Author Archives: ChadBuchanan

We’ve had a stretch of cold weather which doesn’t help. Have to keep the fire burning hot. In fact I have to go split wood today. Here is a picture of a Pyle of wood we got today. Did not … Continue reading →

We took at trip to the park on a rare sunny day during a very cold spring. We played in the park while waiting for joyce’s ferry to arrive from the city. Many cute pictures of cuter kids.

Spring can be such a wonderful time of year as plants and animals begin to come to life once again. Just mowed most of the lawn yesterday which seemed to grow over a foot in a couple of days. The … Continue reading →

I started the day by giving Joyce her most wanted gift…sleep. i took mason for a drive and we returned to find mom still in bed. The clouds are trying to go away but we hope the rain will not … Continue reading →

This has been an interesting start to a new year. We were able to spend Christmas with Joyces family in the mountains of Northern California. Only got a little bit of a white christmas but the snow did show right … Continue reading →

This memorial day weekend I took my boat along with my friends, who also have a boat, and did some aqua camping. We stayed at a place called “Blake Island” which is a state park. You can camp on the … Continue reading →

i am watching my son play baseball.i think it is a lot of fun to be a child. only a few more practices before i must leave hawaii so i try to absorb all i can. at christmas i absorbed to much Food but leaned a little about my phone email. perhaps this will be a good way to say short hello in the future. goodbye for now.
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These pictures show a fish that I caught in late September. It is a 14 pound Chinook (King) salmon which tasted very good. We grilled the filets and nearly ate the whole fish in one sitting (there was 5 of us).  In one picture I am making a silly face and the other shows the fish on the cutting board in my firends back yard.
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Time has passed since my one and only blog and time to write again as much has changed. I still live near the sea but have changed jobs and looking towards a new future.  With my family greatly missed (but soon to be with again) and still in Hawaii it is not the best way to do things but there is much to like where I have found myself.

I am in a town called Bremerton which is West of Seatle, Washington. Though you can see the tops of Seatles sky scrapers it is far as water separates "us" from "them". Perhaps it is only 20 minutes by boat but at least an hour and a half by car.  When you think of the ocean and Hawaii you do think of boats but I have never seen so many people with boats since I have been here.  It is a boating culture and there is much from the sea that is good. 

Shrimp, crab, salmon are all available and good to eat.  Catching your meals is all arranged in seasons that are regulated (different from Hawaii off shore fishing) so that people get togethere to celebrate each new season and each new catch. Right now crab and salmon are in season (some varieties of salmon) so that is what the stories are mostly about.

As for me, I have been on the water plenty but do not have enought fish stories to tell yet.  It is colder but still quite beautiful as bremerton is the "country" . My firends say that Mars is not too far away.

Until next time. And I’ll be back in Hawaii soon…Chad

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