A short road trip to pick up queen bees gave us an excuse to
spend the night in Port Angeles and to visit the Elwha River.
We walked around the barriers and took a walk above the
river, where Lake Aldwell covered the slope for 100 years. The massive stumps
of trees cut before the lake rose seem almost calcified from a century of gray
sediments –
but life is bursting through the soil.
The salmon are expected to re-colonize the upper
river in the years to come.
Mother salmon, father salmon
Brother salmon, sister salmon
Come back salmon, help us salmon
feed us salmon, leaping salmon!
heya heya heya heya
(Tom Heidelbaugh)
