News from Winter Camp, Cape Foulweather
December 9, 2015
Cheryl's News
Rich and I arrived safely at our new
hosting site. For the month of December, we are volunteering for OPRD
at the Cape Foulweather Gift Shop on the Oregon Coast. Our job
includes retail sales, restocking and talking to folks about any
whale sightings.
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| Cheryl and Rich at work |
Not that there are many whale sighting. Grey whales as they migrate south (December through
January) are on a focused mission. They do not eat as they migrate, nor
hang out and check out any sights along the way. We saw a few spouts
on the one clear day we have had, and that's all.
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| View |
The view here, though, is spectacular. Windows make up two sides of the gift
shop, and on clear days, it's absolutely stunning.
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| Rich hard at "work" |
Chinese Water Torture
Our first week at Cape Foulweather
included three days of torrential rain. The sound of the rain -
combined with the usual sound of pine cones dropping on the trailer roof
- was deafening. We could not even hear each other talk.
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| Flooding |
At least our campsite stayed
“dry”, if you can actually use that kind of word for this weather. Anyway, the campsites along the creek all flooded.
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| Blown Over Porta-Potty |
We also had high wind gusts which blew
over the two porta-potties in the parking lot.
Week one comes to an end, and Rich and I look
forward to week two. Will the rain continue? Will our geriatric minds
function well enough to run the cash register? Will the till balance
at the end of the day? Will Mimi (our cat) get fed up with all the
rain and head for drier climes? Stay tuned.
