Multnomah Falls

We've been in the Portland area for about a week. We've checked out the Belmont Food Carts (yummy), going to the farmer's market at the university, and spent an afternoon at Multnomah Falls. It happened to be a gloriously warm, sunny day.
I expected to have to hike a bit to get to them, but when I turned around in the parking lot...
Then it was a little hike to get close.
There was just something fresher about the air here. I know that sounds weird, but true.
We had planned on hiking to the top, but we had Shasta with us & came upon a sign that said the trail had poison oak ahead. Nope, not me. Not going. If Shasta brushed against it, I would be in misery for two weeks solid.

The falls drops in two major steps, split into an upper falls of 542 feet (165 m) and a lower falls of 69 feet (21 m), with a gradual 9 foot (3 m) drop in elevation between the two, so the total height of the waterfall is conventionally given as 620 feet (189 m). Multnomah Falls is the tallest waterfall in the State of Oregon. It is credited by a sign at the site of the falls as the second tallest year-round waterfall in the United States.
We've been so busy lately with the motorhome & work. I'm really looking forward to getting out to see more places like this!

Hubby's Haul

Oh, he had a grand time!  The other person that signed up to go out didn't show up, so that left Hubby and 3 other men to waite on him hand & foot! (bait the hook, take the fish off the hook...)

All of the men caught their limit, but in particular, hubby caught 8 sea bass, 2 ling cods, 2 rock fish, and a 50-60 lb. halibut that he had to release because halibut season ended a few weeks prior.

That was as far out of the water as he was allowed to take him.
The guys emptied their crab pots at sea as well, brought in 40 crabs & probably let another 40 go. We brought home 17!

As they pulled the crabs out of the cooking pot, the owner says, "Ever tasted a crab right out of the pot? You won't believe how good they are!" Well, I guess I couldn't believe it because we ate three right there! Awesome!

Our freezer is so full of fish & crab that we had to go around the RV park to find people to give some away to. Our next door neighbors took a few & the next day she brought us these.

Tomorrow, fish for dinner!

Today Hubby went in to town to get a fishing license AND a shellfish license.  So, he could, and will, pick some of those oysters off that rock I posted yesterday, in the next couple of days.  The Fish & Game dept. just asks that you don't take any more than you'll actually eat.  I think I'm going to have to look online about how oysters reproduce and how the connect to those big rocks!

Hubby is also going out on a fishing trip tomorrow morning at 5 a.m.  He's going out on a Dory boat, a flat bottomed boat (more about that boat & their affiliation with this area later).  He's guaranteed to bring home fish & crab.  Here's the really cool part!  The staff fillet & scale the fish, vacuum bag the fish for freezing, and cook the crab, all before he comes home!  WooHoo!!!