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That boat in Oregon

  …has an interesting story.  It was built in 1881 in the port of Gold Beach, Oregon, on the Rogue River.  In its life it served as a coastal freighter, an Arctic whaler, a tow boat, an ocean tug, an Arctic halibut fisher, back to towboat, ocean tug, and was finally retired in 1978 to the spot where she lies now in Gold Beach, Oregon, right where she was built.  A distinguished 97 year career.    Meanwhile…  We’ve moved north. 2015 summer trip map We’re at William M. Tugman State Park just north of Coos Bay.         
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Wednesday

 Today I learned about Agile Methodology, using Excel to make my data talk, painless performance feedback, raising financial IQ, and a 75 minute recap of the entire conference.  I think I’ve learned enough for this week. Last week in the RV Park, we learned this kind of branch is called a candelabra …and at the end of this particular candelabra branch is a hole. If you wait and watch that hole long enough, a little face will peer out. ….and check the surroundings. If it’s safe, a chestnut backed chickadee will pop out …and fly away in search of more food for the kids. …and return with a nice fresh worm for the family.  
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Tuesday

 I’m a full-day more educated today than I was yesterday; except for the stuff I used to know, but forgot today.  I wonder what the net change was. Anyway, nothing from the conference that seems like something I should pass along, so I’ll say something else; something about the chestnut-backed chickadee, or lighthouses, or the boat, or the loons and grebes we’ve been seeing. I think I’ll do the lighthouse. Of course, there is a lighthouse here.