guns and roses awaiting the day
benson beach
north head lighthouse
the crew sets up
setting up the computers
teamwork to measure the echosounder arm
heather and me ready to rumble
But it wasn't all work...during down time we got to check out some hiking trails in the North Head area.
heather near north head
north head lighthouse
Next up...Reedsport. We left mid-week from Long Beach and drove ~7 hours to Southern Oregon to conduct our second year effort of surveys at the proposed location of Oregon's first wave energy buoys. Unfortunately, the waves and wind were up and the Coast Guard closed the mouth of the Umpqua River to all non-commercial vessels. No problem...we'll just launch from the beach. With a little help from some quad runners more than anxious to tow jet skis through the dunes we were able to get the work done. Never a dull moment.
being towed
we made it!
after getting to the open beach, we took it to the water
launch of guns...
salt water to the face. yum.
...and he's off
launch of roses
yikes
no easy task.
We also got to check out the freakin' awesome sand dunes in Southern Oregon. We went from lush forest to desert-like scenery in a matter of seconds. Amazing.
sand dunes
dune!
jeremy and heather
Because the job of supporting the jet-skiers can get a little slow, I brought along bocce to pass the hours...
bocce!
heather tries from the truck
eyeballing the shot
jeff's a natural
