Holy F*ing Sturgeon

Two small sturgeon and the biggest live trout I've ever seen. He was such a monster I almost mistook him for a salmon, except the sign read 'Rainbow Trout'.

Longer than one of my whole arms and I've got some pretty gangly arms...

The window is five feet across. Fishing regulations state that no fisherman can take a sturgeon in excess of eleven feet as female sturgeon don't produce eggs until reaching this average length. This thing rivals many species of shark - in length any ways - being bottoms feeders, they aren't much for gigantic teeth or predatory habits. This picture was taken through my sunglasses - seems like I was the only one out there that could this beast through the water (which was about ten - fifteen feet deep.) Thanks polarization!

I never knew that ducks were so gregarious with people....

...Until I realized that they come to the sound of the fish food dispenser dishing out an afternoon snack. I was a stupid tourist, again. But entertaining as hell to hand feed ducks! I bet the fish were pissed, the food never got that far.

Pretty neat, its the biggest weirdest most archaic fish I've ever seen!

A Day at the Oregon Zoo

I can't remember who these curious little guys are...but they were in a woodstove.


These poor monkeys acted like they were all incarcerated. And the chain link didn't help either. Obviously one of the smartest of the zoo animals.

Freakin huge beaver - must have been 30 lbs.

This little black bear has a relative - the relative is much MUCH bigger than this one. If it wasn't for his roman nose I'd mistake him for a grizz.

G'Day Cougar - he was ruffling his bedding.

Pretty ducky - harlequin?

The zoo keepers give marine animals the rags from car washes - they make great nests apparently. I've never seen a sea otter on land.

This is ironic. A turtle with a tracking device.

Notice HUGE fish in the background..

Red Hemlock - Nice to see the world has some big trees still.

The Hood River Pad

Our house in Hood River

Kitchen/Dining Room - Stackable W/D behind the folding doors -

REALLY cool Brazilian Granite countertops...that little strip cost almost 4k!

Living Room - theres a TV in here but its hiding!

That's right - we even make the bed - for pictures at least.

Here's the downstairs 'bedroom' - its more of a space to do

school and yoga.

Its not purple, its periwinkle! A bit of an Edward Scissorhands' neighborhood. Apparently built by an associate of Bill Gates. Were sandwiched between a middle school, a creek and the Hood River Hospital. It gets a bit noisy but watching helicopters land on the roof of the hospital from the living room is pretty cool.