We had a bit of a drive around Willapa Bay and up towards South Bend, Washington to get to the next site. And an even further stretch of sloggging. It's really quite funny in hindsight, that we get all geared up in long johns, really tall socks, layers of fleece and toques, with chest waders and rain jackets on top. After about 5 minutes of walking through the mud (that reaches up somewhere around the calves) it gets pretty hot, especially in the areas covered by neoprene. Each site was at least 20 minutes if not more like 35 minutes of slogging. I guess the best part was that it was nice to feel warm. Also, I am pretty sure that my legs are well toned from all of the resistance training.
In between grids, the best and fastest way of making sure that the rope grid doesn't get tangled up is to wrap it around one of us!! In the above picture, Margot is walking around with the GPS trying to locate the four corners of the grid. Not so easy, as the GPS isn't accurate enough!
Short Billed Dowitchers!! They were all over the place.
It was REALLY muddy.
We turned up the coast and checked out South Bend, Washington for our coffee stop. Another great wee shop with THE BEST cinnamon buns I have ever had. Sadly that was to be our only break that day as it was approximately an hour to and from the field site and we had a tonnne of samples to process that night.
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