August 17 - 28

Middle Fork John Day -- trip #3 of 2009

I remember how quickly I adjust to living and working outside in the high mountains. It makes my spirit happy ..... I am easy and comfortable.

Crew: Jessica P, Pat McD, Elissa P, and ME.............






















Jessica:

Elissa:

Pat:


What happens when you have an All-girl geomorphology crew collecting data in remote areas:

Some play time in the John Day:

-- Coyote Bluff, Middle Fork John Day









Picture Gorge, John Day River ---

July 30th - August 17th

GABBY, MISSY AND GRIFFIN MOVED BACK TO OREGON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-- makes my heart happy --

I returned from the Middle Fork John Day field work trip and fell straight into deep summer fun of family, weddings, and a couple of Oregon's west-side rivers (skinny-dippen, of course!).

July 30: Spontaneous family reunion/dinner/weekend at my brother Jon's house here in Eugene. We had about 50 people for dinner -- folks traveled from MI, FL, and different parts of Oregon to be here. Good times!
Aunt Nancy (Lind) Cooper and Aunt Janice (Lind) Shelley!!

The next week -- weekend was all about our good friend's wedding. The events seemed to last the entire week......................until the ultimate party on Aug 8

The beautiful bride (Marina) and Groom (Dan); Maid of Honor (Kristen Bowman); Best Man (Steve Witten); Masters of Ceremony (Dave M. Peterson and Pollyanna Lind)




.....and friends and family from around the globe!









WEDDING TIMES -- the next weekend was our friends Tim and Erin's celebration day........"Scottish style"............August 15:

Middle Fork John Day - Trip 2, 09

July 17-29 ..........

Crew: Jessica, Didi and me!










Working along the river by day, pick'en huckleberries up in the mountains, sleeping under the stars every night.













Jess on the Total Station (surveying in river cross sections), me flatting an alder tree for a clear shot, and Didi on the prism.















Setting up gravel counts and fish cover surveys.

July8-13 - Ruben/Forester Visit

Allison, Jeff, Billy, and Daisey came for a visit -- all the way from Minneapolis. It was an indescribable treat to have these very dear friends in town.

We caught up with good friends, ate yummy food, danced some poi (with fire), went to The Hill & climbed the Rock, walked through the forest and climbed trees, picked raspberries, played in the parks, checked out Eugene's Saturday Market, and simply had a soul-full of laughter and connection. We are blessed!!!

WATER MAIN!

June 30 - July4

The water main to our house busted. I had to jack-hammer up a big section of my driveway, dig a ditch from water source to house, and re-plumb it all. Steve is in the middle of harvest (10+ hour work days) so Dad came up to help with all the hard-clay digg'en and plumb'en -- he kicked ass! as usual.
















Success!! water was turned back on at 3pm on Saturday (6/4).

After catching up with family and work, I'll be burying the line and doing some landscaping.

Friends - wedding & birthday celebrations

June 25-29

Honored to perform the wedding ceremony of dear friends Matt & Sandra D. at the Edgefield Brewery outside of Portland.

Then off I went up the Columbia River Gorge to find my dear girlfriend Elissa -- it was her birthday.

Food, fantastic company, and beautiful landscapes were the goals. Accomplished!

Lost Lake & Lost Lake Butte near Mnt Hood, OR. (June 27)










Sarah, Elissa & Pollyanna -- burly!! tee hee...



Sarah, Pollyanna, Elissa, Jon - Lost Lake Butte










June 28 - Trout Lake, Washington - at base of Mnt Adams.... bike riding, swimming, wild berry eating, walking, etc.








White Salmon River












Mnt Adams over Trout(less) Lake(less)....

June 29 -- yoga with E & J at Jon's house.

MFDJ Survey

June 23, 09
Not bad to be doing survey work in the beautiful mid/upper Middle Fork John Day River valley. Greenhorn mountains in the distance.


Pat McDowell on the Total Station