Day 4


7/10/18
              Although we spent most of the day driving around in the vans today, we did get to go to Lyles Falls Fisheries, which was super cool to visit. While we were there we got to see Shaun Bechtol show us the fishnet building, where they use hydraulics to trap the fish in the river and lift them up along with water in the building that had a 40-feet hole. Then they poured water into it so they could jump into a slide leading to the trailer where they inspected them. I had a pretty good spot looking straight into the slide, as I could see the fish jump into it and flop their way through the water. In the trailer, we got to see Shaun inspect the fishes and tag their fins, take a genetic sample from their tail, and put a small tracker in them. I thought the idea of the tracker was cool as it is meant to keep track of the fish in the area and make sure that they are doing alright and to be aware of the places that they travel in their lifespan.

             While we were there, we got to listen to John Washines talk about the Klickitat River. I enjoyed hearing about it because he talked about how the animals give the people life when they give their lives for food, so it is up to the people to take care of the animals and the environment they live in.
              We did stop at Safeway later on in Madras, Oregon, where I got to see birds flying around the store, which I thought was pretty cool. I’m not sure why the Safeway’s in Washington can’t be as cool as the ones in Oregon and have birds inside them. But at least I bought some starburst and Hot Wheels as I hadn’t bought any since I was a little kid.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Day 10

Image
7/16/18                 Today, we got to walk around different places, where George showed us the places that would be either burned or logged down, as he talked about the prescribed fires and wildfires. I thought it was interesting when I heard about what he did, which made sense, as it was so the trees could grow back better, and they wouldn’t be fighting each other for resources. It was pretty how when we were listening to him, but I forgot about the heat when something that looked like a small bee but was apparently a fly, flew onto my hand. I tried blowing him off, but it immediately flew back to my hand and started moving around. My interest grew as I blew him away probably like 10 more times, and he still acme back to me, to which I admit, I actually grew quite fond of him. When it was time for him to leave, I felt like a part of me was missing, but I decided not to dwell on it. I will miss the bee-loo...
Read more

Day 13

7/19/18 This morning, we got to meet Lucy, who was a Traditional Cultural Preservation Officer. She was pretty cool because she was really nice and loved what she does. Lucy led us to the Okanagan Museum, which was small but it had some interesting stuff in there. One thing I really liked was a section about a writer named Mourning Dove, who told coyote stories. An interesting thing she said was, “Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission.” I can’t explain why I liked what she said, but I just did. There was also an open book by Mourning Dove in a glass case so I only got to read one page.                 Something impossible happened today when we were eating our lunch. I was eating my second sandwich when all of a sudden, I no longer wanted to eat it. I wasn’t full and I was still hungry. I was pretty confused for a minute when I finally realized that ...
Read more

Day 14

7/20/18                 Today after we ate breakfast, Priscilla, Amelia, Caleb, and I started skipping rocks on the river next to our campsite, when all of a sudden we started throwing big rocks at each other, or at least at the water when we were next to it. So no, we didn’t really throw rocks at each other, no matter how much fun it would have been. I’m still not sure how the rock/water war started, even though some said it was me which makes a little sense, but it was pretty fun. And I won. Obviously.                 We later met Clinton Desautal, a firefighter, who obviously loved what he did as he said that it’s a good job because there’s always new stuff to learn, even if he has been doing it for eighteen years. He also said something that I could relate to, which was about how he was also a broke college student who survived off of Top R...
Read more