Singing, dancing and driving

Here’s a video of Landen and I singing along to The Devil’s Dance Floor by Flogging Molly after barely escaping Cle Elm. Posted from a gas station in Ellensburg.
Still behind schedule, but moving.

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Boardwalk for the Birds

So I got another bird assignment. People love birds around here.
This time I went out to the Sandpiper Trail boardwalk to talk to a biologist who counts the thousands of migratory birds every year for the Grays Harbor Shorebird Festival. Here’s my story for today.
I met refuge biologist Marian Bailey down at the boardwalk, which [...]

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“Fighting solves everything”

“Fighting solves everything,” was the motto on several shirts at the fight last night. This is former WSU football player Eric Boose beating the crap out of Galen Brown in the heavyweight main event.
There were four professional bouts, including local girl Sky Bell. Here’s the story by Rob Burns. More photos and video from an [...]

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More maritime fun

Here’s the photo we ended up running with the story. The ship is even harder to see through the fog in newsprint.
Below are some more quick pics from my morning adventure and a seasick video of trying to pull up to the dock again. Enjoy.

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Once upon a weekend — Into the Trees

 
Trees come in many sizes.
Liz and I went up to Lake Quinault on Sunday as sort of a last little trip. We visited the Olympic National Forest in an area that gets an average of 12 feet of rain a year. It’s considered a rainforest. We saw huge trees and took pictures.

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Coming soon to an Internet near you

Gravelly movie narrator: From the director who brought you “Hoquiam City Hall” and “Emus in McCleary” comes … “Big Red Cedar”.

Narrator: It may be dead. It may be hollow. But it’s also really big.
I’m on deadline, so I don’t have time to post all the stuff from the weekend. In the meantime, think of this as [...]

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And back to St. Paddy’s

An Irish cover band hit the Blue Spark in downtown Spokane on Saturday. I was lucky enough to run into Brian for a couple drinks while he told me about his new job.
This is a clip of the band playing “Dirty Old Town” by the Pogues. It comes complete with blurry, drunk-vision.
Hope everyone is having [...]

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Executing a search warrant

First, some old news. Here’s some quick footage from a raid on a home where the Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office believes people are were selling stolen property.
Story with a photo about as interesting as the video.

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The Wind that Shakes the Soul

Amazing, and disturbing. “The Wind that Shakes the Barley” is one of those movies that makes you feel like you’ve been kicked in the stomach. In sort of a good way.

I bought it over during the weekend. It’s about two Irish brothers in the Irish Civil War. It’s tragic, but has some nice moments and beautiful scenery.
To [...]

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Clam this, clam that. Bada-clim, bada-clam!

So apparently, if you shoot photos for The Daily World, you spend half your time in water up to your knees. This is twice in two days for me. 
I had no idea people like to dig for clams — by the hundreds. I saw a few cars parked off the road and thought I would check [...]

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