This Years Riverbank
This is for Roger and Mike. It shows what the boardwalk and bank looks like at the RV park we’ll be fishing this year. The ice was vicious this year. This is how it looked on April 6th. The view from …
This is for Roger and Mike. It shows what the boardwalk and bank looks like at the RV park we’ll be fishing this year. The ice was vicious this year. This is how it looked on April 6th. The view from …
The breakup proceeds, catching everyone hurrying to keep up and get ready for Summer.This is the view from Ohlson Mountain Rd on the way in to Bill & Shellie’s. Their house is in front of the small hilltop just right …
AAAA convention in Nashville this week. That’s the Army Aviation Association of America. They had to add America to the name to end all those calls for emergency towing. They invited our old unit (227th Assault Helicopter Battalion) to hold …
Still plenty of snow up on the mountain where Bill and Shelley live. Last week at the community operated rope tow practically in their back yard. So we are still in the process of providing. Had to put in another …
I had not expected to fish quite this soon but Bill has this friend Bob that does winter King fishing. We got the call the night before that the Kings were hanging out in Katchemak Bay. The weather really was …
“Phouc Vinh tower Pig.” “Pig! Phouc Vinh tower, welcome back, go ahead.” “Phouc Vinh, Pig’s over the V-O-R for landing.” “Pig, Phouc Vinh; runway your choice, cleared to land.” “Thanks Phouc Vinh, I think we’ll shoot straight for P-O-L.” That’s …
I know I haven’t been in touch too often lately but things are picking up as I near departure on April fools day. Two years ago I decided to paint the beard for St Patrick’s’ day. Goes well with the …
Just a quick trip to Portland confirms it has been a snowy winter; however, there are signs of Spring. Mt. Hood has a pretty good base. Meanwhile, the first Crocus are appearing. As usual, most of Central Oregon has snow …
No rant, just the list of charities I’m currently supporting: The Trevor Project, http://www.thetrevorproject.org/ Planned Parenthood, https://www.plannedparenthood.org/ COVO ( Central Oregon Veterans Outreach ), http://covo-us.org/ OPB ( Oregon Public Broadcasting ), http://www.opb.org/ Veterans For Peace, https://www.veteransforpeace.org/ there are many chapters, …
Up to now I thought that 1960-1970 was the most interesting decade since WW II. You know you are living in “interesting times” when the most often repeated phrase during the news cast is ” no one could have predicted …