{"id":5015,"date":"2017-08-30T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T20:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/?p=5015"},"modified":"2017-08-30T12:07:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T20:07:00","slug":"mountain-bike-mania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/mountain-bike-mania\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain Bike Mania!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mountain bike mania continues here at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.watermanatwork.com\/\">watermanatwork.com<\/a>. The salmon have arrived, but so has the wind, so we are getting out on the trails every chance we get. There&#8217;s no shortage of places to go and we are always ready for a new mountain bike adventure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AnotherMTBAdventure.jpg\" alt=\"Another mountain bike adventure\" title=\"Another mountain bike adventure\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AnotherMTBAdventure.jpg 600w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AnotherMTBAdventure-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been hot and dry, but still pretty nice riding at the higher elevations<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SunnyHotDusty.jpg\" alt=\"Sunny, hot and dusty mountain bike riding\" title=\"Sunny, hot and dusty mountain bike riding\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SunnyHotDusty.jpg 600w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SunnyHotDusty-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We go further and further out into the forest every time we go riding. It&#8217;s a great day of riding just looking around and exploring new places. This is an old logging operation. This spot is were they would load the logs onto logging trucks for the long ride out of the woods.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/OldLoggingOperation.jpg\" alt=\"An old logging operation on the mountain bike trail\" title=\"An old logging operation on the mountain bike trail\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/OldLoggingOperation.jpg 600w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/OldLoggingOperation-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of roads and trails that get very little use that are great for exploring. Here&#8217;s an old logging road that leads to who knows where? We&#8217;ll probably check it out the next time we are here.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/OvergrownRoad.jpg\" alt=\"Overgrown logging road\" title=\"Overgrown logging road\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/OvergrownRoad.jpg 600w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/OvergrownRoad-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some of the trails get very little use, maybe only a handful of intrepid explorers every year, probably a few hunters. You have to be careful riding this kind of trail because it&#8217;s so overgrown that it&#8217;s hard to see what&#8217;s ahead of you. You can come across a bunch of deer or a bear on the trail, too. With overcrowded popular trails just a few miles away, there are trails like this dying from not enough use.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SeldomUsedTrail.jpg\" alt=\"A seldom used singletrack trail\" title=\"A seldom used singletrack trail\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SeldomUsedTrail.jpg 400w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SeldomUsedTrail-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As we mentioned, the salmon are here and our kayaks are packed and ready to fish. Only problem is that it is very windy so that puts a damper on the kayak salmon fishing. It is also Labor Day Weekend and it is going to be hot, <em>real hot<\/em>, like in the hundreds. To escape the heat, wind and crowds, we are headed back to the mountains for more mountain bike riding. We&#8217;ll be back after the holiday weekend to get the salmon fishing started!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mountain bike mania continues here at watermanatwork.com. The salmon have arrived, but so has the wind, so we are getting out on the trails every chance we get. There&#8217;s no shortage of places to go and we are always ready for a new mountain bike adventure. 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