We had quite a rain storm Friday afternoon and evening and
most of the night. Saturday turned out
to be fairly pleasant with milder temperatures.
The ladies did some laundry at John and Anne’s house in town. John and I went and found a geocache near the
airport in the afternoon. In the
evening, we went down to the hatchery John volunteers at to help release 11,000
Coho salmon into the river. John and
Anne’s daughter in law April’s parents and two of her sisters and their spouses
and children were all there to help as was my Cousin Donna and her husband
Ken. I documented the procedure as my
contribution. We watched some bears
after and I managed to get a few shots that were worth keeping out of many I took. The light was getting low and the bears tend
to keep their heads down since they are totally concerned with eating as much
as they can. We had been out for a drive
on Thursday evening and saw a sow and two yearling cubs as well as a single
mature bear.
John and I were out ATVing Friday morning and John spotted
an eagle that seemed to be attached to something it didn’t want to leave so we
did a bit of stalking. I managed to
crawl up a little hill after struggling through the slash and I was pleased
with the sharp shot I got of the wild eagle.
Of course there were a lot of pictures that I deleted before getting the
one I liked. We managed to get back to
the truck just as the rain was starting which was a bonus. In addition to several eagles, John saw two
different bears and we saw a grouse of which I managed one picture. When using my Canon Rebel XTi, I really miss
the high ISO capability of my 5D Mark 2.
My images taken at the hatchery last night and the bear shots were
mostly shot at ISO 6400 and my shutter speeds were still slow. Back in my film shooting days, I wouldn’t
even have considered shooting much of what I do now.
John and Anne are heading south to Robert’s Lake this
morning on their Harley to have lunch with their biker friends to celebrate
Father’s Day. While we were stuck in the
motor home Friday evening, John helped me figure out the wiring for the DVD and
TV cables. Just when I was about to get
into bed Friday night, I discovered the rain was soaking the carpet on my side
of the bed again. So far, the leak has
proven impossible to find. This has been
going on infrequently for over a year. I
started up the motor home and lifted the driver’s side and rear of the motor
home just a little and that stopped the leak.
I don’t think it has ever leaked when the slide is in so somehow water
is running toward the motor home from the slide then finding its way in at the
floor level in the rear of the bedroom. I
have ripped up the carpet and can see where the water is oozing out but haven’t
discovered its route to get to that point.
It could be coming from anywhere over the length of the slide which is
12-14 feet long. When we finally get the
leak taken care of, we intend to replace the bedroom carpet with more solid
flooring. It has been quite frustrating
dealing with the leak.
We have moved into the main part of the campground as of Friday
morning so now we have full hookups. We still
have a view out to the ocean through our windshield but the are some RVs and cabins
limiting the view. We are much more
sheltered from the wind though which is nice and it is much closer to John and
Anne and their campfire. We have a much
better internet connection as well but it is still iffy at times and slow all
the time. Aileen was hardly able to get
on out at the point but is having more success here.
A little deer at Telegraph Cove
A visitor on the way into the hatchery
The next four are a pair of yearling cubs still with their mother
Willow Grouse
This bald eagle was reluctant to leave his treasure which was a bear carcass, I presume left by bear hunters
A Shooting Star
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