Ron Barbish

Hello everyone. Checking in here at ronbarbish.com after a week or so in the Cascade Mountains. The weather has been nice, getting some good mountain bike riding in, but we also had a close call with a major wildfire nearby. I published a post about recent events at the watermanatwork.com blog, feel free to check … Read more

Well, here I am, so this must be the place. The weather here in the Cascade Mountains has been pretty good. Some friendly deer passed through and hung around for a few days. Even a rainy day doesn’t seem to bother them much. They are mostly concerned with eating. Longer daily bike rides get closer … Read more

I apologize for the lack of blog material here at ronbarbish.com and also at watermanatwork.com. This is the time of year I make my annual pilgrimage from the desert southwest to my home in the Pacific Northwest. This season of kayak fishing in the desert was terrible. The Sonoran desert is not a calm place, … Read more

After a disappointing kayak fishing season here in the Sonoran Desert on the Colorado River, I’m packing up and getting ready to head over to my friend’s place in Oceanside, CA. The fishing has not been good, but I got a lot of work done. You can check out the kayak fishing on the Colorado … Read more

I see that the website is getting a few more visitors, so if that’s you, I hope you have a good time while you are here. Looking at these photos from the past fifty years is like going back in time. I’ll try to add more photos as soon as possible. I have not even … Read more

The winter season here in the desert southwest is quickly coming to an end. It has been exceptionally cool and windy this winter, especially the wind. It has been virtually non-stop all winter. In the desert, with no shelter from the elements, any wind over 20 mph makes things quite miserable, blowing dust gets into … Read more

Life goes on here in the desert southwest, working every day on something I hope is meaningful, but might wind up being nothing at all. Trying to balance the good and bad to find the truth. It’s there for everyone, we have to learn to see what we are looking at. This website, ronbarbish.com, is … Read more

This is a ronbarbish.com progress report. I’ve been adding a lot of new content including the story of my business in Carlsbad, the major accident I had in Chiloquin, OR in 2018 and the consequences of that accident. Click on the photos below for the new material: Writing about the semi truck accident is not … Read more

Happy New Year! A quick break from writing computer code to let everyone know that new stuff is being added to the website every day. I wish I was out fishing on the Colorado River, but there isn’t enough water in the river. Wasting time is not an option, so I do a lot of … Read more

Rons Junk is piling up so just a quick, no frills post because the internet here is fading in and out. Check Rons Junk on ronbarbish.com. Thanks for your continued support and have a nice day.