Up river fish'n...

I will try to keep this short as Jacey and I are sewing sun dresses...

Got a text Thursday evening from SIL and BIL that they were at the river house and wanted me to come up and go fishing. Don't have to ask me twice. 

Put Jacey in charge of Willie and the hovel. (she had a prior babysitting arrangement or I would have for sure taken her with me).

Friday morning I packed up my gear, beef jerky, cheese, apples, beer & wine and a KAVU Chillba fish'n hat I had gotten for my SIL.

Fish'n is serious business, but she loved the KAVU Chillba.

We fished Friday afternoon, running wiggle warts down river and spinners up river. I caught one nice size native steelhead (which we can't keep), and one large bass.

 

Got up early Saturday for the morning bite, we lost a couple and then nothing biting, headed in for lunch (and our naps), then back out.

Everything was perfect: water temp, little breeze, current running good, sunny, hot pink poles... but we weren't catching anything. 

my BIL the Captain in his element

 I really didn't mind, as I love just being on the water in those conditions!  Then, when we were about ready to call it a day I hooked into a sturgeon, fought him for the better part of an hour. Finally my BIL said he was between 10-12 ft and too big for us to boat, so we cut'em loose. 

 OMG, that was more fun than I can say. 

sunset on the Columbia River

Just Beachy...

Sunset at Long Beach WA

Marymine flew up to PDX on Wednesday from SMF. Due to delayed flights it took seven hours. Flying is not what it used to be...  After a night at the hovel we packed up Nate (the Tahoe) and headed over to Long Beach, WA.  It's an easy 2 hour drive.

On our way we stopped for a visit to the Maritime museum in Astoria, Oregon. 

 So much to see, we spent a couple hours there, and didn't get to see it all.  The stories of the Bar Pilots that navigate the ships through the treacherous  Columbia River Bar were fascinating. I am going back to the museum to learn more the next time I'm over there.

We checked into our little bungalow in Long Beach,

stowed our stuff and headed to the 'world's longest beach', only a short walk away.

The weather was great, and there was hardly anyone else there.

My Sean has moved to Astoria, OR, so he came over Thursday evening. We went to a pub for some local brews, and then on to dinner at the Depot in Seaview, WA.  The Depot was everything it was touted to be! Amazing food, and great friendly service. 

Friday we packed up our gear and walked down to the beach for a day of sun, sand, and ocean. We got down there and saw a few great kites flying. Back to town we hiked, got kites, and hiked back to the beach.

 

Marymine's kite

Settled in, and I decided that my kite was just too small for such a beach. I trekked back to the kite shop and got a little bigger one... (Marymine says I'm overly competitive...lol)

my Monster kite

Later in the day we went up town to look for a sweatshirt for Marymine.  While we were there I ended up meeting my 'Match' not on line, but in Long Beach, WA. of all places. He isn't much of a conversationalist, but he has a way about him...

  

Cherry Blowing... western style

 A dear friend was raised in a small town, surrounded by agriculture.  She is a great gardener, possibly because of that I often assume (I know, I know never assume) that she knows things about agriculture that she hasn't a clue about.

Soooo,  I am posting this article on Cherry Blowing - Western Style for edification...

https://blog.aopa.org/aopa/tag/cherry-drying/?fbclid=IwAR3MRfZGXw2RFwRr7D-d6LhrE_0BPsMr1KdzH5cIiwX8P6EZi56-kod74ck

Happy 4th of July...

 

God Bless America...

Miss B... UPDATE #2

July 2, 2019
Early this morning, my granddaughter Miss B is at Shriner's Childrens for major surgery on her legs.  They have the operating room reserved for seven hours... 

If you have a moment to send a prayer for a successful surgery and a smooth healing process in the long weeks ahead, I would be most grateful. 

UPDATE:  Miss B is out of surgery after nearly 7 hrs! I won't go into details of what the surgeries entailed, but they were all major. She is still a bit loopy (I think that runs in the family though, so I should say loopier than normal). 

Thank you all for the prayers! She is doing well!



 
UPDATE#2  July 3, 2019 Got to take Miss B on a couple spins around the unit, with Jacey handling the meds tree.  

 Transfers were a little tough, but she hung in there. Gently stroking her forehead seems to calm her. (I've used that technique on the kids & grands for years. Hasn't failed me yet.)  
She has a prime view for the Fourth of July Fireworks on the Willamette River from her room.