riding\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Riding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, we were in Portland for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worstdayride.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Worst Day of the Year&#8221; bicycle ride<\/a>. As seems to be the case with the recent history of the ride, the weather did not live up to it&#8217;s name. It was a little on the cool side, not surprising for the middle of February, the skies were gray and threatening, but the rain that had soaked the area the night before held off until after the ride.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Don outside the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.communitycyclingcenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Community Cycling Center<\/a>; the proceeds from the ride help support this bike shop\/organization that helps promote the benefits of cycling in the Portland, OR metro area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/CCC-Don2-134-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1307\" title=\"CCC-Don 2-13-11\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/CCC-Don2-134-11.jpg\" alt=\"CCC-Don 2-13-11\" width=\"400\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/CCC-Don2-134-11.jpg 400w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/CCC-Don2-134-11-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Big difference from the backwoods, farms and ranch country we are used to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/UrbanRide2-13-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1308\" title=\"Urban Ride 2-13-11\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/UrbanRide2-13-11.jpg\" alt=\"Urban Ride 2-13-11\" width=\"275\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/UrbanRide2-13-11.jpg 275w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/UrbanRide2-13-11-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Portland is a bike and beer crazy city; we did a little biking and a little beer drinking on a fun day with our cycling friends in Portland.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/PortlandBikes-Beer2-13-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1309\" title=\"Portland Bikes-Beer 2-13-11\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/PortlandBikes-Beer2-13-11.jpg\" alt=\"Portland Bikes-Beer 2-13-11\" width=\"400\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/PortlandBikes-Beer2-13-11.jpg 400w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/PortlandBikes-Beer2-13-11-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The weather is looking pretty sad for the next few days, so some work might get done on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.watermanatwork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WatermanAtWork website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, we were in Portland for the &#8220;Worst Day of the Year&#8221; bicycle ride. 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