Great day! Despite the strong winds, Troutwater is closed on Monday's and my car mirror on the passenger side was stolen last night in front of Mac & Jacks. At least they didn't break windows.. just ripped of the mirror and jacked the door.. worse than it was before.. long story.
Found some new shops, Covey Goods (
https://coveygoods.com/).. the owner was closing as I got there, but it was a cute shop with lots of kitchen stuff.. some ideas for Mothers Day!
Also stopped at DruBru on the pass.. they're hiring a lot of new staff and planning on a spot in Issaquah.. talked with Taylor, the HR department.. she remembered me from my visit in Cle Elum and had served me a beer.. nice lady.. she'll contact me if something comes up. I would work as a beertender, but really more interested in Sales or something at a higher level that would challenge me.
Stopped by Creekside and Formula Brewing in Issaquah, in the morning before I went, and back to Formula to chat with the owner Danny. He's an avid fly fisher and excited to host an event for my fly tying nuts I'm setting up. Also stopped at Mac & Jacks, they don't have cameras, but talked with Will and the GM.. his name escapes me.. they will let us just show up. I had a beer, chatted about life and Will reminded me they do free tours on Saturday's at 3pm.. I'll be there this Saturday if anyone wants to meet up. You get a free class and 4 samples.. the samples add up to about 2 free beers.. although I do get "special" treatment and they don't make me wear my helmet.. LOL!
The Cle Elum hatchery was fun, met the assistant manager and he showed me around. Checked the holding ponds (18) and they were sorting fry's or the tiniest form. They would take them from the holding area, use a strainer and get rid of the dead ones.. do a rough count and load them in a tank on the forklift. The tank had an oxygen tank to keep the fish alive. I asked a few questions on aeration. They get water from a well, not the Yakima and are raising the fish for the Klickitat I believe... I assume the Columbia too.. maybe Curt or Steve can answer or here is the website to check out..
yakamafish-nsn.gov
Talked to Redmond PD about my door side mirror being stolen last night!
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Another vehicle was hit too.. the van pictured!
Great day overall.. the mirror is like item #999 on my list of shit to do!
work myself. Passed everything I knew to him via text.. will probably hear back from him tomorrow..