On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
A couple of weeks ago I took advantage of the first sunny day in ages and went for a hike up Indian River Trail. With only 3 hours or so, I did not have a lot of time, but it was nice to get out and enjoy the bright conditions. I made it as far … Read more
We went for a picnic with friends out to Starrigavan.  After eating, a group of us took a hike around Mosquito Cove trail.  This evening after church, we went to McDonalds with friends.  On the way home I stopped at Swan Lake to take a look, but I did not have my camera, so I … Read more
I had two tours today for Allen Marine.  The weather was a little sloppy south of town, so both trips we went over to the beach near Pt. Brown. Weather:  It was rainy and breezy this morning. Birds:  There was a flock of shorebirds that flew off the beach while we were there.  They looked … Read more
My parents are in town and my dad and I went over to the airport to pick some strawberries. We also went down to the park this evening so he could see what spearscale looked like and to check out the cherry tree. Weather: Very wet. The rain did actually stop briefly for a time … Read more
Clearly I have not managed to keep up with the updates over the last couple of weeks. I have been spending some time outside, mostly with work, but my attention has been elsewhere. A couple of things I forgot to mention previously were the berries. What few salmonberries there are started get ripe two or … Read more
I took a couple of other folks out on a hike up the West Fork of Indian River valley today. Our intention was to visit the large hemlock tree my brother showed me a couple of years ago. Weather: It started out cloudy, with the cloud layer at around 2000 feet. By around noon the … Read more