{"id":12332,"date":"2021-11-14T10:48:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T17:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=12332"},"modified":"2021-11-14T22:59:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T05:59:16","slug":"mountain-snow-lowland-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=12332","title":{"rendered":"Mountain snow, lowland rain."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here on the dry east side we have a bright day.<\/p>\n<p>Friday was disrupted by a visit by the builders, and Saturday by a return of the person that had worked earlier with a backhoe (with small blade); early July. He moved a lot of brush off, dug a trench, and did pre-road clearing. Then he went away for 4 months, without a word. He says he will be back Thursday.  His girl-friend\/partner broke her foot and needs surgery. Maybe they need extra money.<br \/>\nNotes on his earlier work here: Click on the bold.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4JuBzGEzAX\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=12182\">on-going projects<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;on-going projects&#8221; &#8212; Keeping track\" src=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=12182&#038;embed=true#?secret=4JuBzGEzAX\" data-secret=\"4JuBzGEzAX\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So, I did not get time to write, and this morning (Sunday) is weather-wise a good time to be outside.<br \/>\nI\u2019m posting this now and won\u2019t do anything more on it until this evening.  <\/p>\n<p>John<\/p>\n<p> &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<br \/>\nOkay, back to Monday.<br \/>\nI went to the Union Gap Costco and had lunch there with Suzy and Bob. After a long visit, I did the shopping thing. The Company has a business plan that involves moving things around so one has to hunt for things. This ensures that you see stuff that you might otherwise not be looking for. I did pretty well until I went for Beef Jerky. After several up and down isle trips I went and asked at the \u201cred vest\u201d station. They didn\u2019t know but one agreed to help me hunt. Finally, he went and checked the list on the computer \u2013 affirmative \u2013 it is in the store. Another red vest said he thought it was on isle C14 or something; and sure enough, there it was.<br \/>\nOne of my purchases was cod and halibut. There is nothing in the EBRG stores that compares. I tried a package and it was thin slices of Pollock heavily coated with a crust. I\u2019ll guess 2\/3rds crust and 1\/3 fish all at the cost of fish. <\/p>\n<p>Tuesday: Evans Canyon<br \/>\nThe regional Fish and Wildlife crew planned for a re-vegetation effort on a part of the Evans Canyon Fire of 2020. I&#8217;m the blue star. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Evans-Canyon-Fire-Sept-2021-and-me.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"547\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12339\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Evans-Canyon-Fire-Sept-2021-and-me.jpg 639w, http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Evans-Canyon-Fire-Sept-2021-and-me-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/>Three of them and 5 volunteers assembled at 10:00 AM. I was 3 minutes late because of snow. I have to go over Umtanum Ridge (using Umptanum Road) southwest of EBRG. The dirt\/rock road becomes N. Wenas Road and goes over 3,130 ft. Washington Pass. There was 4 inches of snow. Who knew? That\u2019s why I was a tiny bit late. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Dibble-stick.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"308\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Dibble-stick.jpg 287w, http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Dibble-stick-280x300.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 85vw, 287px\" \/>From the paved Wenas Road we car-pooled a couple of miles. No snow, but big water holes and mud. The white truck became less white and less new looking. I finally got it cleaned up Sunday afternoon.<br \/>\nI spent about 5 hours with a dibble stick: photo \u2013 not me. My teacher and comrade for the day was Melinda, local regional WA F&#038;W boss. She took photos but I don\u2019t have them yet. There were others working, but not close to us.<br \/>\nI should get a certificate as this was my first exposure.  I think altogether we planted about 5,000 (?) sagebrush plugs.<br \/>\nOthers scattered locally sourced native grass seed. The schedule stretched into the late afternoon and it was dark before I got home.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sagebrush-plug.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"391\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12340\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sagebrush-plug.jpg 325w, http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sagebrush-plug-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 85vw, 325px\" \/><br \/>\nWednesday I was on the phone for an hour with a Vanguard advisor. The advisor services group will be working over my funds, to improve on my sloppy practices. This coming Thursday I will again talk to the advisor and will have to approve the new plan. There will be a re-balancing each quarter, as needed, always working with the same advisor. I will also have him properly convey charitable distributions.<\/p>\n<p>Friday:<br \/>\nJessie was here working on the inside knotty pine walls. Walter and I had a long discussion of what to do with the big shed. Also, we did a bit of a walk-through of fixing a few things not quite up to standards in what has been done so far. I expect Jessie to be here again Monday because of rain. There is a roof elsewhere to be pulled off and re-done. They may be able to do that on Tuesday &#038; Wednesday. We expect snow on Thursday. The electrician, Todd, expects to come this week, with maybe half-a-day to finish his work here.<br \/>\nI\u2019ve got the drain under the drive topped off with gravel. Even if I do nothing more on that, it is good for winter. I have a few rocks to load in the cart and move. And I\u2019m slowly working on the newly dropped trees (for firewood). Phyllis and Cameron carted off a few things this week, and I sent their son Joseph (&#038; Julie) several boxes of kindling for their fireplace. They live in the Seattle area.   <\/p>\n<p> The Charlie Schulz Philosophy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bbenne.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/the-charlie-schulz-philosophy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Click to access the-charlie-schulz-philosophy.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the Naneum Fan<br \/>\nJohn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here on the dry east side we have a bright day. Friday was disrupted by a visit by the builders, and Saturday by a return of the person that had worked earlier with a backhoe (with small blade); early July. He moved a lot of brush off, dug a trench, and did pre-road clearing. 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