Saturday, December 27, 2008
CHRISTMAS 2008
Christmas 2008 for Wayde and Barb started out at the Kachnik's house in Portland amid one of the worst snowstorms in history. It's been a long time since we've had a White Christmas and I think I can do without another in this lifetime, but it was a beautiful sight seeing Portland blanketed in white. Mariah prepared a delicious supper on Christmas Eve, a standing rib roast and prawns, a little Surf & Turf. We woke up early on Christmas Morning, opened presents, and then proceeded to Eugene to the Hutchings' house. It was nice to drive on clear roads and great to see everyone. The only other thing we needed to make it perfect would have been if Beth and her family could have joined us but it wasn't meant to be. We had a wonderful time and appreciated all being together. We opened more gifts at Bonnie and West's house (always a fun thing) and, of course, proceeded to eat a wonderful Christmas ham dinner. There was some Rock Band stars for entertainment which finished off our perfect Christmas day.
The next morning we had an amazing breakfast of chorizos (a gift from our own personal Nevada angel brought to us last fall by our dear friend, Jeannette Miller). It was hard not to think of some of the wonderful memories of Nevada as we ate the chorizos. Then we did a little "day after Christmas" shopping, more Rock Band and then we headed home for Newport. We then presented our cat, Kruzer, with his Christmas present and put it in our office so he would have something to do while Wayde and I were on the computer. He loves watching the fish go by (and probably dreaming about which one he wants to catch).
All in all, it was a great time. Now we are on to taking the Christmas tree down and getting things back to normal as the Season comes to a close. In anticipation of New Year, it is time to make resolutions, ponder the past year and the future ahead.
We are blessed and life is good.
God Bless you all and know that we wish you a healthy and prosperous New Year!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
On the morning of December 6th, the Newport Police Department volunteers helped with the annual Shop- With-A-Cop program which helps underprivileged children. The volunteers help escort the children and help wrap the presents (even Wayde). The children are given a $50 gift card and are taken around Wal-Mart to buy Christmas presents for parents, siblings and loved ones. It is truly a joy to see the excitement on their faces and it is what the Season is truly about.
December, 2008
This is how we begin the Christmas Season in Newport - the Lighted Boat Parade. Our friends, Earle and Linda Quinlan, came over from Cottage Grove and joined us on the boat "The Discovery". There were 18 boats in the parade, it was an unusually warm (for December) evening, and it was beautiful. We enjoyed a nice supper afterwards and I can't think of a better way to get into the spirit of the Season.
Fall, 2008
This is our idea of what the perfect fall day looks like. Beth sent these from Jackson of her and Sunny making pumpkin pies. Beth makes everything from scratch (where does that come from?) so Sunny is learning the right way. Makes me want to give both of them a very big hug . . .
November, 2008
Thanksgiving this year was very special. Bonnie and her family came over and we had a great time. No reason to go into details, you can see the fun we had by watching the slide show. It's best not to explain the pirate thing . . .
November, 2008
Bonnie and I went to Autzen Stadium (U of O in Eugene) to watch Scott's high school compete in a band competition. All you grandparents out there can understand how exciting it was for me to watch my boy in his uniform marching out there. I loved it! And then, to top the day off and make it perfect, our little Wayde (not so little anymore) gave me a personal rock concert!!!!
November, 2008
November 21st, we were finally able to get our crew together to work on the bridge railing at the Schooner Creek fish trap. This is like watching someone's home videos, you have to see them all. This does, however, give you some idea of some of the things our Longview Hills Fishing Club does. We have been very proud to be associated with this group.
Note: If you would like to see more of what we do in the LVH Fishing Club, please click on the link to the left.
November, 2008
Wayde and I went up to the trap on the morning of November 13th to get a measurement for a bridge railing our fishing club is working on. We had quite a surprise! The normally calm, blue, serene Schooner Creek was a brown, fast moving river. Wayde cleaned the grate as best he could (we couldn't lift it) and, if you look carefully, you can see the difference in the level of water in front of the gate and in the trap. Naturally, we postponed the bridge work scheduled for Friday.
October, 2008
We were so happy to be able to spend time with our friend, Jeannette Miller from Nevada (although it was not near enough) and we were able to get in a trip to the Hatfield Marine Science Center and a trip to the Yaquina Head Lighthouse. We even saw whales! We hope we showed her a good enough time she will come back and see us.
October, 2008
Our very, very dear friend, Jeannette Miller, visited us from Carson City, Nevada. Wayde and some friends planned a crabbing trip in Yaquina Bay that day. Jeannette and I went down to the marina to watch them clean the crab and then came back to Longview Hills where Wayne Hill was kind enough to cook them for all of us. Needless to say, Jeannette enjoyed the experience and there was no doubt that delicious crab dinner was as fresh as you can get!
September, 2008
FISHIN’ WITH CAPTAIN HANK – 2008
The 2008 fishing trip began when Hank picked me up at 0630 on Monday, September 20, 2008. He treated me to a hearty breakfast at The Chalet and then we headed for the bay front. Hank’s boat, Christy Belle, is docked on Port Dock 7. We unloaded my considerable stack of things. I always take too much stuff but I hate to get somewhere and need something I don’t have. I purchased a wide bottomed coffee mug for this trip which I thought would be good and stable out on the ocean. I found this same mug on the bed of Hank’s truck when we got in Thursday night, right where I had left it.
It was a bit foggy as we got underway. Hank had gotten ice and loaded provisions!!! the day before so we headed down the river with no delays. The ocean was calm with gentle swells and no wind waves. We set a course of NNW for a site where Hank often catches ling cod. We arrived after 3 hours of cruising at 6 knots. Hank rigged 5 lures on one line using a 60# cannon ball and the starboard gurdy. We trolled this rig keeping the cannon ball bouncing on the bottom. Fishing was slow but 4 nice ling cod were boated in 2 hours.
Hank cleaned them and put them in a tub of ice and salt water to cool. We then headed NNW again to try for albacore tuna. We ran till late afternoon and then began trolling for tuna. The fishing array consists of 4 lines off each side of the boat. The outside line is furthest back and the near line is close to the boat. You troll fast at 5.5 knots. The lines are attached to outrigger poles which gets them spread from the boat. We trolled for a few hours and caught 1 tuna of about 22 #. During the day we saw many sea birds, 2 albatross, 1 sun fish and 1 sea lion.
Quit fishing about sundown and settled in for the night. We were drifting with many other boats within a mile or so of us. Hank served pot roast with potatoes & carrots and a dinner roll for supper. In bed about 9pm and asleep about 9:01. You hope none of these cruises through the “camp ground” during the night:
The vhf radio is left on during the night on channel 16 which is the hailing channel. It was pretty busy all night. One event was a 42’ boat named The Triton hit a rock somewhere near the mouth of the Columbia River. It did not sink but did create a lot of radio traffic for about an hour around 4am.
Tuesday dawned with a light mist under overcast skies. We got underway trolling at 7:05am. Nice ocean with 1 to 3 foot swells on long intervals and no wind. Fishing was slow and only caught 7 tuna in the 12# to 16# range. Observed a “bait boat”, the Resolution, fishing for tuna. It is a 48 foot boat from Crescent City, California. These boats have a platform near the water level. Men stand on it with short, stout poles and heavy line. Live bait is thrown out to attract the schooling tuna and the men cast, hook and jerk the fish on board.
There were 4 or 5 of these boats working the area. Trolled all day in a NNW direction and pulled the gear at 8:15pm. Hank cooked ½ pound burgers on his gas BBQ and served them with all the trimmings. Deck hands are fed well on the Christy Belle. Less radio traffic during the night and a calm ocean resulted in 9 hours of restful sleep.
Wednesday I awoke to sounds of metal clinking and found Hank, with the floor boards up, working on the engine. Gives pause for thought considering we were 64 miles west of Cape Kiwanda but it was a simple matter of tightening the alternator belt. We were trolling by 7am. Breakfast consisted of coffee, V-8 juice, banana nut bread with the main course of sausage and eggs which were served to me on the observation deck. Excellent food although it was the first time I had sausage in a styrofoam cup and eggs in a bowl. Caught 2 fish early then a SW wind picked up. A little rougher with 2 to 4 foot swells and 2 to 3 foot wind waves. Kept the boat rocking pretty good. Fishing picked up about 3pm and we ended up landing 22 tuna, the biggest around 30#. This is a picture of the cook holding the biggest tuna we caught.
Finished fishing at 8:30pm. then hot dogs, coleslaw and chips for supper. In bed by 9:00pm. Wind picking up.
Thursday morning the wind had lessened but because of the swells and chop during the night I did not sleep quite as well. We drifted 5 miles north during the night. Hank decided that since the fishing was so slow that we would go in a day sooner than planned. This was too bad because we still had 2 ½ loaves of bread, hamburger buns, hot dog buns, dinner rolls, 4 danish, 10 bagels, 2 pckg of cream cheese, eggs, steak, 3 kinds of lunch meat and probably other food I did not know about. I am sure in 1 more day we could have eaten it all.
We began trolling toward home on a SSE course. We caught 6 more tuna on the way in. The big event coming home was one of those things fishermen love that create good tales. I was once again perched on the observation deck watching the lines when I saw what looked like a huge, thin fin near the outside port lure. I had no idea what it was but watched as it made 5 passes back and forth near the lure. Suddenly the line went tight for a second and then slacked. I pulled it in and the “hootchie” lure was gone and the 150# test mono had a clean break. Hank thought it must have been a Thresher shark. We had heard reports that some had been seen. It was really something to see happen. The long fin I saw was apparently it’s high thin tail. We cruised on into Newport arriving at the dock at 10pm. The ocean was the calmest I have ever seen.
The end of another great trip with Captain Hank.
Wayde Dudley 09/20/2008
HELPING ODFW
On September 21st Wayde, Barb and friend Larry Dale helped (on behalf of our Longview Hills Fishing Club) the US Forest Service and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife with an ongoing project they have to place logs in key spots on various creeks to enhance salmon habitat. We directed traffic to keep vehicles out of the way as the helicopter was overhead. It was great fun and not too difficult as we only had two vehicles all day so we were able to watch the entire operation. Pretty impressive!
The 2008 fishing trip began when Hank picked me up at 0630 on Monday, September 20, 2008. He treated me to a hearty breakfast at The Chalet and then we headed for the bay front. Hank’s boat, Christy Belle, is docked on Port Dock 7. We unloaded my considerable stack of things. I always take too much stuff but I hate to get somewhere and need something I don’t have. I purchased a wide bottomed coffee mug for this trip which I thought would be good and stable out on the ocean. I found this same mug on the bed of Hank’s truck when we got in Thursday night, right where I had left it.
It was a bit foggy as we got underway. Hank had gotten ice and loaded provisions!!! the day before so we headed down the river with no delays. The ocean was calm with gentle swells and no wind waves. We set a course of NNW for a site where Hank often catches ling cod. We arrived after 3 hours of cruising at 6 knots. Hank rigged 5 lures on one line using a 60# cannon ball and the starboard gurdy. We trolled this rig keeping the cannon ball bouncing on the bottom. Fishing was slow but 4 nice ling cod were boated in 2 hours.
Hank cleaned them and put them in a tub of ice and salt water to cool. We then headed NNW again to try for albacore tuna. We ran till late afternoon and then began trolling for tuna. The fishing array consists of 4 lines off each side of the boat. The outside line is furthest back and the near line is close to the boat. You troll fast at 5.5 knots. The lines are attached to outrigger poles which gets them spread from the boat. We trolled for a few hours and caught 1 tuna of about 22 #. During the day we saw many sea birds, 2 albatross, 1 sun fish and 1 sea lion.
Quit fishing about sundown and settled in for the night. We were drifting with many other boats within a mile or so of us. Hank served pot roast with potatoes & carrots and a dinner roll for supper. In bed about 9pm and asleep about 9:01. You hope none of these cruises through the “camp ground” during the night:
The vhf radio is left on during the night on channel 16 which is the hailing channel. It was pretty busy all night. One event was a 42’ boat named The Triton hit a rock somewhere near the mouth of the Columbia River. It did not sink but did create a lot of radio traffic for about an hour around 4am.
Tuesday dawned with a light mist under overcast skies. We got underway trolling at 7:05am. Nice ocean with 1 to 3 foot swells on long intervals and no wind. Fishing was slow and only caught 7 tuna in the 12# to 16# range. Observed a “bait boat”, the Resolution, fishing for tuna. It is a 48 foot boat from Crescent City, California. These boats have a platform near the water level. Men stand on it with short, stout poles and heavy line. Live bait is thrown out to attract the schooling tuna and the men cast, hook and jerk the fish on board.
There were 4 or 5 of these boats working the area. Trolled all day in a NNW direction and pulled the gear at 8:15pm. Hank cooked ½ pound burgers on his gas BBQ and served them with all the trimmings. Deck hands are fed well on the Christy Belle. Less radio traffic during the night and a calm ocean resulted in 9 hours of restful sleep.
Wednesday I awoke to sounds of metal clinking and found Hank, with the floor boards up, working on the engine. Gives pause for thought considering we were 64 miles west of Cape Kiwanda but it was a simple matter of tightening the alternator belt. We were trolling by 7am. Breakfast consisted of coffee, V-8 juice, banana nut bread with the main course of sausage and eggs which were served to me on the observation deck. Excellent food although it was the first time I had sausage in a styrofoam cup and eggs in a bowl. Caught 2 fish early then a SW wind picked up. A little rougher with 2 to 4 foot swells and 2 to 3 foot wind waves. Kept the boat rocking pretty good. Fishing picked up about 3pm and we ended up landing 22 tuna, the biggest around 30#. This is a picture of the cook holding the biggest tuna we caught.
Finished fishing at 8:30pm. then hot dogs, coleslaw and chips for supper. In bed by 9:00pm. Wind picking up.
Thursday morning the wind had lessened but because of the swells and chop during the night I did not sleep quite as well. We drifted 5 miles north during the night. Hank decided that since the fishing was so slow that we would go in a day sooner than planned. This was too bad because we still had 2 ½ loaves of bread, hamburger buns, hot dog buns, dinner rolls, 4 danish, 10 bagels, 2 pckg of cream cheese, eggs, steak, 3 kinds of lunch meat and probably other food I did not know about. I am sure in 1 more day we could have eaten it all.
We began trolling toward home on a SSE course. We caught 6 more tuna on the way in. The big event coming home was one of those things fishermen love that create good tales. I was once again perched on the observation deck watching the lines when I saw what looked like a huge, thin fin near the outside port lure. I had no idea what it was but watched as it made 5 passes back and forth near the lure. Suddenly the line went tight for a second and then slacked. I pulled it in and the “hootchie” lure was gone and the 150# test mono had a clean break. Hank thought it must have been a Thresher shark. We had heard reports that some had been seen. It was really something to see happen. The long fin I saw was apparently it’s high thin tail. We cruised on into Newport arriving at the dock at 10pm. The ocean was the calmest I have ever seen.
The end of another great trip with Captain Hank.
Wayde Dudley 09/20/2008
HELPING ODFW
On September 21st Wayde, Barb and friend Larry Dale helped (on behalf of our Longview Hills Fishing Club) the US Forest Service and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife with an ongoing project they have to place logs in key spots on various creeks to enhance salmon habitat. We directed traffic to keep vehicles out of the way as the helicopter was overhead. It was great fun and not too difficult as we only had two vehicles all day so we were able to watch the entire operation. Pretty impressive!
August, 2008
The Kachniks, Hutchings and Dudleys enjoyed a few days camping at Loon Lake this summer. Well, the Kachniks, Hutchings, and good friend Kim, enjoyed camping. Barb and Wayde are getting soft in their old age and opted for a motel room. There was swimming, fishing, boating and s'mores by the campfire. We won't even go into the Blue Martinis, or whatever it was the kids were drinking. Anyway, hope this will be an annual event as it was great fun!
August, 2008
We joined Mariah and Eddie once again for the annual golf tournament hosted by Providence Health Care (Mariah's employer). We golfed at the Reserve which is a lovely golf course and, as always, had a great time. We didn't come in dead last so it was a good day all around. A great big thank you to Aunt Bonnie for watching Cassidy and Addison so we could enjoy the afternoon.
Friday, December 12, 2008
July, 2008
Some of us are blessed with a few friends, some with several, but however many you have it's always wonderful when you get one of your favorites stopping by for a visit. We had a surprise the end of June when we got a call from our dear friend, Cozette, saying her and her sister, Saundra, were going to be in town for one night. Of course, it wasn't near long enough but a joy to see her.
Then, a couple of weeks later, we had a call from some old friends, Jim and Colleen Fletcher, from Las Vegas. We hadn't seen them for at least 10 years. We had time to catch up on old times, family and current events. We also got to introduce them to our favorite waitress at Shirley's, Carla.
We also had a great visit with Ralph and Carla from Ely and, as always, hated to see them go.
Needless to say, Wayde and I had smiles for quite a while and kept having memories of our dear friends "pop up". We do love having friends visit, especially the friends from Nevada we don't get to see very often.
July 2008
July 4th and we were lucky to have the Hutchings and Kachniks join us. We missed Beth but lit a sparkler in her honor. We had fireworks at the South Beach Marina, enjoyed the Nye Beach Clam Bake (and seeing Grandpa in his Police Volunteer uniform directing traffic), the Wii, and just our usual all around good time we have when we all get together. It was a great celebration!
Thursday, December 11, 2008
June 2008
Scott and Wayde spent a few days in June with us. We had a great time. Started out with a tour of the boats; the Aquarium (of course);a great 4th of July band concert; Breakfast at Shirley's & watching baby seagulls, Wayde caddying for Grandpa; Wayde and Kruzer working on Uncle Eddie's b-day card; Bay crabbing trip; Scott and Grandpa off to fish trap duty while Wayde and Grandma went to the LVH Fishing Club Breakfast where Wayde was one of the guest speakers, then on to the Yaquina Head Lighthouse and a frolic in the ocean; and all of us enjoying a day of shooting.
May 2008
In May our fishing club had its third annual tour of the commercial fishing docks in Yaquina Bay. We learned about the difference in the fishing vessels, equipment and got to go aboard several of the boats. This is always one of the favorite tours of the Longview Hills Fishing Club.
May 2008
As Newport Police Department Volunteers, Wayde and I attended a ten week Citizens Academy. One of the classes was on crime scene investigation and the detective who was going to present the program, Detective Ken Real, asked Wayde, me and our friend, Wayne Hill, to help him put together a slide show. He called it "CSI at City Hall". Wayde and Wayne went around and recorded the crime scene as officers would do and I recorded them for the slide show presentation. It was great fun!
March 2008
ANOTHER BLACK ROCKFISH FISHING AND TAGGING DAY. Wayde went out with Kevin McCarthy on a project for Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Here's what Wayde had to say: We went out on the charter boat "Misty" and spent a day catching black rockfish for the ODF&W tagging program. There were 8 fisherman, 3 crew and 2 ODF&W. Together we tagged 404 black rockfish. I would estimate that another 50 to 75 fish were caught that were released back into the ocean. These included blue, canary, yellow eye rockfish, yellow tail, cabazon, lingcod, and sculpin. We were fishing just south of Waldport and about 3 miles offshore. The ocean was very calm with low swells, no chop and light winds. Another good day on the water.
April 2008
We went with our dear friends, Gary and Joyce Smith, to the Evergreen Museum in McMinnville. It is really something to see and we watched two IMAX movies, one about fighter pilots out of Las Vegas and one about Lewis and Clark. We had driven by the museum several times on the way to Portland but had no idea it would be so big or so interesting.
April 2008
We were all able to get together to watch one of Cassidy's ball games. It was an unusually hot day for April and we all enjoyed cheering her on.
April 2008
We were lucky to have Beth and Sunny visit us for a few days in April, in time to celebrate Beth's birthday. A trip to the coast, to the zoo and a few other places went by way too fast but we enjoyed seeing them and, of course, hated to see them go. There are a couple of pictures Beth sent from Jackson, Wyoming of Sunny in the snow and an owl that roosted outside their window.
March 2008
We are charter members of the newly formed Newport Police Department Volunteers, formed in late February, 2008. We posed for a photo for the newspaper in March.
February 2008
February, 2008 was an unusually busy month for our Longview Hills Fishing Club as this and the next few slide shows demonstrate. We had a tour of the local oyster farm; a trip to an old mill camp called Valsetz; a day with the LVH Posse (Sheriff Duright in charge); a project with Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife in which we helped install monofiliment recycling stations at various locations (for fishermen to dispose of fishing line and keep the rivers and banks clean); and another project for ODFW we have been involved in where we spend several days at Palmer Creek to protect the 60,000 smolts planted by ODFW from predators until the smolts are able to start their journey to the ocean.
And you wonder what you might do to fill your time when you retire?
January, 2008
For Grandma's 62nd birthday, she wanted to see dinosaurs, so that's what we did! We went with the Kachniks to "Walking With Dinosaurs" at the Rose Quarter in Portland. It was amazing and Addie's last words before she went to bed that night were "I saw a dinosaur today." Not every child can say that. The girls made me a wonderful cake and we played Wii. Pretty good birthday, I'd say.
Christmas 2007
We had a very special Christmas day last year in Tigard. Bonnie and West came up with their family so we were all together (except, sadly, Beth) and we had snow. It doesn't happen much in our part of the country so it was extra special.
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