Daryel's big boat, parked on it's mooring, the Kwichack (pronounced Kwee-jack), named for the river.
Friends who live across the bay and have a mill and logging operation. They came over to haul out the trees that I'd limbed so I could buck them up in the comfort of the drive.
My first day fishing. Peewee, the neighbor's dog came with us to bark at anything, salmon, kelp, people, lures. He only fell in once, much to his and my dismay.
My first salmon. Coho. I caught two that day. Actually, that's all I've caught, period but I've eaten so much more.
Bucking up wood with the big saw, the Husky 371. This tree isn't big for out west but sure is bigger than anything I've bucked up back east. Really got to appreciate how key a real sharp chain is.
House and the cabin and the neighbor's house (right) from the boat.
Daryel in the Kwichak. We put some doors and cabinet doors back on that had been oiled.After an early finish to a work day, I went and walked the boardwalk at Beaver Falls. There's a lot of karst landscape happening under this shallow soil and the boardwalk showed off a bunch of sinkholes and falls running into the caves. Tomorrow, we go and get a tour of El Capitan cave.
For the Fourth of July, this eagle posed for me on the way to Beaver Falls. Oh say can you see. Honestly, these eagles, they're like vultures and a dime a dozen. It's illegal to take feathers with you but they litter this landscape.
I've eaten so much crab here. Pretty crabbed out, but it should keep me going for a while and never will I be able to eat seafood in a restaurant or from a grocery store. How am I going to pay those outrageous prices when it's free here?!
Out in the paddle boat. Took the fishing rod but I kept losing the schools of coho and then couldn't get my paddle together to get back to them.
Another type of boat. Borrowed a neighbor's tandem kayak and went for a couple paddles just out of the bay. A little less awkward than in the rowboat. Should have taken the fishing rod with me, it was just a scenic adventure. Checking out the houses with only boat-in access. Must be quite a feat to build on one of these properties!
One of the many seals on the bay, hated by fisherman who lose lures and lose fish to these pests. Fun to take photos off. They liked the kayak. Maybe they thought I was one big red salmon.
The fish plant at Whale Pass. This facility and a bunch of others in Southeast are run by the Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association (SSRAA). Basically, they are the reason that there is a large coho salmon runs and a sockeye run here for commercial and sport fishing. I won't go into details but info about the fish plant (located next to the weenie shack) can be found at http://www.ssraa.org/snow_pass_coho.htm. It's a very cool operation and I supplemented my work at Daryel's with harvest work at the plant. Mostly, this entailed filling totes with ice and fish and a little bit of fish killing. These fish are marketed as Snow Pass Coho and are some of the freshest in the fresh fish market.
Locally harvested cedar 2 by 4s waiting to be used to frame up under the porch before the skirting gets put on.
Collecting mussels and clams out by El Cap. I was trying to look bored.
Out in the little inflatable for a jaunt down the bay. Saw one bear on my travels though I scared it off.
Above is sea asparagus, a delicious salty treat. Good raw, better steamed. And home, apparently to some snails.
