Remembering Oregon

The last time I was in Oregon was in December of 2006, just a few months after I began fulltiming. 
I was volunteering  at the Bandon Fish Hatchery, right on the coast.
This was my site at the hatchery.  You might notice the moped.  That was back in the days before I had a toad.  It was mighty chilly driving that moped to town for groceries, I might add.
One of my main jobs was sorting though salmon eggs…one at a time with a tweezers.
Hundreds of thousands of salmon eggs.  What a learning experience that was!
When I wasn’t doing eggs, I was repairing fishing nets.
Salmon was what this hatchery was all about!  I really  enjoyed my time there, and I learned a  lot about fish culture.

Shortly, I’ll be headed to Oregon again, but I don’t think I’ll be seeing any salmon eggs this time.  Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is located no where near the coast, and is in the high desert region of southeastern Oregon.  I always get excited about a new location for volunteering, and this assignment is no exception.  Even though it’s a month away, I can’t wait to get there.  :)  What new things will I learn at this “jewel” of refuges?  I’m hoping there won’t be so many flies and mosquitoes as I’m dealing with right now, but who knows?  I’ll just be happy to get back into the volunteering mode again.

Thanks for stopping by….talk to you later,  Judy