090927 - Smith River, Oregon
September 27, 2009 
Salmon Harbor
Smith River, California
While at Harris beach, we had an interesting discussion about weather patterns along the Pacific coastline with one of the park volunteers.
He surprised me with the term “Banana Belt” which referred to the area being warm and sunny. He explained that off the coast of northern California and southern Oregon, the air and water currents produce a warming effect in the fall season.
With this new information, we decided that there was no rush to leave the area so we’ll mosey along the coast instead of our prior plans of running to escape any cold weather.
We spent a very uneventful but totally wonderful week in Smith River at a park on the coast with a gorgeous view of the pacific. As we read and sunned ourselves, we could watch fishermen on the shore and in small motorboats hoping for a nibble on their bait.
There was no shortage of people to talk to and Danny could count on lots of attention and petting. Most of the conversations were casual and travel related but there was one that I did not expect to ever have.
A young man (looking about in his late 30’s) struck up a conversation one day about his plans to learn how to fish. It seems that his parents live at this mobile home park as permanent residents. His father recently died and he came from Alabama to live with and help take care of his mom. His dad had lots of fishing gear so he was going to learn how to use it but he claimed not to have a fondness’ for the taste of fish.
He claimed to have grown up in a small cabin in the backwoods of Alabama and was raised on a diet of local animals that he had shot or caught himself.
Sounding like he was the star of a local TV cooking show, he proceeded to describe in detail the preparation of various animals from the hunting to cooking stages and then commenting on their taste and texture. He covered the range from raccoons to possum to rabbit, dear, squirrel and various birds.
I sure hope he develops a taste for fish, just for the local wildlife’s sake.
Salmon Harbor
Smith River, California
While at Harris beach, we had an interesting discussion about weather patterns along the Pacific coastline with one of the park volunteers.
He surprised me with the term “Banana Belt” which referred to the area being warm and sunny. He explained that off the coast of northern California and southern Oregon, the air and water currents produce a warming effect in the fall season.
With this new information, we decided that there was no rush to leave the area so we’ll mosey along the coast instead of our prior plans of running to escape any cold weather.
We spent a very uneventful but totally wonderful week in Smith River at a park on the coast with a gorgeous view of the pacific. As we read and sunned ourselves, we could watch fishermen on the shore and in small motorboats hoping for a nibble on their bait.
There was no shortage of people to talk to and Danny could count on lots of attention and petting. Most of the conversations were casual and travel related but there was one that I did not expect to ever have.
A young man (looking about in his late 30’s) struck up a conversation one day about his plans to learn how to fish. It seems that his parents live at this mobile home park as permanent residents. His father recently died and he came from Alabama to live with and help take care of his mom. His dad had lots of fishing gear so he was going to learn how to use it but he claimed not to have a fondness’ for the taste of fish.
He claimed to have grown up in a small cabin in the backwoods of Alabama and was raised on a diet of local animals that he had shot or caught himself.
Sounding like he was the star of a local TV cooking show, he proceeded to describe in detail the preparation of various animals from the hunting to cooking stages and then commenting on their taste and texture. He covered the range from raccoons to possum to rabbit, dear, squirrel and various birds.
I sure hope he develops a taste for fish, just for the local wildlife’s sake.
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