{"id":1908,"date":"2011-08-24T20:50:15","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T04:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/?p=1908"},"modified":"2013-04-10T14:00:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T22:00:05","slug":"ride-through-the-orchards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/ride-through-the-orchards\/","title":{"rendered":"Ride Through The Orchards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the dog days of summer and the fruit trees of the Hood River Valley are just about ready for picking. The Red d&#8217;Anjou and Bartlett pears are getting plump from constant irrigation with water from the nearby Hood River<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Red-dAnjouPears8-24-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1909\" title=\"Red d'Anjou Pears 8-24-11\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Red-dAnjouPears8-24-11.jpg\" alt=\"Red d'Anjou Pears 8-24-11\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Red-dAnjouPears8-24-11.jpg 500w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Red-dAnjouPears8-24-11-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/BartlettPears8-24-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1910\" title=\"Bartlett Pears 8-24-11\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/BartlettPears8-24-11.jpg\" alt=\"Bartlett Pears 8-24-11\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/BartlettPears8-24-11.jpg 375w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/BartlettPears8-24-11-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tree branches are heavy with fruit and need to be propped up with long boards to keep the branches from breaking under the weight of the rapidly growing pears. Empty fruit bins are distributed around the orchards, soon to be filled up with freshly picked fruit<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/ReadyForHarvest8-24-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1911\" title=\"Ready For Harvest 8-24-11\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/ReadyForHarvest8-24-11.jpg\" alt=\"Ready For Harvest 8-24-11\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/ReadyForHarvest8-24-11.jpg 500w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/ReadyForHarvest8-24-11-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I passed through the orchards in the valley and headed into the hills. Some of the creeks are still running strong from the spring rains and heavy late spring snow<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/NealCreek.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1912\" title=\"Neal Creek\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/NealCreek.jpg\" alt=\"Neal Creek\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/NealCreek.jpg 500w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/NealCreek-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you get farther up into the hills that surround the Hood River Valley, you reach the end of the line<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/EndOfTheLine.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1913\" title=\"End Of The Line\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/EndOfTheLine.jpg\" alt=\"End Of The Line\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/EndOfTheLine.jpg 500w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/EndOfTheLine-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a short time later, you reach the end of the paved road. 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