This last week Jody and I spent a few days sailing and cruising the lower Columbia River. The first night we spent in Steamboat Slough just up river from Skamakowa. It’s a beautiful place like most of the backwater of the lower river. At 6:30 the next morning we caught the out-going tide for Astoria!…
Month: August 2019
Barbey Maritime Center Boat Show
This Saturday morning a few of us from the TSCA Lower Columbia River Chapter showed a few of our wood boats in front of the Barbey Maritime Center. We were asked to show our boats to help enrollment for the Barbey boat building classes. We did this last year; it was so successful we were…
Cathlamet Wooden Boat Show 2019
This last weekend was the Cathlamet Wooden Boat Show. There were about 30 boats registered for the show. Many boats showed in the water and others on the parking lot resting on their trailers. There were also kayaks and canoes of all sizes and styles. On Saturday I built a Salt Bay Skiff with the help…
Baby Osprey Chicks
Here are a few shots of the 3 baby Osprey chicks! The one on the right is the smallest of the three. Their parents still feed the little one beak to beak so the two bigger ones won’t take its food away from it. They will be flying in the next week or so. Then…