Wiped

My calves, feet, and face are all equally wiped out. Got up by 6:30a, got to the sites by 8:15, and finished laying plots, taking soil cores, and measuring litter depth for both of the demo plots. Kristin is a super hard worker and has helped out a ton. I wouldn't be anywhere near as far without her assistance. Still have to do canopy photos and soil water potential. Kind of sad that I'm hoping for an overcast day to get these canopy photos out, but I don't see one on the horizon at all. It's sunny and mid 60's from about 10:00 till 4 if not a little warmer. You start moving around on these slopes and you'd think it was lower 80's. Finished the day off by searching the ocean for whales through a cool olde timey tripod and binocular setup that Kristin finagled from Don. Drank a couple glasses of wine with my honey, and played a wee bit o' mandolin as the sun set over the ocean. Doesn't get much better. No whales yet, but their migrating so I'm hoping to see some in the coming days. We've got some neighbors here till Friday it looks. Some older folks, Donna and Floyd, who we invited to share a fire this evening, but I think they crashed out early. Kristin and I roasted turkey franks over the fire and ate a mishmash of onion, shrooms, and potatoes that she ever so dilectably seasoned. Finished some data entry just in case my papers go amiss. I heard it snowed in Oxford today. Between there, Eau Claire, and Cambria, I think I made the right choice.