home in Washington

Friday began at 4AM. By mid-morning, not a single boat had caught a fish and we hadn’t gotten a nibble. The four of us headed back with empty coolers and dampened spirits. But as everyone knows, a bad day fishing is still better than the worst day ____ing. At the docks, the warden shared that nobody was catching Salmon. That made us feel better about getting skunked.

On my way home, I stopped by the Alderwood Mall Apple Store. A couple Geniuses and I agreed that a bug in the latest version of Apple’s iPhone SDK (beta 8) caused my iPhone some irreparable harm. I walked out with a brand new iPhone and a $0 invoice. It’s nice to have a single vendor that builds the hardware, OS, and SDK. It is even nicer when that vendor stands behind it.

As I resumed homeward on I-5, a great song started playing on the radio. I cranked up the volume and sang along. Loudly. As I popped up over a hill the loveliest of images appeared. The day was sunny and bright without even a hint of haze. Which means that despite being 50 miles away, Mr. Rainier appeared so large and imposing that I paused to gaze at her majesty. It warms a part of my soul to be near the mountains.

On Monday, we caught fish. See the photo at right.

4 thoughts on “home in Washington”

  1. Glad to hear you are catching fish! There was a big carp in the creek near us and the girls (in their Sunday duds) waded in to try to catch this 25 pound or so carp! It was in a shallow pool that the stream had built itself. They waded and tried to grab this fish for nearly 20 minutes. Oh for a camera! Sounds like your fishing was more profitable! I love salmon! Wish I could join you, maybe someday…..
    love, ma deb

  2. Glad to hear you are catching fish! There was a big carp in the creek near us and the girls (in their Sunday duds) waded in to try to catch this 25 pound or so carp! It was in a shallow pool that the stream had built itself. They waded and tried to grab this fish for nearly 20 minutes. Oh for a camera! Sounds like your fishing was more profitable! I love salmon! Wish I could join you, maybe someday…..
    love, ma deb

  3. Matt,
    That Salmon looks good enough to eat!! I can just imagaine the look of Mt. Ranier in the distance. I wish i were there in Washington right now to see the beauty of the mountains. I know the feeling.
    Rebecca

  4. So does Kayla get the old iPhone, then? And your thoughts on MobileMe? Priorities, man! Stop fishing and start talking technology!

    🙂

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