Sno-Tel Maintinence

Well after not being able to lift off from Olympia last week to do maint the crews showed up yesterday and it was very cloudy here and areas that they needed to get in to were hard and some not possible. The loads went up sporadically and full so I wasn't able to get to fly this year which was disappointing but sorta expected with the weather being the way it was. We did talk of moving a sno-tel station to here at Trinity next year which will be very cool to have here and this year we are setting up a snow course to check the snow this year, then next year we will have realtime data about the snow, very cool. Since I've lived here I've become very interested in rocks, & snow and all the bugs living here especially the ones I see in the winter, the cold doesn't kill them. I've been learning about the different types of fish we have in the river and creek here and some that we have seen aren't even mentioned by those in the know, which I think is very interesting. There is always next year.
We found our Paradise, hope you find yours too.

Fall Offically @ Trinity

This has been a very nice summer and even though it has been extremely dry & dusty it has been very comfortable with our high of 94 back in July. Since then though it has been rather mild, and the evenings have been very nice and cool but Friday night it got down to 36 and last night down to 26 with heavy frost on my Blazer and Ranger and the ground there was even a new dusting of snow on Chiwawa and Massie Mountains only lasted a short while though it is good to see. Today the wind is blowing and this week the hunters will be moving in the area. Tues we are going to try to do the Sno-Tel maint which means the flight in the helicopter as long as the weather cooperates, I'm looking forward to it but also know at this time of year it can be a bit iffy. I'll let you know how things pan out.
We went to Leavenworth for Salmon Festival it was fun learned some things about the fish & fry we have been saving out of the waterholes that are drying up. Also got to see lots of friends and listen to good music by the locals Chumstick Liberation Front at the close of the first days activities. Went and checked out the Native American Encampment and not only enjoyed the dancing and drumming but the samples of smoked salmon very tasty. Also watched a man making westerncedar bark baskets for gathering berries, using those baskets keep the berries fresher longer. I found there were many uses for western cedar bark for the Native Americans, very educational, lots of cool decorations with a deep history. I felt wonderful being there I'll have pictures up soon.
We found our Paradise, hope you find yours too.