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I have mixed feelings about this. I hope there can be a respectful and informative discussion about the Bonneville Power Administration’s decision to stop funding Columbia River hatcheries...

I watched my good friend hook a 45” Pike on a gurgler, the eat is etched in my memories. Cast into the weed bed, blown up as it hit open water.

Slimy for sure - top water action is awesome, some huge explosions. They are good eats for a shore lunch too.

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JARS/v61n2/v61n2-bluhm.html I’m adding this here, not orchid related, but covers the Gnomes - Hemitomes congestum, and the other Monotropes of the PNW.

I see your traveling by “big otter”!

Steve If you don’t have this reference it is as thorough as I have seen.

My dog quickly learned to love it to. When I dropped my pack to dig out the deet as we hit an infested meadow he came over to get freshened up. I miss backpacking in the Sierras, and my dog.

It was really nice to see many empty seed pods from the last 2 seasons, it seems that they have a good chance of propagating. The Washington Lily is one of the best smelling blooms that I have put my nose to. Good luck in your try at propagating the seeds you have. I saw my first low elevation...

4600-5000’ I probably don’t make it back this year, the last few miles of road were “pumped” by heavy equipment. I will be back next year for sure.

I take that as a real compliment coming from you. There were so many spectacular specimens, and some areas well covered. So hard to get a good cell phone pic of the big picture.

This area burned in 2022 if I remember correctly. We finally regained access last year. It is a high ridge hike that was a chain of meadows interrupted by forest. Some of this had burned in the 80’s (?). Last year we observed that the wild flowers were better than we had seen previously. This...