Patrick Dowd

Flowers

Patrick — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:01:59 +0000

The plants are flowering with the spring rains, warmer weather and occasional sunshine.

Puyehue Volcano today

Patrick — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:26:13 +0000

My Christmas Eve photos of Puyehue Volcano are less dramatic than today’s news photos. Puyehue is located south of Santiago, Chile. We took a bus ride from Bariloche, Argentina (today the airport is closed because of ash) to Puerto Montt; we passed over the volcano and got a good view from the west side. See original post.

Sleeping in Seattle

Patrick — Sun, 01 May 2011 00:04:03 +0000

Sleeping in Seattle. Photo of Space Needle from 1962 World’s Fair. Lens flare from street lights on iPhone camera.

Mt Baldy

Patrick — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 03:04:07 +0000

This movie highlights some photos and video of my day hike up Mt Baldy, the hill behind my house. Contains moss, mountains, flowers and a skateboarder.

my Opening Day

Patrick — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:30:46 +0000

Oregon doesn’t have an official opening day for the fishing season because fishing is always open somewhere. Nonetheless, my opening day was yesterday. It was a beautiful day, starting off in the chilly 30s, but climbing to the mid 50s by late afternoon. Dawn and I each caught several nice wild cutthroat. The float was comfortable without any navigational hazards.

We didn’t see any March Browns, but there was a regular black blizzard of the Grannom Caddis from about 1:45 to 2:45. There were so many bugs on the water, the fish couldn’t find our flies. I found that a little twitch to a small bead-head nymph helped; Dawn tied on a slightly larger dry-fly with some success. We floated the McKenzie from about 11:30 to 3:30, putting in at Harvest Lane and taking out at Armitage. River levels had stabilized around 5,000 csfs or about 2.7 feet. The water is still cold. There was little cloud cover all day.

Comforts of home

Patrick — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:35:09 +0000

Ahhh, the comforts of home. My own bed, a hot bath, fresh coffee, fast WiFi.

arrived Eugene

Patrick — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:16:03 +0000

Arrived home after about 24 hours of travel. We woke up early Tuesday morning and now it is early Tuesday afternoon. It’s good to be back home.

arrived SFO

Patrick — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:48:12 +0000

Arrived in San Francisco after traveling 7,000 miles from Hong Kong. Feel tired.

arrived Hong Kong

Patrick — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 02:10:13 +0000

Waiting in Hong Kong airport for our flight to San Francisco. Drinking Starbuck’s coffee.

3:17

Patrick — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:46:08 +0000

The alarm clock is set for 3:17 a.m. Let the odyssey begin.