Frosty but less windy at Northwest Fly Fishing Outfitters
Photos and text by Michael Ellis
Saturday, January 12th, Volunteers Alan Moore, John Arnold, Jon Pampush, Mike Gentry and myself, Michael Ellis, manned the drop site at Northwest Fly Fishing Outfitters. It was cold and a lot of the trees came with ice. It was not as windy as last week however, so, in all it was more pleasant. We met a lot of new people, got to talk to the public about our projects, and, while we all thought it would be a lot slower than last week, we still collected over 100 trees.
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On Sunday, Mike and I took the truck to the Thompson property to unload. The roads looked a bit iffy around Hillsboro, but when we got up in the Coast Range a little we broke through the clouds and it was a beautiful day! The silver frost on the bare tree branches and weeds along the road, lit by sunlight, was a sight to behold.
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| The tree pile is growing |
Here is the pile of trees, next to the rental truck, at the Thompson property.
At the Royal Treatment Fly Fishing drop site, Peter Gray returned for a second weekend of duty where he and Andy Andrews helped collect just under half the number of trees from the first weekend - enough for just over a trailer load to go to the Coho! With the left over space for a second trailer run on Sunday, we were able to collect some leftover trees from Kordell's in Lake Oswego - what a benefit! An additional 45+ trees! We may be able to do the same this final weekend - especially if there is some willingness to have another volunteer add a second trailer to the mix on Sunday. If you have a truck and some time - contact Michael about wrangling a second trailer to the coast on Sunday and we can coordinate the convoy effort.
At the Royal Treatment Fly Fishing drop site, Peter Gray returned for a second weekend of duty where he and Andy Andrews helped collect just under half the number of trees from the first weekend - enough for just over a trailer load to go to the Coho! With the left over space for a second trailer run on Sunday, we were able to collect some leftover trees from Kordell's in Lake Oswego - what a benefit! An additional 45+ trees! We may be able to do the same this final weekend - especially if there is some willingness to have another volunteer add a second trailer to the mix on Sunday. If you have a truck and some time - contact Michael about wrangling a second trailer to the coast on Sunday and we can coordinate the convoy effort.
Well, we still need help next weekend, both staffing the drop sites on Saturday and possibly loading trees Sunday morning. If you would like to help out e mail me at tvturestoration@gmail.com .
