{"id":1780,"date":"2011-07-28T09:28:55","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T17:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/?p=1780"},"modified":"2013-04-10T14:02:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T22:02:53","slug":"summer-riding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/summer-riding\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Riding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is just about the middle of summer here in the Columbia River Gorge, it&#8217;s starting to look like it. The grasses are thick and starting to turn brown and the trails are getting hard packed and dusty<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DrySummerTrail7-27-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1781\" title=\"Dry Summer Trail 7-27-11\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DrySummerTrail7-27-11.jpg\" alt=\"Dry Summer Trail 7-27-11\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DrySummerTrail7-27-11.jpg 500w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DrySummerTrail7-27-11-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Still dark and cool in the forest<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DarkForestTrail7-27-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1782\" title=\"Dark Forest Trail 7-27-11\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DarkForestTrail7-27-11.jpg\" alt=\"Dark Forest Trail 7-27-11\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DarkForestTrail7-27-11.jpg 500w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DarkForestTrail7-27-11-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ForestSingletrack7-27-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1783\" title=\"Forest Singletrack 7-27-11\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ForestSingletrack7-27-11.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Singletrack 7-27-11\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ForestSingletrack7-27-11.jpg 500w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ForestSingletrack7-27-11-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can always find a bit of green in the Pacific Northwest<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Green7-27-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1784\" title=\"Green 7-27-11\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Green7-27-11.jpg\" alt=\"Green 7-27-11\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Green7-27-11.jpg 500w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Green7-27-11-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are packing up the kayak and fishing gear and heading into the hills to try and do a little kayak fishing. 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