An exciting birthday activity happened this week!!!!! Logan and I went to Alder Flat for the night and for FISHING.
Isn't he raring to go?
On the way up to Alder Flat, while trying to adjust the air conditioning in the car, I barely tapped my phone which was in the holder on the dash, and the phone flipped off and onto the floor. No problem except that I forgot to get the phone before heading down to the campsite!!! Grrrr.... I realized the absence of the phone when I wanted to take the first photo of 'Logan The Fisherman'. So you will have to imagine the following scenes.
Logan crawling up to the top of a big rock
Logan on the top of a small rock in the middle of the river
Logan walking in the water
Logan finding an inch long fish in a tiny pool of water and then 'saving' it by transferring it to the main river .........with predators
Logan blowing up his mattress and setting out his sleeping bag.
Logan and me eating dinner
Logan learning how to cast a line on a fishing rod
Logan catching his first fish that he all by himself - no help from me
We had a great time - we took the spot that is furthest up river so we were very secluded from all the passers-by. There were a LOT of people wandering by in groups of two to three. Mostly they were young, in shorts and bikinis, and tattooed. We tried to go up river and fish on our first afternoon,but every place we tried to get to was already inhabited by young people lounging in the water or alongside the shore. By about 7:30 everyone of those interlopers had left and we were finally along in our campground.
It was quite warm, and the first night (the only night) I had to say to myself. "just relax, the temperature will lower and you will fall into a blissful sleep". Which happened. We were jup at 6:00 and had a great fishing experience. We caught six fish and kept half. Logan was very excited!
We left at about 10:00 just as more small groups of people started arriving to spend their day lounging in the sun, By the time we got to the parking lot there were seven parked cars. We all suffer from the results of that article in the Oregonian---about five or so years ago -- titled "The Best Swimming Hole on the Clackamas at Alder Flat".
We at lunch at the taco truck in Estacada and were home by about 1:00. That evening we had fried trout for dinner - Logan loved it!
Natalie's Bridal Shower was on Saturday ate the Isom home. Bev did all the planning, and kthe event turned out nicely.
She received many nice gifts. Here she is opening her gift from me - Felco Pruning Shears...she'll be able to cut almost anything!
I worked tons in the woods - mostly spraying ivy but also cutting out salmonberry bushes which are heavily clustered along South Creek. I must say, this week, I have gone into parts of the woods that likely have never been previously visited by a human. And even though I have been spraying since mid June, I found places where the ivy was untouched and green, and lovely, and vigorous, and thick...but not any more.
We received nine photo requests for Find a Grave both at Mountain View and St John Catholic Cemetery.'
Sunday dinner was at the Manor. We celebrated both Ryan's and Shelby"s, and Natalie's
birthday.
Camille got creative with her camera - I think it is a grouper fish or something
Warren made the birthday cake which was also the final test for Natalie's wedding cake for next Friday.
She got to practice cutting the cake with Ryan substituting for Clay.
And she practiced feeding a piece of the cake to her new spouse!
Next will be the BIG one!
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