Day three, Saturday

Saturday morning we moved into the house we are suppose to occupy until we leave. A nice home, almost on the water with a fantastic view of the channel and mountains across the way. The big cruise ships are docked about a mile away and if we hold our head right and look up-channel we can see them. Really a very nice location. Mom likes to sit with her coffee in the morning and look out over the channel.

Rain came in yesterday, a light drizzle most of the day. I checked the forecast and it is suppose to be on and off like this until we leave. The fact this is a temperate rain forest makes this place so beautiful. Daytime temps should be in the mid 60s.

They had an unusually dry warm summer here. The little streams coming off the mountains do not have enough water for the salmon to run. The bigger streams are adequate. The Coho salmon have not started to run yet, probably because there isn't enough water in those streams for them to locate the place of their birth (I'm told they find the stream by sensing the mineral content). The fish dock closed to fishing the way we were allowed in years past. Now you have to use a different lure. That greatly diminishes my fun and I suspect the fishing fun of a lot of other people because there are only 1/10 the number of anglers as in past years. I've only been fishing once, the day I fell. We did notice a lot of recreational fishing boats fueling up at the gas station Friday and Saturday. The locals are having to go out a way to get salmon by boat.

Mom helped Sherrie can berry jam. Strange names to us; Nagoon berry or Salmon berry. We had some on toast this morning, and it is great. I wandered a few yard sales while they did that. No treasures found. We are having a great time.