I'm Going to Miss This

This is from our last night in Oregon. Having dinner at Mike’s house, watching Pixar movies, puppy cuddling, and potlucking and thinking about what I will miss about this place:

In a chronological order:

1.The first double wide: beautiful… convenient… yet moldy

2. CREATURE!!!! – Mike, Angela, and Andrew…you understand

3. Cape Lookout Hikes: beautiful first view from above of the ocean

 

4. Figuring out tides on the river… remember the great lakes don’t have tides.

5. Crabbing in Garibaldi

6.Sturgeon fishing! (OOOOOOH My GOD)

7: Steelhead fishing… Mike I know it didn’t fight like you thought, but I had a wonderful time.

8. Thanksgiving with Beedle and Frech

9. THE REDWOOD. PERIOD.

10. Oh wait, THE TRIPOD.

11. Water Pillows

12. Wanda’s Riggery Bacon

13. Hebo Omelet

14. TORI. NEIL. BOB. JOE.

15. AWHAT!!!!! JS

16. Wait! I have an idea! MG

17. WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY IS!!!- AE

18. Julia’s foot stomp to brother bear (MG)

19. The drink holster.

20.  Bedtime Stories.

21.  Sparks

22.  the “Reverse Tripod”

23. Bathroom-kitchen talks
24. The Beach in December

25. The Rainforest 

26. Head butts (cheers mike)

Miss you all on the West Coast. 

you and me goin fishin in the dark!

Andrew and I at our new found river spot behind the doublewide!

Well here we are in the depths of Chinook season again! We have been already tagged over half of the fish that we tagged last year, with a lot of season left! So that is a good sign for our marking skills, AND for the fish run!

Bit Blurry, but a good sized wild adult male chinook! (About a meter long!)

Coworker Julia on our Tagging mortality float (Found none!)

It hasn't started raining....yet. So the fish are still holding down near the mouth of the river, once a little bit of rain comes we should be elbow deep in them! (Keep your fingers crossed!) Working nights has caused all of our crew to feel like we are in a time warp, so if we don't call or write in a timely manner... it's because we generally have no idea what day it is, and are generally not awake during normal business hours. Please forgive us. We will be back to the real world come November.


7 Days until we are back home for the Marty and Cassy Wedding extravaganza! Yahoo!

Pick yourself up and Try Again

Minnesota Tulips

Well, the week of mourning is over. Andrew found out he didn't get in and we both went through the angry stage, sad stage, and now we are rebuilding. Everything happens for a reason, and we weren't meant to be in Maine. 

Ohhh They missed each other! Andrew, Marty, Rodney, and Brian

 We had a lot to take our mind off of these things: I went to visit him on the island, and even better still Max and Lorraine's Wedding! It was such a beautiful ceremony...tornado sirens and all. We danced the night away and caught up with everyone, it was so wonderful. We spent the night with Andrew's sister Janelle and boyfriend Bern the night before the wedding and Trout Laker Samantha Reuter for breakfast before the wedding. So wonderful. We didn't get very many good pictures from the wedding, so when I get some from friends I will share them here!

I spent a few days on the island with Andrew, which was a blast! He is back to capturing these dinosaur birds... but afterwards I am going to try and convince him to guest blog about his experiences!  He has lots of stories and pictures to share with you all! Here are just a few from my visit:

Double Crested Cormorant

Lots of Double Crested Cormorants

Radio telemetry!

Well, life goes on, and we are stronger and smarter for it. Keep us in your thoughts!

The Louisiana Bayou (and a bit of Mississippi)

Dave's "Louisiana Bayou"

Im so pasty from the rain in oregon, boyfriend so tan from the southern sun!

Pine forest :)

Bird Nerd! 

His new Binoc's

Our hike through Davis Bayou

And the chef of the evening :) Cooking up Captain Van's fresh caught shrimp