July 30
Our last full day.
Rich joined the hydrology lecture where Jerry helped explain some of the
vocabulary used by those working with water. They got to see how to measure the flow of
water in a stream which is very important there for the habitation of
fish. First they measured across the
stream, then the depth of the stream every six inches to get an average. Then by timing a stick flowing down stream
over a distance of ten feet. They would
then check these statistics from year to year to note changes, good or bad.
I took a walk with Penny (one of the owners) to Blayney
Meadow where we caught and saddled two of the horses, put leads on two others
and Penny and and her husband Lloyd moved the horses back to the closer meadow.
I then returned in the jeep over very
bumpy terrain. Spike, their dog, had
come with us and no one noticed right away that he did not return with us. After returning and looking and calling for
him, it was decided that he would return on his own. Unfortunately, he was
found trying to come home but with a broken leg. He will be on the first ferry back to visit
his vet.
Our appetizers tonight include Penny’s famous hot artichoke
and cheese dip with bruschetta bread followed by tri-tip and chicken, Trader
Joe’s rice with black barley and daikon radish seeds kicked up with the
addition of sunflower seeds and golden raisins, mushrooms, carrots and green
beans and salad. Dessert was cheesecake
with cherries!
Our final gathering included Jerry Hearn on guitar leading
us in a sing along around the blazing fire.
Hosteler Leslie ended the evening with a haunting solo of Amazing Grace.
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