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March 8, 2019
IT'S FRIDAY, MY FAVORITE DAY!!
It's been a busy week, with all kinds of adventures and meetings.
First of all, the weather. Here it is March and I am getting frustrated about not getting some of the things done outside. My roses need pruning and fertilized and the snow peas aren't planted. It has been so cold outside (below freezing) and the east wind as been blowing, so I am staying indoors most of the time. I am wondering if Spring will ever get here. However, we have had some beautiful sunsets which kind of makes up for all the misery.
On Monday, Leslie and Jason came down to go crabbing in their new boat. They had purchased this 21-foot boat with all kinds of "bells and whistles". It has a cabin so they can stay out of the weather and it has radar and depth instruments, just to name a few. Of course we had to go with them on the first trip out of here, so we launched the boat and off we went. The first thing we did was drop a crab trap over the side and forgot to put the buoys on it so it immediately sank! The other three crab pots were successfully launched. We floated around for awhile and then went to check on the pots. We couldn't find them! Apparently, the outgoing tide was strong enough that it covered the buoys. Unfortunately, we ran out of time to look for them. I had my history class that afternoon and Dave had rehearsal, so Jason and Leslie dropped us off at the dock and they proceeded to go back out to find their crab pots when the tide was lower. I came back after my class around 5:30 and they were still not home. I soon discovered why - they were stuck on a sandbar! Nehalem Bay is very tricky with some narrow channels between shoals and they got just a little off track and that was it - stuck! Since it was getting close to low tide they decided to wait until the tide changed and it would float them off the sand bar. They had to wait until after dark - around 9:00 p.m. before there was enough incoming tide to get them afloat again. We could see them out on the sandbar but there wasn-t anything we could do about it. They managed just fine and even got out of the boat and went clam digging. They had the dogs with them and even they left the boat! Since they were close to the State Park boat ramp, we told them to head for that. We went over to the park and waited until they floated free once again. We finally got them out of the water around 10:00 that night. Since it was so late, they ended up spending the night. The next morning they launched the boat to see if they could find their crab pots. They found the pots, pulled them in and there wasn't a legal crab in any of them. Oh well! Leslie remarked that if they didn't have bad luck they wouldn't have any luck at all!!
Dave and I attended an interesting lecture called "Beat the Wave". A couple of geologists reported on all the improvements that have been going on along the coast to alert people of an oncoming Tsunami. They explained that once you feel the earthquake you have about 20 minutes to get to higher ground. We figured that it will take us that long at the rate we move. Most of the bridges will be gone and the roads will be blocked by landslides. Anyway, the place was packed with people wanting to hear the presentation. Unfortunately, the geologists didn't have a lot to tell us as far as the height of the waves and when to expect this occurrence. All they know is that we are way past due for this event and we should be prepared as much as we can.
I am still attending the Historical Society's lectures on the history of Nehalem Bay. This week we talked about when the trains arrived and tourist the first tourists to come into the area. I am really enjoying these lectures.
We got a phone call the other night from some pretty excited granddaughters, Jaysa scored the winning goal at the last minute in her soccer game and Jadyn's dance group came in second in the competition that she was in. It's always exciting to hear their good news.
We leave tonight for West Linn as we are spending the night with Lara and the granddaughters. We have to catch a train to Seattle early Saturday morning. We will attend the Northwest Steam Society's Annual General Meeting and then catch the train back to Portland that night. There is snow in the forecast for Seattle that day and this way, we don't have to do any driving.
