The first picture shows some salmon hanging out, waiting to make their moves.
Next, is the masonry pool.
Which is damned by the Masonry Dam.
Which is fed by Chester Morse Lake.
They all flow down Upper Cedar Falls.
And are all surround by trees.

We also took a stop by the fish passage and got to see some chinook, coho, and steelhead hanging out waiting to go up the pescalator. Which was installed as a part of Seattle’s Habitat Conservation Plan. If you can hold on (or fast forward) to the last 20 secs, it’s a salmon party!

Anyway, if something screwy happens whil you are looking at the site, leave me a comment. I need the frustration!

I’ve always told myself that I should go down and take the tours they offer when they come through town (often times during Seafair) but I always miss it by a day or just don;t have the time when they come around.

So I proceeded down to Terminal 30 and got down around 12.30. Tours were going to last until 2. The tours of each ship were supposed to last about 20-30 minutes for each boat. The group I was with went and saw the USS Preble first and an 1.5 hours later the tour was over so I didn;t get a chance to see the USS Rushmore. But, the USS Preble was pretty interesting. Although commissioned only 6 years ago, the bridge looked straight out of the 50s or 60s other than a few LCD screens providing some information. The architecture was gray and blocky. The buttons and dials from an age past. Granted, don’t fix what works. They had a helicopter on board. Basically, we gat a tour of the deck, the bridge, and the helicopter landing and storage area.

The most amusing moment, and really the only time I wanted to take a picture, was of this on the bridge of the ship:

I’m glad this function of this maul is clarified for me. heehee.

Here is the sturgeon link. They’ve also got part of the video feed from the camera.

The first in the series, which I’ve listened to for the past 3 years or so, is The Sound of Young America. TSOYA is hosted by America’s Sweetheart, Jesse Thorn. Over the years, it has provided a lot of entertainment regarding different comedians, musicians, actors, writers, scientists, etc. One of these podcasts was an interview with the hosts of another radio show (which has it’s own podcast) – WNYC’s RadioLab.

I’m only 4 episodes into the series but have found it quite education and entertaining. The hosts come from a creative background who’s parents were both scientists, Jad Abumrad. He teams up with a veteran scientist writer/prodecer, Robert Krulwich. They spend an hour or so running through different aspects of a theme, not straight interviews, but with production, splicing, and entertaining sound manipulations. (I don’t really know what that means – google them and look for descriptions of their show). There’s no set time schedule to when the episodes come out. They just do their thing and they show up every once in a while.
I think they are schedule every other week but they are only contracted to do 10 or so a year now. (up from 5 at the beginning)

TSOYA has at least a couple of hundred podcasts available ranging from 5 min – 1 hr. While, Radiolab has approximately 20 episodes available – all about 1 hour in length.

Follow the action here.

The action has once again moved north of the ship canal. It’s been many years since we’ve dared to venture that far north. Seth in his near condemned house will host this years festivities. Heat and restrooms are optional. Who knows what the outcome will be.

edit: Dougie wins! Dougie Wins!

And a little post tournament excitement here.

I’ll post photos tonight (monday).