Fish story

I caught this three pound Rainbow at Eckman Lake this morning. It's so nice to be able to put the removable wheels on my boat and drag it down the highway to the lake. (About five minutes.)
It's almost always calm in the mornings and one of my favorite things is sliding out into the mist on the water and quietly paddling up on Deer, Otters, Beavers and all of the other wildlife that's long gone later in the day.

Dead Whale

A dead Gray whale washed up on the beach just north of Seal Rock Saturday.
J.C. and Mike went to see it yesterday, and it was already smelling pretty bad. Marine biologists from the Hatfield Marine Science Center had taken blubber and baleen samples to find the cause of death and are going to bury it soon.
Having already seen and smelled a couple these I decided to stay home.

Vroom Vroom

Yaaaay!
Carol's doctor OKed her to go back to driving the ambulance again. She's been going crazy for the last three months, pacing the floor every time a siren goes by. I guess housework and working in the yard just aren't exciting enough.

Roshelle

Our grand daughter Roshelle spent the night, we picked her up after school, played video games, played with Taz and watched TV. She sure is growing up! (See the Easter entry below.)
She has no trouble getting me out of the places I've been stuck for weeks in the video games I try to play.
Carol has to keep the cast on her hand for another 3 weeks, and if it hasn't healed by then she'll probably have to have surgery on it. In the meantime she's going crazy wanting to go back to work.