Sometimes I wonder how scientific these reclassifications are. It almost makes me wonder if a couple birders were competing to see who had the most species and the one losing decided to stack the deck in their favor by “reclassifying” a few birds.

Thanks!

Happy Anniversary to the two of you! What wonderful memories!

Thanks! And Rachael knew the answer to the mystery when I brought it up to her later. The San Juan Islands were the honeymoon escape. The trip to Stehekin was a pre-wedding tryst we slipped away for before the wedding. So Rachael had her chance but missed it - she could have reconsidered before it was too late after enduring a night in the trunk of the Escort and a hike to retrieve my lost glasses.

A worthy celebration of 35 years. It figures that you'd struggle to pinpoint which adventure among so many was the 'official' honeymoon. Happy anniversary!

Your honeymoon is much more impressive!

Definitely!

Hope so! It’s a promising sign that we’re hoping to meet up with you later this summer. Any year that includes a reunion with Tough Guy Garceau is bound to rank high.

Thanks, Susan. Intrepid - I like that!

I do too, but I don’t really like seeing them stuck in the sink. I wonder how it got there.

I also. I was really surprised by the huge raft of these, which somehow I’ve never seen out here.

But did you take your kid along with you?

Yup. It’s a cello-banjo, pitched an octave lower. Tony is the only person I’ve ever seen playing one. He also plays the standard banjo, slide guitar and I think ukulele.

Happy Anniversary! Your honeymoon sounds like ours - we backpacked to the top of Mt. Elbert in Colorado - the highest peak in CO. at a bit over 14,000 ft.

Something weird about that banjo. The body is much bigger than normal!