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DaveMatthews
Dave's not here. Cheating since 2018
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Sunday was a rip down the greenway and out the Mud bay trail for a bit.
Weather was beautiful and clear, but I'm glad I had 2 layers of long sleeves on. The wind was a bit sobering.
Thankfully, this puddle was not deep at all...
Many birds on the hunt...
That pump was working hard...
Time for a water break...
Come in to my parlor...
Very rare to see a vehicle on this trail...
Heading North...
Lots of action at John Oliver Park (no, not that guy)...
Glad the threat is over...
Did I ride all the way to Easter Island?
Weather was beautiful and clear, but I'm glad I had 2 layers of long sleeves on. The wind was a bit sobering.
Thankfully, this puddle was not deep at all...
Many birds on the hunt...
That pump was working hard...
Time for a water break...
Come in to my parlor...
Very rare to see a vehicle on this trail...
Heading North...
Lots of action at John Oliver Park (no, not that guy)...
Glad the threat is over...
Did I ride all the way to Easter Island?
Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
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- Carlsbad, CA
Sunday was a rip down the greenway and out the Mud bay trail for a bit.
Weather was beautiful and clear, but I'm glad I had 2 layers of long sleeves on. The wind was a bit sobering.
Thankfully, this puddle was not deep at all...
Many birds on the hunt...
That pump was working hard...
Time for a water break...
Come in to my parlor...
Very rare to see a vehicle on this trail...
Heading North...
Lots of action at John Oliver Park (no, not that guy)...
Glad the threat is over...
Did I ride all the way to Easter Island?
What mountain is that in the distance?
DaveMatthews
Dave's not here. Cheating since 2018
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That is Mount Baker.
Brendon@OEB
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Some pics out riding before and after work in the Columbia River Gorge
Bulls Urban Evo 10 w/upgrades and missing it's charge port cover
Bulls Urban Evo 10 w/upgrades and missing it's charge port cover
So you work in or around Hood River?
I've ridden that area probably a hundred times, enough that I usually have an Oregon State Park day use biennial pass to park at the Mark O Hatfield west lot. Sadly the China Gorge Restaurant closed which was a nice after ride dinner. Last week I did a 40 mile ride on roads behind Lyle, tomorrow tentatively planning a ride up Larch mountain road to Sherrard's point. Great weather lately.
Brendon@OEB
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Weather has been sublime! Yep live in HR. There's lots of great gravel riding behind Lyle.
There's a good Indian restaurant where China Gorge used to be.
There's a good Indian restaurant where China Gorge used to be.
Chargeride
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Lol Imgur is blocked in the UK
Brendon@OEB
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Well there's tons of great food options in town too!
Brendon@OEB
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Hey I know that river! Looks like a fairly calm day, we've been having pretty stellar weather so far!
Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
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- Carlsbad, CA
Picked up my bike from the shop in record heat today (see below) but decided to ride farther from home to check out the post-Marie wave damage at Cardiff State Beach. It was worse than I thought — much worse.
Outdoor temperature at home at 10 am this morning, only 0.6 mi from the ocean. Totally unheard of!
Oh well, imagine how much worse it'd be if we had global warming.
;^}
Before: This beach got a thick sand cover in a major replenishment of Del Mar, Solana Beach, and south Encinitas beaches ~1.5 years ago. Millions of $$$ and zillions of gallons of diesel fuel expended for the dredging, pumping, redistribution, and final grooming.
After: Now it's all gone. Only the underlying cobble remains, and some of that may be gone, too. Don't even wanna think about what I'll see when I check out the Del Mar Dog Beach next week.
Just before high tide. Normally all you'd see here at this tide is sand. Now there's none. For the foreseeable future, beachgoers who'd normally park their chairs on the sand will have to content themselves with sitting near or on the edge of the sidewalk instead.
With no sand buffer to dissipate the wave energy, I'm worrying now about this natural rock formation the locals call Cardiff Reef. Waves previously got to this part of the reef only at king tides.
Gratuitous wave-riding pelican shot.
Cardiff State Beach and the Del Mar Dog Beach are the only 2 places in North County where dogs are allowed on the sand. Roxie and I have spent countless joyful hours on both. Really hurts my heart to see Cardiff in its current sad state.
Worse yet, my knees can't handle walking any distance on cobble, and Roxie doesn't like walking on it, either. So without sand, Cardiff beach is now effectively unwalkable for both of us — indefinitely. The stuff's also totally unrideable without fat tires.
Praying there's still some sand at Del Mar.
Outdoor temperature at home at 10 am this morning, only 0.6 mi from the ocean. Totally unheard of!
Oh well, imagine how much worse it'd be if we had global warming.
;^}
Before: This beach got a thick sand cover in a major replenishment of Del Mar, Solana Beach, and south Encinitas beaches ~1.5 years ago. Millions of $$$ and zillions of gallons of diesel fuel expended for the dredging, pumping, redistribution, and final grooming.
After: Now it's all gone. Only the underlying cobble remains, and some of that may be gone, too. Don't even wanna think about what I'll see when I check out the Del Mar Dog Beach next week.
Just before high tide. Normally all you'd see here at this tide is sand. Now there's none. For the foreseeable future, beachgoers who'd normally park their chairs on the sand will have to content themselves with sitting near or on the edge of the sidewalk instead.
With no sand buffer to dissipate the wave energy, I'm worrying now about this natural rock formation the locals call Cardiff Reef. Waves previously got to this part of the reef only at king tides.
Cardiff State Beach and the Del Mar Dog Beach are the only 2 places in North County where dogs are allowed on the sand. Roxie and I have spent countless joyful hours on both. Really hurts my heart to see Cardiff in its current sad state.
Worse yet, my knees can't handle walking any distance on cobble, and Roxie doesn't like walking on it, either. So without sand, Cardiff beach is now effectively unwalkable for both of us — indefinitely. The stuff's also totally unrideable without fat tires.
Praying there's still some sand at Del Mar.
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DaveMatthews
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Disheartening to see mate. I suppose they will replenish again, but as these years go by it never gets any cheaper...
Jeremy McCreary
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- Carlsbad, CA
Not sure replenishment is still a viable strategy here. It's usually funded with a mix of local, state, and federal dollars. How much more money will these payors be willing to throw at what looks now to be a losing battle?
DaveMatthews
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Yeah... you are echoing my suspicion. You'd know better than I though. The frequency of these incidents cannot help but accelerate, so anyone looking at future budgets has a real problem...
Chargeride
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I did a dive and wasnt expecting this.
The rivers supply the sand
The rivers supply the sand
Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
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- Carlsbad, CA
Sad thing is, most of the inland dams still trapping sand are no longer in use. No one knows where the money to remove or bypass them would come from.
Our retreating sea cliffs are another important sand source, as waves eventually grind the slide deposits at the bases of the cliffs into sand. But that process is way too slow to keep up with current sand losses.
Chargeride
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There is at least awareness.
explorebeaches.msi.ucsb.edu
Surprisingly its not actually being blamed on climate change.
Climate change is expected to increase the overall intensity and frequency of storms worldwide. However, for California specifically, little change is expected according to current scientific studies. Still, a normal storm event will likely cause greater damage to the shoreline because of higher water levels from sea level rise.
Sand and Erosion | Explore Beaches
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Surprisingly its not actually being blamed on climate change.
Climate change is expected to increase the overall intensity and frequency of storms worldwide. However, for California specifically, little change is expected according to current scientific studies. Still, a normal storm event will likely cause greater damage to the shoreline because of higher water levels from sea level rise.
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