Good Saturday morning Ford Tinkerer's.

 

Good morning Oregon and everyone everywhere else. Overcast and cool this morning.

Waiting for Sheryl to arrive with Little Buddy before heading out. No school today so she is bringing him up and we are going fishing. Not sure if anyone else is coming or if they are all working.

Got back to Bravo yesterday afternoon. Two boxes were waiting at the gate. One from FedEx wasn’t in the big plastic bag. The one left by UPS a few minutes before we got there was. FedEx was wet, UPS bag was wet but inside was dry.

 

Howdy Oregon Truckers!

Jim, I hope you and Little Buddy catch lots of Fish!

 

Good afternoon Oregon and everyone everywhere else. Today didn’t go as planned. Buddy was happy go lucky, all the excited, raring to go and went straight from Grandmas car to the boat. After the bird incident, we headed out & arrived on the numbers. He helped get the anchors out and seemed fine. In no time at all, he was complaining of a bad headache and actually crying. In his 9 years I’ve never seen him cry and neither has his grandmother. Got him back to shore and laid down. Seemed to improve and start to return to normal. Then, everything hit and he started upchucking. Just finished his second week of school and the bugs hit hard. Never saw anything hit that fast. So, Sheryl cancelled her reservation at the lodge and headed back home with Buddy.
Big Thunder and lightning storm has hit now with heavy rain & now 00 buckets hot size hail. Ground is white like a snow storm hit. Lightening strikes all around. No way we are going out on the boat now.

We did go into the bird / Osprey rescue business this morning.
Little Buddy and I were headed out this morning and I spotted something flopping in the water a half mile off shore. Looked strange so we investigated and it turned out to be a juvenile Osprey. Apparently dove after a fish and went too deep and then couldn’t fly out? Trying to use his wings to push toward shore but was worn out and looking very rough. Would stop, his head would sink under water for a couple of seconds then he’d pop up, and try again. Pulled up to it and stuck the net out but didn’t have to net it. It was more than happy to latch onto the net rim like a perch in a tree. Didn’t seem to even question the fact that it was a boat and a human.
Got it up and onto the lid of the fish box on the stern of the boat.
It kind of recovered in about 15 minutes and then tried to fly off but was apparently still too tired and water logged and crashed back into the water. Got on net and got it back back to the boat, but this time I put him on the canvas roof top and headed to shore at about 3 mph. It made the trip with wings spread and a few flaps. About 15-20 minutes later at shore, I was trying to decide whether I could get it on a nearby tree or take it to the ODFW buildings at the North end of the lake. It started flapping wings, let out 3 or 4 chirps and flew off north along the shore line then west into the forest. It seemed to be just fine.

 

Very cool Jim!!
We were at Redmond swap meet most of the day on Saturday, very disappointed in the showing, down to about half of normal vendors. We made about $800, so we did good and got rid of a lot of stuff. Cleaned up the parts beens!! Grandson and friends helped out in loading out at the end of the day.

 

Good Sunday morning Allen and...
Jim sorry for Little Buddy, hopefully he's better soon. But for him to see an osprey that close is pretty cool.
Allen I noticed that the local car shows are getting smaller in entries and attendance.

 

Good morning Ford Fans.

Very cool on the Osprey rescue, this is a great photo. It has that look of Thank God You Saved me!

 

Good morning Oregon and everyone everywhere else. Storm has passed. What a doozy! Never have we had so many lightning strikes so close to us. There were several tents in the campground yesterday evening, just one die hard left this morning. Be interesting to see if that’s still there when we get back in.

 

Goodnight Ford Tinkerer's.

 

Good Monday morning Ford Tinkerer's.

 

Good afternoon Oregon and everyone everywhere else.
Well, all tents were gone Sunday morning by sunup. We were off shore from the C Loop of the campground and could see the last holdout breaking camp and departing. A couple of the camp trailers left in a hurry with the break in the weather. Just two of us left on the North end of the camp ground and we’re far enough apart we can’t see or hear each other.

Headed out this morning under clear sky. Thunder storms have now moved back into the area with some heavy rain. Of course we are out in the middle of the lake.

I limited out a half hour ago. The Warden still has a couple of fish to go. Top is up on the boat so we are dry. Radio’s are off and the antenna’s are down.

Took a scenic interlude to Crater Lake yesterday afternoon and evening. Weather behaved itself for the most part.


Lightening Strkes since Saturday afternoon. Most of those were Saturday night into the wee hours of Sunday Morning. They way the Thunder and lightening / rain & now wind is descending upon us, I would say that map is going to have a lot added to it.



Lightening Rod of the Cascades

 

Goodnight Ford Tinkerer's.

 

Good evening Oregon and everyone everywhere else. Getting pretty chilly outside. All the moisture in the air isn’t helping anything either.

 

Good Tuesday morning Ford Tinkerer's.
Jim are you staying in camp until snow is on the ground there?

 

Good morning Oregon and everyone everywhere else.
Been raining steady and pretty hard since about 0200. No boomers here since early evening. Even got to see the moon for an hour or so around 2200.


Not unless it snows before the 14th. It would be far from the first time that happened but I don’t see it in the cards this year. We have painters coming to Alpha on the 17th, a fellow is supposed to be showing up to give us an estimate on some log & deck work and repair at Bravo, although I’ve about given up on him. VA procedure on the 24th in Portland and leaving for Joseph Canyon near Flora for a deer and bear hunt on the 1st.