MUSING ABOUT EXPLORATIONS AND SALMON

Summer is here for sure with 80-degree temps most days in Washington State. At least it cools off at night and even need a blanket by early morning. Waters are cold -- the North Pacific sea swirling around the San Juan Islands, and in the Columbia River farther south melting glaciers feed the streams that join the river -- from the Columbia Glacier in Canada to the North Cascades Range adjacent to the river in Washington, and run-off along the Columbia Gorge from Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Hood