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What happens when a woman rooted in animism and native traditions opens her heart to the forest around her — and finds something waiting in return? In this unforgettable and deeply mysterious episode, we sit down with Avery, a Portland native and Sauvie Island resident, who shares a lifetime of spiritual connection to nature — culminating in a vivid and startling nighttime visitation from two juvenile Sasquatch. Clad in clothes, with wispy black hair and round black eyes, these beings didn't just appear in a dream — they left an emotional imprint too real to ignore. We explore glowing blue orbs over the Columbia River, the energy of ancestral land, and what it means when the forest answers back. This one goes beyond physical encounters — into the dream realms where the wild still watches.

Featuring new car technology, and that body in a suitcase on Sauvie Island has been identified

Brock Dittus from the Sprocket Podcast joined Eva Frazier and Jonathan Maus for the first episode of 2025! The conversation ranged from cycling on Sauvie Island to the popular "How'd she get there?" segment where Eva had to share a good bike route from PCC Southeast to the forthcoming In-N-Out Burger near the airport. Tune in, hang out, and get cozy in the shed.*BikePortland: Community Journalism Since 2005*- Latest news on our website (aka "blog"): https://bikeportland.org/ - Subscribe and support: https://bikeportland.org/support- Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/bikeportland/ - Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bikeportland.bsky.social - Listen to our podcast: https://bikeportland.org/cats/podcast

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.comWelcome back. Let's finish our stroll along the Columbia and find out more about this intriguing place. In the first installment we learned how Warrior Point got its name, and about and the rock formation that became the geological cornerstone of Sauvie Island. In this conclusion we arrive at Warrior Rock Lighthouse, the smallest lighthouse in Oregon, and the only one in operation far from the coastline. For this installment I must thank the kind folks at warriorrock.org for sharing several hard-to-find photos and shedding light on some scarcely known stories about the lighthouse. Pre-contact The closest Native American village to Warrior Point on Sauvie Island was Namuit, unmentioned by Lewis & Clark, excepting “2 Houses” drawn on a map in the vicinity of the Warrior Point trailhead is today. I suppose it is worth pointing out that “Warrior Rock” and “Warrior Point” describe two different geological places about a half mile away from each other, and are often interchanged. In 1959 amateur archeologist Emory Stone said of Namuit, “Originally a very large village, it is now completely washed away. Banks of camp rock extend for a quarter of a mile along the river bank. Large collections were made from it as it was eroding away about the turn of the century.” He added, “[It] must have been quite old, for traces of fire are found eight or more feet deep beneath the silt.”Warrior Point was a canoe burial ground. Native Americans practiced this form of burial all along the lower Columbia at promontory sites. Canoes were elevated or placed in trees with the dead wrapped in cedar bark blankets with their belongings. The bows of the canoes pointed toward the ocean.John Kirk Townsend described Mount Coffin, a canoe burial site 13 miles downriver, in his 1841 narrative: "[the burial site] consisted of a great number of canoes containing bodies of Indians, each being carefully wrapped in blankets, and supplied with many of his personal effects in the form of weapons and implements...wrapped in his mantle of skins, laid in his canoe with his paddle, his fishing-spear, and other implements beside him, and placed aloft on some rock or eminence overlooking the river, or bay, or lake that he had frequented. He is fitted out to launch away upon those placid streams…which are prepared in the next world.”Warrior Rock LighthouseThe light house was erected in 1889, a wood framed building with a shed roof on a tall sandstone foundation. The original 1500 lb. fog bell, cast in 1855, tolled for 30 years in a lighthouse at Cape Disappointment prior to installation at Warrior Rock. In 1912, the Lighthouse Service requested $2,000 to purchase 1.61 acres near the lighthouse on which stood a “fairly good dwelling,” which was being occupied by the keeper. The desired amount was appropriated on October 22, 1913, and the dwelling and other buildings on the adjoining land were acquired by the government. (lighthousefriends.com)Looking closely at this photo we can see quite a number of buildings, including a large mill building in the right background, where there are now none.When the river was high, the tower's sandstone foundation and surrounding land would often be underwater. At those times, DeRoy rode an aerial tram he concocted by stringing a cable from a tree near the dwelling to the lighthouse (lighthousefriends.com)Waterway WoesWarrior Rock Lighthouse has seen its share of incidents.1898 - US revenue cutter Commodore Perry ran on a reef a short distance above Warrior Rock. “Pilots familiar with the river always give the reef a wide berth. The steamer Manzanillo had her bottom torn out there 10 years ago, and about 20 years ago the old steamship Sierra Nevada was impaled on the reef.” 1910 - US Lighthouse Tender Heather ran aground on rocks near Warrior Rock. Not badly damaged.1927 - The tug Cricket was sunk near Warrior Rock lighthouse when she collided head on with the steamer Wapama.1928 - A new light to aid river navigation was established on a sunken rock about one fourth of a mile above the Warrior Rock Lighthouse.1930 - The tug Dix which propelled the barge Swan and provided electric current to the floating dance pavilion was found in 50 feet of water a short distance above Warrior Rock lighthouse. Eight people were killed in the collision with the schooner Davenport. 1969 - The lighthouse was struck by a barge. While surveying the damage, the 1500 lb. bell fell to the shoreline and cracked.The bell now resides at the entrance of the Columbia County Courthouse.The current lighthouse owners added, “The lighthouse gets hit by boats more frequently than we would expect. We've heard of two instances in the 90's.”The Warrior Rock formation creates an unusual depth near shore of about 50 ft. Possibly more. “We've seen fishermen catch and release some crazy huge sturgeon there,” the owners shared. One wonders what detritus may have found repose in those waters. Lighthouse Keeper's Home For SaleIn my research I found a 1973 Oregonian real estate ad listing the lighthouse caretaker's home, a shop, and two acres offered at $39,000. Perhaps we can conclude this was the government liquidating obsolete structures, following lighthouse rebuilding and modernization?Adjusted for inflation that's about $280,000 in 2024 dollars. That may sound cheap to some now, but I suspect it would have required a unique buyer then. Here is another photo showing the bungalow in relation to the lighthouse from the early days, circa 1905. Looks like a peaceful homestead!Here is a closer look at the home—date unknown—but given the size of the trees in the background and what looks like a composite shingle roof, I'd guess the 1960's? Here it is today: The house burned down in the early 1990's. The current property owners say, “We've heard from one of the people involved who hiked out to see the place one day that a couple of teenagers were out there when they accidentally caught the place on fire. They tried to get the Sauvie Island Fire Department out there, who announced it wasn't their jurisdiction, and then the St Helens/Columbia County services also claimed it wasn't theirs. They finally got their fathers out there to try to put it out but at that point it was too late.”The trail to the lighthouse today leads by a discretely positioned shipping container near the freestanding chimney and foundation of the old home. It is still private property. The current owners have a website about the lighthouse and environs at warriorrock.org. Much to my surprise and delight, one of them is a musician, sound artist, composer, and educator. So cool!St. Helens Shipbuilding Company, Island Lumber CompanyMany derelict features of post-Euro-American settlement human activity can still be found all around the point: pilings, bricks, concrete, rotting wood and rusting pipe. The pilings on Warrior Point represent the remains of the Island Lumber Company, part of a large complex of lumber industries located on the northern part of Sauvie Island and directly across Multnomah Channel at St. Helens during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Sawmills were established as early as the 1850s in St. Helens. By 1874, Charles and James Muckle operated a mill in that city and owned interests in nearby timber. In 1904 the mill burned and in 1909 the Charles R. McCormick Company bought the site and constructed a new mill. The new mill proved to be extremely productive. To accommodate larger ships than the schooners, that were the most common means of shipping, Charles McCormick formed the St. Helens Shipbuilding Company at a site just south of Warrior Point on Sauvie Island. After the acquisition of additional timber lands, he and his brother Hamlin formed the St. Helens Timber Company in 1912. In 1920, the McCormicks contracted to produce 250 million feet of railroad ties. To fill the order they formed the Island Lumber Company and built a mill and a shipping pier at Warrior Point on Sauvie Island. (ifish.net)One of the most storied ships turned out by the St. Helens Shipbuilding Company was the Wapama, launched in 1915, surviving almost 100 years before being dismantled in 2013. Once part of the National Maritime Museum in San Francisco, it was the last example of some 225 wooden steam schooners that served along the Pacific coast. The NMM still hosts a PDF of the Wapama brochure. Detail-oriented readers may recall it was Wapama that was involved in a collision that sunk the tug Cricket off Warrior Rock in 1927.Between 1912 and 1927 the St. Helens Shipbuilding Company on Sauvie Island just south of Warrior Point launched 42 wooden ships. (Wikipedia)ConclusionAnd so we come to an end in our learning and listening series in this place once called the Wapato Valley. Little more than 200 years ago it was the domain of the Chinookan people. Today it is a bustling corridor of commerce, industry, and recreation too. Here Sauvie Island Wildlife Area, Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge and Shillapoo Wildlife Area create an aggregated wildlife conservation area on both sides of the Columbia measuring about 20,000 acres in total. In many ways, these lands are little changed.Warrior Rock Soundwalk Part 2 is notably quieter than Part 1. In truth, the soundscape isn't particularly quiet here. It feels quiet, but there is a low frequency hum produced by I-5 and Hwy 30 that settles in here like a fog. I removed much of that with a low shelf EQ to approximate a less industrialized time. And, much like the nearby Oaks to Wetlands Trail Soundwalk yielded an anthropogenic alternative soundscape with Four Trains, I could have made a nautical version from the cut-outs here: Four Ships? Another time, perhaps.On the way back we hear the groaning of sea lions out in the middle of the river. This is a photo I snapped on a the opposite shore five days earlier. I love the sweetening of the acoustics at this distance. Thanks for joining me on this survey of sights, sounds and stories from the Wapato Valley!Warrior Rock Soundwalk Part 1 is out now on all streaming services.Warrior Rock Soundwalk Part 2 is available on all streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple, Tidal, Amazon, YouTube…) tomorrow, Friday, December 20th.

The Warrior Point Trail is a 7 mile out-and-back stroll on a dirt lane along the bank of the Columbia River among cottonwood forests, grassy meadows, and several lakes. The lakes are never really in clear view, but in the winter you are aware of them, being the preferred locales of sometimes raucous Tundra Swans. I started off walking along the water, joining the proper trail the better part of a mile north. The light, fine rain sounded like tiny pin pricks on my hat and coat. The wake of a passing barge was still settling, even as it passed out of sight. I saw a cloud of Canadian Geese coalesce in the sky downriver and disappear as soon as they had come. The river was wide and serene. A crow winged by with a fish in its mouth. I zoomed in on the destination downriver, Warrior Rock Lighthouse. The smallest lighthouse in Oregon. Why is it called Warrior Rock, you might ask? Well, like so many things around here the words were chosen from the perspective of the explorer and put on a map, and it stuck. The tale of the encounter that inspired that name, most likely with the Cathlapotle band of Chinooks, goes like this:On October 28, 1792, a British exploration party paddling up the Columbia in the ship's launch and cutter boats encountered twenty-three canoes with about two hundred Chinookans aboard, most of them wearing armored vests and holding weapons. Lt. William Broughton, captain of the HMS Chatham, the tender vessel for George Vancouver's HMS Discovery, led the British force. Seeing his men clearly outnumbered, Broughton ordered the launch's swivel gun loaded and primed for discharge. He loaded his own musket and fired a ball in the water to forewarn and frighten the Chinook. While the only violence during the encounter came from the British mariners, the place-name Broughton affixed to the place—Point Warrior—represents his characterization of the Native canoe men. (oregonencyclopedia.org)The denouement was described by the ship's clerk, “[seeing] that our intentions were as peacable, as their own, they took off all their War Garments, and every man seem'd eager to dispose of his Bows and Arrows for old Buttons, Beads, etc.”The rock formation the lighthouse was built on is the reason Sauvie Island exists. During the last ice age, several cataclysmic flash flood events scoured out the Columbia Basin, originating from ice dam breaches in the area of modern day Missoula, MT. Looking up on the hillsides of that Montana college town one can still make out the terraced waterline pattern of a vast glacial lake. When all that water coursed through this section of river, it uncovered the Warrior Rock formation in the basin. The resistant grey limestone formation acted like a dam, holding back sediment deposits along its southwest axis. Thus, Sauvie Island is only about 10,000 years young, give or take a couple thousand years. Along the way I stopped to watch a family of Pileated Woodpeckers. Bald Eagles abound here.I completed this instrumental score fairly recently, so the discerning listener may note the sound palette bearing a resemblance to the recently launched Listening Spot series: instrument voices that function like string arrangements but were created from pedal steel guitar, dobro, and mellotron are used for the first time here. It strikes me that these are like sedimentary layers of sound deposited against the backbone of (mostly) Pianet electric piano.I tend to be quite slow on my walks, especially when there are so many interesting things to see and hear. As a result I came away with several hours of source audio. I decided to cut that down to just shy of an hour, and subsequently split that in two because I kept falling asleep when listening to the mixes at night. On the whole it's quite reflective. A good end-of-year listen, I think. So I'm keeping the entirety of Part 1 unrestricted, for all who may want to listen to it on this platform, or via their podcast app. Part two will be released next week. Warrior Rock Soundwalk Part 1 is available on all streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple, Tidal, Amazon, YouTube…) tomorrow, Friday, December 13th. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadcrouch.substack.com/subscribe

This week we are crossing the river from Sauvie Island in Oregon to Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Washington state. The Northern tip of the island is directly across from where we are walking today: on recently restored trail in the refuge known as the Oaks to Wetland Trail. In 2019 hundreds of Douglas Fir trees were felled and removed from this area to encourage “oak release”. An oak woodland used to reign supreme here, thanks to low-level fires managed by the indigenous people, keeping the land relatively clear for game grazing and promoting berry plants.Remember how I was complaining Oregon state agencies presently provide almost nothing in terms of education and memorialization on Sauvie Island about what was once may have been the most densely populated area of Native Americans in what is now the United States? Ridgefield NWR has done something pretty remarkable in contrast, by facilitating the construction of the Cathlapotle Plankhouse. The building is based on more than a decade's worth of archaeological research at the site, which began in the 1990s where a large village of the Cathlapotle Nation once stood. It took over 100 volunteers two years to complete it, and the official opening ceremony was conducted on March 29, 2005. (nps.gov)For the past 20 years the Cathlapotle plankhouse has served the modern Chinook Tribe as the site of their annual winter gatherings. Standing up close to the structure one has to marvel at the sheer density of the plankhouse. The planks for the roof and walls are >2 inches thick, and >2 feet wide old-growth Western redcedar. Both the trees, and 3500 hours of volunteer labor were all donated. If one had to itemize the cost of the project at market prices today, it would likely have a multi-million dollar price tag. To the layperson it resembles so many old barns that dot the surrounding rural landscape, but to those with an understanding of construction materials, and the added time and cost of working in the old ways, it's truly a marvel; something the many contributors can be proud of. Our soundwalk begins more or less here, at the plankhouse among Oregon white oaks, looking out over a landscape of lakes and wetlands. Not far off the remains of Cathlapotle village (numbering fourteen houses with an estimated population of 900 in 1806) slumber in the soil, just out of sight, near the Columbia River shore.Cathlapotle was one of the largest of the Wapato Valley villages—of at least 16 villages in all—sharing a common dialect, and ways of life. Explorers Lewis & Clark put it this way:All the tribes in the neighborhood of Wapato island, we have considered as Multnomahs, not because they are in any degree subordinate to that nation; but they all seem to regard the Multnomahs as the most powerful.Multnomah, on Sauvie Island, as we discovered a few weeks ago had a population of some 2400 in 1806, diminished by the introduction of smallpox in the 1780's. In the late 1830's the village was burned to the ground following a devastating malaria epidemic that left too few survivors to tend to the dead. “River erosion, development and looting have destroyed virtually all of the Chinook town sites. But Cathlapotle was spared,” said Kenneth M. Ames, PSU professor of anthropology who lead the archeological investigation that took place in the 1990's. Ames' excavation revealed:*Radiocarbon dates on charcoal from hearths place occupation from at least 900 years ago to the 1840s.*Various pieces of evidence indicate possibly two occupations of the site, with the last one having been continuously occupied for 1,500 years by up to 1,400 people, Ames said. He believes there was an earlier occupation as far back as 2,000 years ago. (The Oregonian, Aug 7, 1994)As I walked the trail beneath a cloudy sky, I tried to imagine the area in that pre-contact state, as I usually do. I think it would have looked similar, but of course it would have sounded much different. There would have been no leaf blowers or dogs barking from the expanding residential areas over the hill. No airplanes overhead. And, perhaps most distinctly for this site, there would have been no trains rumbling past. Access to this section of the refuge requires a short walk on a pedestrian bridge over train tracks. Trains glide by frequently. My quiet to loud ratio here was about 65 / 35. As usual, I spliced together the quiet sections of my walk to create this idealized pre-industrial soundwalk soundscape. I used my binaural Sennheiser Ambeo Headset for this recording, which performs quite well in the rain, if it's not too windy. The mics were tucked into the concavity of my ears, sheltered from rain drops. The soundscape is really quiet and tranquil. Tundra Swans and Varied Thrushes sound so reverberant and sweet. My score is textural, spacious, and plaintive, I would say. It occurred to me that I could chain together the out-takes for an alternate “selectively industrialized” version. Voila: Four Trains Soundwalk was released a couple days ago as a flipside to this one. This was a surprise hit in my own listening habits. I found myself oddly soothed by the low frequency rumbles at bedtime, lulled by the anticipation of the iron beast transits.That's it for this week. Once again, thank you for indulging me, for being here, for listening. Oaks to Wetland Trail Soundwalk is available on all streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple, Tidal, Amazon, YouTube…) tomorrow, Friday, November 15th. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadcrouch.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.comI love oak trees. Here in the Pacific Northwest, our western forests are dominated by conifers, so oaks have something of an exotic look to my eye. It wasn't always this way. Here in the Willamette Valley, oaks thrived in the rain shadow of the Coast Range. The entire 1.5 million hectare valley was not long ago dominated by native prairies and oak savannas. This is one of the most strongly human-modified ecoregions on the continent, with an estimated 99.5% decline of native prairies and oak savannas. Despite this devastating loss, the vegetation of this region and its history are fascinating, and the remaining remnants are often packed with rare and endemic species. (oneearth.org)In the last 175 years we have lost 98% of the oak savanna habitat here.(From: Rivers to Ridges Oak Habitat Flyer)It's not lost on me that, just a 30 minute trip from my home, a 100 acre oak savanna on Sauvie Island is a pretty special place. Not just because it's scarce habitat, but also because it's very tranquil, buffered from road and city noise by placid lakes and distance. So we're back, visiting Oak Island, the “island” within an island:This time I pointed my most sensitive mics (a Rode NT-1 stereo pair in ORTF placement) toward the long axis of the woodland, recording a detailed, spacious soundscape. One can walk around the margins of this woodland on the Oak Island Nature Trail, but there are actually no trails through it. It really preserves a sense of mystery about it, I have to say. You are an outsider looking in, here.Oak Savanna Suite is the second in a new series of more calm, more atmospheric, more classically ambient releases collected under the pseudonym artist name Listening Spot. As with the first release, Crane Lake Suite, Oak Savanna Suite is a group of self-contained instrumental movements of varying character in the same key. The instrumentation sounds vaguely orchestral, like a pastorale with flowing legato phrasing, but it's less melodically rigid, and not built up with traditional orchestral instrument sounds. In fact, in the beginning it's difficult to discern basic musical patterns: Meter is elastic, melodic phrases are indistinct and unrepeated, and the music barely rises above the soundscape. All this changes by degrees as the suite progresses. I hope you get to spend some quality time with it.If you enjoy it, please follow Listening Spot wherever you get your music, and consider sharing it with one other person. I'm heartened by the initial response, but also aware of the challenge of building momentum for a new thing, so I'm grateful for any support you can offer.Oak Savanna Suite is available on all streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple, Tidal, Amazon, YouTube…) tomorrow, Friday, November 8th.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.comWe're back on Sauvie Island for a special bonus soundwalk. Or maybe it's a soundwade. Feel free to play the audio as you read on. A satellite view of Sauvie Island reveals a squiggly teardrop-shape island about the size of Manhattan. The upper half of that teardrop has an assemblage of lakes that resembles a heart with chambers and valves and arteries. Now look closer; there is a thin straight line running perpendicular on the right side of our view, surrounded by fields, just about where the aorta would emerge. That is Rentenaar Road. If you're not there to hunt, it's as close as you can get to see and hear the spectacle. In a wet year, the road can resemble a canal:So before I reveal Rentenaar Road Soundwalk tomorrow, let's throw on some galoshes and wade in! I'm happy to present Rentenaar Wade Soundwalk as an amuse-bouche:

With apologies to summer, fall is a perfect season for hiking. On this week's episode of Peak Northwest, we cover some of the very best fall hiking destinations close to Portland, which areconvenient outings for the ever-shortening days. Covering Mount Hood, the Coast Range, the Columbia River Gorge and Portland proper, these hikes are great places to take in the crisp air, the changing leaves, and all the other sights and smells of autumn. Here are some highlights from this week's show: Why Silver Falls State Park is a no-brainer. Two spots in Portland that are perfect for the season. A walk to the tip of Sauvie Island has a fun surprise at the end. The Columbia Gorge and Mount Hood come with an added seasonal benefit: fewer crowds. Subscribe to Peak Northwest on Apple Podcasts,Google Podcasts,Spotify or anywhere you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.comWapato Park is pretty great, partially because it's easily overlooked and therefore never crowded. Its full name is Wapato Access Greenway State Park. It's a sleeper park, the kind you stumble on if you like studying maps. The small gravel parking lot trailhead is on a dead end road, and easy to miss. Interestingly, it's the only trailhead on Sauvie Island that you don't have to pay $10 ($30/yr) to park at. In the winter the trail can be quite muddy, in the late spring and summer it can get buggy, and if you're really unlucky, your car can get busted into. Still, it's worth a visit.On a mild February day earlier this year I strolled around its shores, and down to the dock on the river. This soundscape records the wildlife and ambience of winter. You'll hear Common Raven, spirited and unusual vocalizations from Stellar's Jays, a Pileated Woodpecker, Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets, and all kinds of water birds. Sometimes you even see Tundra Swans in small numbers here.Reminiscences of Louis Labonte (1900) recalls life on Scappoose Creek near Sauvie's Island, as a teenage boy, from about 1833 to 1836. Labonte [Jr.] was the son of Astor expedition member Louis Labonte [Sr.] and his native wife, daughter of Clatsop Chief Coboway.Game on the ponds of the island was very abundant, consisting of deer, bear, and panthers and wildcats; and beaver were still plentiful; but the waterfowl of the most magnificent kind, at their season of passage, and, indeed much of the year, almost forbade the hunter to sleep.Indeed, the lake was so covered by the flock as almost to conceal the water.So we can forgive Capt. William Clark for his 1805 journal remark referring to the swans, geese and cranes: “they were emensely numerous and their noise horrid.” Here we have another recollection of wildlife din riotous enough to make sleeping difficult.And, here I am thinking about this place prior to Euro-American settlement again, prior to industrialization and the inescapable anthropogenic noise coming from the commercial aircraft corridor above, the highway to the west, and the motorboats in the channel.Now, you might be thinking to yourself, boy Chad sure brings up indigenous people a lot, for being a field recording and music guy. It's true. I think it's because I get so tuned into natural soundscape, that I'm curious to imagine all the details of what life was like two hundred-plus years ago. When I'm editing my field recordings with splices and EQ filters and cut & paste techniques to approximate a pre-industrial quietude, I can't help but think people used to be much more in tune with wildlife and weather. In the vicinity of Wapato Park, human history goes deeper than is often discussed. According to amateur archeologist Emory Strong, there are three archeological points of interest nearby:MU 6. Cath-la-nah-qui-ah. six houses and 400 inhabitants.  Nathaniel Wyeth built Fort William near this town but the residents had all died in the pestilence by then. Dr. Mclaughlin had all the houses burned.  Excavations reveal everything covered with a film of cedar charcoal.MU 7. The site of Wyeth's Fort WilliamMU 8. One of the prehistoric sites that appears to be very old. There are no game or fish bones, and the midden has a different character from the more recent sites. (Stone Age on the Columbia River, 1958)[“MU” here is just an archeological prefix indicating Multnomah County. The modern trinomial standard now includes a code for Oregon as a prefix: 35 MU 6 and so on.] Each is an interesting story. Let's discuss. (35 MU 6) Cath-la-nah-qui-ah (or Gat-la-na-koa-iq), was a Multnomah tribe village on Multnomah Channel. The size estimate of 400 inhabitants belongs to Lewis and Clark. This would have been about half the size of the main Multnomah village on the other side of the island, in that time period. This is what that milieu looked like on the day I visited.This is what the plank houses looked like 200 years ago. They varied in size from 15' x 30' all the way up to 30' x 400':This is what the inside of a plankhouse looked like:Today, if not obliterated by erosion, or dike building, one would only expect to see slight depression in the soil on the site where one of these plankhouses stood. In the early 1800's there were hundreds of them on the lower Columbia. The pestilence of the 1830's is now widely regarded to have been a malaria epidemic. Sauvie Island tribes—perhaps owing to the marshy landscape— were particularly devastated. The Indians believed it had been introduced by an American ship involved in the salmon trade, the Owyhee, commanded by John Dominis. They may have been right, as the ship had visited malarial ports before sailing to the Columbia. The impact of fever and ague on Native people in Oregon was earthshaking. In the 1820s, they had been by far the majority population in the region; by the early 1840s, they were in the minority. (Disease Epidemics among Indians, 1770s-1850s)Dr. McLoughlin was the Chief Factor of Fort Vancouver, upriver about 10 miles. This was the center of operations and trade for the entire Pacific Northwest, on behalf of French-Canadian Hudson's Bay Co (HBC). In addition to the to the Cath-la-nah-qui-ah village, HBC men also burned the larger Multnomah village (35 MU 2, 800 inhabitants, originally much larger) on the east side of the island, presumably in an effort to curb the epidemic.In an 1895 article for The Oregonian, pioneer John Minto reminisced about the “old Multnomah nation” and its appearance fifty years before, in 1845. We landed and camped for the night at the site of the last Multnomah village, but at which that time there were no Indians nor sign of recent Indian life. There was however an extensive city of the dead, a cemetery laid out in streets as wide as the plat of Riverview Cemetery at Portland. The dead were deposited on structures of wide split cedar boards three or more inches thick, set upright; sometimes three tiers of horizontal boards one above the other, mortised into and secured by twisted inner bark of cedar. On these the dead were laid wrapped in cedar bark. He included this remark about what he heard:It was rare that a traveller should pass a village at night without hearing at the same time the women wailing for the dead and the monotonous beat of a tom-tom. Now, I know that maybe this all seems like a tangent. But, these are testimonials both to the look and sound of that time that I think is not just interesting, but worth sharing, particularly on public lands where these events happened. And for my part, why not include them with narratives about my soundscape recordings also bearing witness to the land?Just 8 years after Minto's observations of the Multnomah village site, in 1853, Simon Morgan Reeder settled the donation land claim (originally belonging to one N. D. Miller) on which once stood the largest village of the island. Today the main road on the east side of the island, Reeder Road, bears his name. Now let us turn to (35 MU 7) Fort William, the abandoned effort to set up a trading post on Sauvie Island by Nathaniel J. Wyeth, rivaling HBC, on behalf of American investors in 1834. Two roadside monuments have been erected nearby. Let's be clear: these are monuments to a failed business venture. Upon arrival, Wyeth saw opportunity in the Natives' misfortune, writing in his journals "providence has made room for me and with doing them [Natives] more injury than I should if I had made room for myself viz Killing them off."[3]Wyeth had many setbacks in his attempt to establish Fort William. In 1835 one of his men was killed at the hands of another. Reading a correspondence from his investors, one might surmise Wyatt was a poor communicator, if not lacking the temperament of a leader.Finally there is (35 MU 8) “a prehistoric site that appears to be very old. There are no game or fish bones…” Here we are to understand the bones decomposed in the intervening time span. These weren't the original vegans of the Portland basin. My best attempts to research this further yielded nothing. Were these the ancestors of the Multnomahs, the Chinookan peoples? The landscape holds a lot of mysteries. I think about them when I listen to it. Thank you for reading and listening. I hope you enjoy Wapato Park Soundwalk. Wapato Park Soundwalk is available on all streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple, Tidal, Amazon, YouTube…) tomorrow, Friday, October 18th.

In early 2022, before I adopted the soundwalk form for a my own musical inquiry, I released a recording called Rain Suite. It featured one long field recording—not captured while walking—with a group of self-contained instrumental movements of varying character in the same key. This is the definition of “suite” in music. It was very much a R&D precursor to my soundwalks. Indeed, it inspired my take on the concept of musical soundwalks. I followed that up with Island Rain Suite a couple years later, which attempted to cultivate a more atmospheric aesthetic; closer to what people probably think of when you say the word ambient. Smoother, peaceful, more ambiguous. I quite liked the former, and found the latter challenging.Recently I thought I'd take another step in that direction, and I think I've finally found my stride. To make the delineation a little stronger I'm going to attempt a “spin off”. Today, I'm introducing a new recording project pseudonym, designed to be a repository for this particular character of recordings: Listening Spot.I selected this name because, like “soundwalk”, it is a term in the lexicon of folks who think about, and make a practice of, listening. Also, it wasn't already taken. It's informative, but not prescriptive. The listener can bring many things to it, and make use of it however occurs to them.Crane Lake Suite is the first in a half dozen on deck, coming to you over the next five months. Here is the similar, but refreshed new look.Now then, about Crane Lake Suite… I chose this one for the inaugural release for two reasons: first because it's recorded at Crane Lake on Sauvie Island, the nexus of Wapato Valley (the subject of the current soundwalk series) in one of the least disturbed, least visited corners of the island. Second, because its name nods to perhaps the most recognizable contribution to the suite form in classical music: Swan Lake. Crane Lake is positively alive in May. The shallow lake itself breathes slowly with the tide. Carp splash, songbirds sing, woodpeckers drum, heron croak, dragonflies buzz. My composition is minimal, ambiguous and orchestral in feel, without having any traditional orchestral instruments as starting points. From a mixing perspective, I'm marinating my contributions much more deeply in reverb than in the past and taking pains to smooth transitions. If you enjoy it please follow Listening Spot wherever you get your music, and consider sharing it with one other person. It's really challenging to build momentum for a new thing, so I'm grateful for any support you can offer in this way. Crane Lake Suite is available on all streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple, Tidal, Amazon, YouTube…) tomorrow, Friday, October 11th. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadcrouch.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to Bigfoot Society! In this episode, we are privileged to talk to Colleen from Oregon as she shares her extraordinary experiences with Bigfoot. Raised in Oregon City with a background in outdoor activities, Colleen recounts her first sighting on Sauvie Island in 2020. She details a startling encounter where a black figure, initially perceived as a human, exhibited behaviors that defied logical explanation. This led Colleen on a journey of discovery and reconsideration of other unexplained events in the area, including mysterious knocks and movements. Join us as Colleen walks us through her sightings across different locations in Oregon, from Sauvie Island to Scappoose, and reflects on her deep connection to the Pacific Northwest's wildlands and its unknown inhabitants.Share your Bigfoot encounter with me here: bigfootsociety@gmail.comWant to call in and leave a voicemail of your encounters for the podcast - Check this out here - https://www.speakpipe.com/bigfootsociety(Use multiple voice mails if needed!)

It's Oct 2nd as I write. The Oak Island area on Sauvie Island, near Portland Oregon closed to recreational use for the season yesterday. For the coming Fall and Winter, it will serve as a haven for the birds, save for the occasional hunters. Last winter, when I brought my Soundwalk podcast to Substack, I embarked on a series touching down at certain points in the greater area I referred to as the Columbia Lowlands. I'm pleased to say I'm taking us back there, covering some spots that I didn't get to last time through. Lewis and Clark called this area the Wappato Valley, after the edible tuber, Wapato, that the Native Americans harvested here on Sauvie Island. The island was also named Wappato Island, the geographical center of Wappato Valley. (Both the double P spelling and the geographic names didn't really take.) Today, this area is also referred to as the Portland Basin.Oak Island in the early 1800s would have looked pretty similar to what it looks like now—only without pastures—and the name would have made more sense than it does today, because the land mass used to be surrounded by shallow lakes. Today it more resembles a peninsula. Like the lakes of the Columbia Bayou (slough) on north side of Portland, many lakes on Sauvie Island were drained in the early 1900's, and dikes were built, hardening the river bank. Now, as far as I know, the only marker honoring the stewardship of this land by Native Americans is found a few steps into the Oak Island Nature Trail. There you will see wood post with a line drawing of a two people in a canoe with a QR code underneath. Focusing on that QR code with a smartphone will pull up a page, offering the following:Two hundred years ago, Native Americans walked on this very spot. Each year, just before winter, tribes from up and down the Columbia and Willamette rivers gathered on Oak Island for a trading fair which included dancing and festivities.I want to know more about that. I want to imagine what that looked like, what that sounded like. Of the environmental sound, Capt. William Clark leaves only this description on November 5th, 1805, from the vicinity of Sauvie Island:I could not sleep for the noise kept by the Swans, Geese, white & black brant, Ducks etc. on a opposit base, & Sand hill Crane, they were emensely numerous and their noise horrid. Immensely numerous and horrid. Ha! We will hear numerous birds soon enough in our extended soundwalk survey. For now, on our Oak Island Road Soundwalk, we hear just a handful of bugling Sandhill Cranes, small flocks of geese, wintering songbirds, Pacific tree frogs and light rain showers. Anything but horrid to my ears. Dig a little deeper and you'll discover 200 years ago is just the tip of the iceberg. Native Americans lived in various village sites on the island dating back 2500 years; one thousand generations! (Archeological sites upriver near The Dalles increase that time horizon to human occupation of the area going back well over 10,000 years ago). And all they got was a QR code.How do we know Native Americans lived on Sauvie Island so long? Well, less than a mile south of Oak Island is Merrybelle Farm. Several archeological digs occurred here, beginning in 1958. Analyzing the projectile points and found here with others found on the island and throughout the region, Richard Pettigrew points to an estimated timeline of village occupation at the Merrybelle site from 600 BCE to 200 CE. There were 16 known village sites on Sauvie Island. Several have been the subject of formal archeological excavation. Many were picked over by amateur artifact collectors. Some were buried or partially buried under tons of dike soil. One was “sunken”, preserving woven baskets in the mud for up to 700 years. Today there's no physical reminder of the civilization that existed here before Euro-American settlers; no formal mention or marker, save for a recently renamed bridge. Wapato Bridge. It's a start. Scholars believe the Wapato Valley once sustained the highest population density north of Mexico in aboriginal times. Isn't this a story that should be told?In fourth grade we had a “Pioneer Day”. We came to school in costume: bonnets for the girls. Cowboy hats for boys. Did some boys bring toy guns? Did anyone dress up as an Indian? Seems plausible. We rolled out pasta from scratch, cutting broad noodles for chicken noodle soup “like the pioneers did”. We pledged allegiance to the flag every morning. We did not learn we were inhabiting what was once the cradle of the largest Native American population center, in the Portland Basin, in the United States. When I walk around on Sauvie Island, I try to picture the long house villages, and the multitude of dugout canoes. When I went paddleboarding on Sturgeon Lake a month ago my feet sank up to my calves in mud as I clumsily launched my craft. I imagined Wapato growing there, plentifully. I imagined Native Americans loosening the root bulbs with their toes, harvesting them in floating baskets. The land of plenty. People of the river.This soundwalk was recorded on mild December evening last year, on Oak Island Road, adjacent the Wildlife Area. There are half a dozen farm houses on this quiet spur road. It was very relaxing, and nourishing. I totally recommend this to anyone in the area. Like last time, the composition is almost entirely solo performances strung together. Four voices: piano, a clean Wurlitzer electric piano, a modified Wurlitzer electric piano, and a piano with heavy tape effects. All taking turns. It won't always be like this, though. In fact, next week I have a whole new direction I'm excited to unveil! Til then, thanks for reading, for listening, for joining me here.Oak Island Road Soundwalk is available on all streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple, Tidal, Amazon, YouTube…) today, Friday, October 4th. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadcrouch.substack.com/subscribe

Global climate change is warming oceans, melting polar ice and causing sea levels to rise around the world. Scientists predict that in the next 80 years, waters will rise at least 3 feet, but that a rise of more than 6 feet cannot be ruled out. That level of increase would submerge small islands in the Columbia River and leave much of Sauvie Island underwater as well. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released a new mapping tool that helps people visualize various levels of sea level rise around Oregon. Jonathan Allan is a coastal geologist with the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. He joins us to discuss how sea level rise is already impacting Oregon.

In season 2 of Portland Paranormal, Doug and Larry McMasters are restoring the Howell House on Sauvie Island to add to their hotel and pub empire. But their job isn't as easy as it seems when they come face to face with the ghosts of their past. New episode next week. ⁠⁠⁠Our Patreon.⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Our website.⁠

In season 2 of Portland Paranormal, Doug and Larry McMasters are restoring the Howell House on Sauvie Island to add to their hotel and pub empire. But their job isn't as easy as it seems when they come face to face with the ghosts of their past. Season 2 launches Wednesday, May 3rd. ⁠⁠Our Patreon.⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Our website.⁠

Our five-part experience on the Columbia resumes on the shoreline. We are still on Sauvie Island, walking along the beach of a wooded peninsula called Willow Bar Beach. It's a cool late October morning. The wave action is the wake of small, medium and large ocean-going ships, their lumbering mechanical sounds out of earshot on the far side of the river where the channel runs deep. The wildlife is distant so there is more room for my musical score. Consequently, almost the whole way through there are synthesizer drones that just kind of glow and oscillate slowly like embers in a fire, like the rising and falling of the water, the breaking and ebbing waves. The soundscape in our soundwalk is edited to effect a pre-industrial, quieter time. I'm very curious about that long-gone history, those old ways.A Culture Nearly Washed AwayLast time I wrote about how Sauvie Island was once a cradle of indiginous civilization, perhaps more densely populated than any other Native American site on the continent. Archeologists speculate that the Portland Basin could have once been the home of 30-40,000 Native Americans in the 1700's. When Lewis and Clark came back up the river in 1806 they estimated the Sauvie Island population of some 2400 persons, and described Multnomah as the “remains of a large nation”. This was over decade after the introduction of small pox to the region from the first white traders on the west coast. Within 30 years the island was almost entirely depopulated following waves of malaria. Nevertheless the Chinookan culture survived, and though their tribe is not federally recognized, the diaspora are alive and well with tribe members living in Bay Center, Chinook and Ilwaco in Washington state, and Astoria and Grande Ronde in Oregon, among other places.Willow Bar has only recently joined the mass of Sauvie Island. It was an island group in in the early 1900's Clan-nah-quah was the name given to a village on the south end of the channel separating Willow Bar, about a mile north of Multnomah (máɬnumax̣), the largest village on Sauvie Island.In their “Estimate of the Western Indians”, Lewis and Clark observed: “Mult-no-mah Tribe reside on Wap-pa-tow Island [Sauvie Island] in the mouth of the Multnomah [Willamette River], the remains of a large nation, 6 houses, probable number of souls, 800. Clan-nah-quah's tribe of Multnomah's on Wappato Island below the Multnomars, 4 houses, probable number of souls, 130.” The Clan-nah-quah site is now nearly all washed away, only a bank of broken camp rock on the river shore marks the place. Stone Age of The Columbia (1959)Camp rock, AKA fire-cracked rock, FCR, fire-affected rock, or FAR, is not conspicuous to most folks. It looks like ordinary rock to me. Archeologists spot it on many a Columbia River shoreline as a vestigial reminder of native peoples' inhabitation. These cracked stones and fragments are the result of years of being heated in a fire by humans for cooking and providing a longer lasting heat source. Maps seem to suggest accretion along the shoreline, not erosion, The lumpy sandy landscape near Willow Bar suggests the channel was plugged with dredge spoils sometime in the last 50 years. [Around 1960, actually.] I'm no archeologist but I'm curious to know more. I read a 2021 doctoral student's 300 page thesis project regarding Sauvie Islands' western shore, wherein the author discovered 8 unrecorded archeological sites, 3 of which were determined to have “high archeological value”. I think it's probably important to clarify here that high archeological value means in a nutshell is that the site may contain a multi-decade, or even multi-century refuse pile called a midden. When excavated carefully, a midden can tell a layer-by-layer story of the human habitation. It does not in all likelihood mean that there is a beautiful stone sculpture slumbering away in the soil. Still, Sauvie's Island has a record of artifact discovery that conjures the imagination. The Portland Art Museum mounted a show in 1952 entitled Prehistoric Stone Sculpture of the Pacific Northwest. More recently, in 2005, an even bigger collection was assembled for the People of The River exhibition. (The show produced a sizable book.) It's more or less a once in a generation event to see these sculptures in one room. Hence, the story of the Native American artists of Sauvie Island, and more generally the Chinookan tribes of the Lower Columbia is not well known.Of course, in piecing together the story, it doesn't help that early settlers and relic hunters plundered sites, hoarding and selling artifacts to private collectors before laws prohibited such activity on public lands. Assembling enough pieces from institutional and private collections to mount an exhibition is a daunting task.An interesting story, which reads like lore, comes from amateur archeologist Emory Strong:There is an interesting and well authenticated story about one of the collections made on Sauvies Island. One of the early settlers built his home on the deserted site of one of the larger villages. In clearing the land numerous artifacts were found, and the wash from passing steam-boats and the yearly flood eroded more from the banks.This man picked up and saved the best of them and eventually accumulated a large collection of exceptionally fine stone and bone carvings and chipped pieces. Growing old and not wanting his collection to become dispersed, and as there was then no local museum to donate it to, he buried it in one of his fields. There it yet lies, the best single private collection of Indian work in the west. Some day it may again erode from the bank. Stone Age of The Columbia (1959)Hmm. Not sure how much stock to put into that. On a somewhat related note, though, just a couple days ago I saw this stone bowl on display at the Grande Ronde Chachalu Museum and Cultural Center:There were several very old baskets and woven pieces, three small possibly pre-contact carvings on display, but this was the only larger stone sculpture piece on display. I asked the woman at the front desk about it. She said it was found at a dump. Huh? She didn't have any other details to offer. But as I thought more about it, there was a village site on the Columbia Slough near the old St. Johns Landfill in north Portland (now capped with a prairie habitat). Could that be the dump in this story? Or perhaps it was a variation on the old an it fell off the back of a truck line accompanying repatriation of an illegally collected relic? A mystery… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadcrouch.substack.com/subscribe

Stranded for the winter on Sauvie Island, the members of Nathaniel Wyeth's trading post struggled to get enough to eat. But for some of them, the greater problem was finding something to drink. (Sauvie Island, Multnomah and Columbia County; 1830s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1707d.townsend-lizard-liquor-453.html)

Try our coffee!! - www.CriminalCoffeeCo.com and use code "Back2School" On the morning of June 4th, 2010, seven year old Kyron Horman was brought to his elementary school by his stepmother so that he could show her his science fair project. Skyline Elementary School in Portland, Oregon was having a science fair that day, and although the school would normally open at 8:35 AM, that morning the doors were unlocked at 8AM, to give the students a chance to tour the fair with their families. At around 8:45 AM, Kyron's stepmother Terri Moulton Horman took a photograph of Kyron standing in front of his project, a detailed diorama of the red-eyed tree frog. He beamed proudly at the camera through his wire rimmed glasses, and then, according to Terri, she walked him to his classroom and watched him enter. But when attendance was taken that day, Kyron Horman was not present, and he would never be seen again. His mother Desiree Young would later say quote, “it's like a portal opened up in the school and Kyron just vanished into it” end quote. The search for Kyron has been the largest criminal investigation in Portland history, but to this day there has been no sign of what happened to him, where he went, or who he was with. Become a Patreon member -- > https://www.patreon.com/CrimeWeekly Shop for your Crime Weekly gear here --> https://crimeweeklypodcast.com/shop Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CrimeWeeklyPodcast Website: CrimeWeeklyPodcast.com Instagram: @CrimeWeeklyPod Twitter: @CrimeWeeklyPod Facebook: @CrimeWeeklyPod ADS: 1. Talkspace To match with a licensed therapist today, go to Talkspace.com/CRIMEWEEKLY to ​get $80 off of your first month​ and show your support for the show. 2. Liquid I.V. Grab your Liquid I.V. Hydration Multiplier Sugar-Free in bulk nationwide at Costco or get 20% off when you go to LIQUIDIV.COM and use code CRIMEWEEKLY at checkout. 3. SimpliSafe Right now, Crime Weekly listeners/viewers get a special 20% off any SimpliSafe system when you sign up for a free month trial of Fast Protect Monitoring. This special offer is for a limited time only. Visit SIMPLISAFE.COM/CRIMEWEEKLY. 4. Daily Harvest Go to DAILYHARVEST.COM/CRIMEWEEKLY to get up to sixty-five dollars off your first box. 5. Helix Helix is offering 20% off all mattress orders AND two free pillows for our listeners! Go to HelixSleep.com/CrimeWeekly and use code HELIXPARTNER20.

This is a case that probably just about everyone in the Pacific Northwest has heard of and no one seems prepared to forget - as it should be! It's been given an absolute insane amount of news coverage. It's every parents worst nightmare come to life when 7-year-old Kyron disappears from Skyline Elementary school in Portland, Oregon without a trace. Here you can see what he might have grown to look like in the years since his disappearance. The combined effort of local and state law enforcement along with FBI certainly makes this case compelling, particularly once the search efforts intensified and appeared to take a dark turn in a beautiful corner of the PNW. But if you only visit our feed you won't get the whole story - so mosey over to Missing in the PNW to listen to the rest. While you're at it check out some of our other PNW Favorites - True Crime Cat Lawyer & What Happens in the Woods. Finally, just in case you're interested in any of the drama surrounding the infamous Terri.And of course we can't forget The Crime Diner! We shared their promo this week and think you just might like them.  If you're enjoying our podcast, please consider leaving a rating & review on Apple Podcasts. It helps get us seen by more creepy people just like you!  Find us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Patreon,  & more!  If you have any true crime, paranormal, or witchy stories you'd like to share with us & possibly have them read (out loud) on an episode, email us at pnwhauntsandhomicides@gmail.com or use this link.  Another great way to support the show is by making a one time donation through BuyMeACoffee.AD Music from Uppbeat License YWG9BPO0I7XYQBBQ. Cover art by The Three Cs.Pastebin: for sources. Support the show

Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/393 Presented By: Range Meal Bars, Yellowstone Teton, Zoe Angling Group, Drifthook Sponsors: https://wetflyswing.com/sponsors Eric Leininger from Fly Fish Portland takes us into his background as a guide in Alaska and around the West. We find out why Eric loves to fish muskies over steelhead and we break down some of the recommended gear to stay warm while fishing in cold waters. Eric also shares some of the best flies he uses that work like magic for all species. This is a long one but full of great stories and tips. Show Notes with Eric Leininger 08:50 - Eric tells the story of how he got invited to go to Bulkley Canada for steelhead fishing. 11:45 - Eric started guiding for Goodnews River Lodge in Alaska. 30:00 - Eric built his own custom sink tips and gave some to people that ripped his idea off. 30:25 - Brian Silvey came up with the F.I.S.T. (floating intermediate sink tip) line which is one of the best winter steelhead lines out there. Brian was on the podcast in episode 148. 36:45 - Kevin Feenstra was on the podcast in episode 13. 44:40 - We talk about the Northwest Fly Fishing Outfitters. 45:10 - We talk about the Friday Night Flies. 49:25 - Tiger musky vs steelhead, what's the difference? 54:50 - Eric noted the fly called, The Jerk Changer which he described as one of the best flies he used. 58:10 - Mike Schultz and his team is doing great stuff out there. Mike was on the podcast in episode 229. 1:10:00 - Eric recommends the Scientific Anglers' Tropical Tighten line. Also the SA's 30-foot clear intermediate line. 1:21:00 - Eric did a video on cold water feet tips. 1:30:00 - We break down the recommended gear to keep you warm. 1:45:00 - Sauvie Island is a great place to fish for carp. 1:47:00 - Kevin Morlock was on the podcast in episode 102 where we talked about carp fishing in Beaver Island. Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/393

Looking for good views, nice trails, quiet beaches and a quaint lighthouse? No need to head to the coast – just drive out to Sauvie Island. The Warrior Rock Lighthouse, officially the smallest lighthouse in Oregon, is found at the northern tip of Sauvie Island near Portland, serving as a beacon for ships on the Columbia River and a landmark for anyone who hikes out to see it. The lighthouse was built at the end of the 19th century, commissioned by the U.S. government to help ships avoid a large bedrock reef jutting out from the island, according to various articles and histories published over the years. And while the Warrior Rock Lighthouse has long since been automated (and closed to the public), it remains a fascinating landmark on an already beautiful hike along the Columbia River. On this week's episode of the Peak Northwest podcast, we'll reveal how, where and when to go see it. Here are some highlights from this week's show: Where is the Warrior Point Trail? How difficult is the hike? What's the history of the Warrior Rock Lighthouse? What else should hikers know about this adventure? Subscribe to Peak Northwest anywhere you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sauvie Island may be the undisputed heavyweight of Oregon waterfowl hunting locations, but it isn't the only sweet spot in the state. Summer Lake, Klamath, the high desert, the Columbia and Willamette rivers and coastal estuaries all offer excellent waterfowl hunting opportunities if you're up for an adventure. ODFW's migratory gamebird coordinator Brandon Reishus takes us on a tour of Oregon's best waterfowl destinations in this week's episode.  Want to leave us a note? email us at: Beaver_State_Podcast@odfw.oregon.gov

In this special colorful episode, we'll find out how the Portland is Home color line came about with our latest guest, VP of Color, Marketing + Brand at Miller Paint, Puji Sherer.  We'll learn how the Miller Paint company is different from the rest, not only in the way they do business but the way they treat the communities around them. Miller Paint: Made Here. For Here.Puji and Audra share the most made mistakes people do with paint and remind you that the Miller Paint Blog is a wonderful resource; the Color Tour sections are designed to give you plenty of ideas and inspiration. Puji and her team have easy fixes you can do with paint for when you don't have a lot of time or money.  Don't be frightened of color and painting; ask these professionals for help. Plus, we'll get a sneak peek into 2023 color and design trends.And as always, we'll start with Andrew Galler's Market Minute. Audra's Newsletter:Wow. It's September....the kids are back in school; the weather remains very warm here (or...downright hot) and we are holding on to every last day of summer.This summer we finally traveled, on a plane, overseas. Leading up to the trip, there were many emotions...scared, excited, you know the drill. Travel alone is tough; travel coming out of a pandemic, downright exhausting - for us anyway. But it turned out to be the most amazing trip! Our kids were delightful, and the travel was a breeze. I posted on our Facebook page all travel journals if anyone is interested!Ok, business stuff!  We have so much fun planned to start this fall and we are kicking off everything with Blazers tickets!!!  This month our contest gives the drawn winner 2 excellent tickets to the pre-season game against Utah.  We will also be inviting you to Sauvie Island for an autumnal celebration of pumpkins, corn mazes and apple cider! We will be posting more on the private Facebook Page. If you did not get an invite, reach out and we will make sure you are on!For our design side of the business, we have been busy beavers getting through all sorts of spectacular remodels, from bathrooms to play spaces. It has been a joy to help you create spaces in your homes that just work better for you and your loved ones. Thank you for entrusting us!Happy Fall Everyone!!  And follow us on Instagram! @portlandishome and @realtyworksgroup.Hope to see you all soon!! Andrew's Newsletter:We enjoyed a spectacular summer and hope you did too. With autumn approaching I am reminded once again how quickly time passes. Take this summer for instance: snap of the fingers and it's over. Seems like only yesterday I felt confined to our front yard. Now, just like that - people are out and about - getting together for BBQ's and having gatherings, seeing concerts and driving to places with people not in our pod and/or with immediate family. Point is: things can change quickly, amirite?Speaking quickly changing, take this market. Please! 12 months ago we were in the throes of an unprecedented market frenzy. Since May the market has slowed down and continues to slow down. Of note, inventory is up 95.8% from last August – a huge jump! (Keeping this in perspective…last August there was .9 months of inventory and now there is 1.8 which is still very low, just saying it has risen quickly – still a seller's market, just less so). In summation, now is the friendliest market to buyers we have had since January 2020. Especially if you are a buyer who prefers not being rushed. For our sellers I think now is a great time to sell, provided expectations are set correctly. In the ‘before times,' the fall is usually a busy time for real estate. Time will tell if this year conforms to seasonal norms or if the volatility of the world keeps the real estate market sleepy through the end of the year.As always and forever, please feel free to text, call, or email me anytime to discuss the market in more granular detail. There is a lot of information to work through and I find our market not conforming to sweeping generalizations.  Wishing you a fabulous autumn, friends! 

Sauvie Island is a popular place, and it's no surprise why: The sprawling Columbia River island is home to hiking trails, beaches, berry farms and more – the recipe for a perfect summer day. On this week's episode of Peak Northwest, we dig into the best trails to hike, the best beaches to lounge on, and a few of the best farms to stop at while you explore the island. Pack your sunscreen, pick up a parking permit, and show up early if you can. Sauvie Island is calling. Here are some highlights from this week's show: Between the Wapato Greenway, Oak Island and Warrior Point, there are plenty of great hiking options. What's the scoop on Sauvie Island's beaches? Farms on the island are perfect family-friendly destinations in both the summer and fall. Listen to Peak Northwest anywhere you get your podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You don't need to drive out into the Columbia River Gorge or up the slopes of Mount Hood to get into nature – there are plenty of places to get outside in Portland's suburbs. From Hillsboro to Troutdale, Oregon City to Battle Ground, there are forested trails, mountain hikes, riverside walks and wildlife refuges to explore. Better yet, they're often located near great restaurants, shopping districts and public transit hubs. On this week's episode of Peak Northwest, we dig into some of the best suburban adventures for the summer. Here are some highlights from this week's show: Sauvie Island and Oxbow Park are great options on either side of Multnomah County. Hiking up cinder cones and through a forested canyon in Clackamas County. Beaverton has accessible hiking areas as well as great food nearby. Don't miss the beautiful natural areas across the Columbia River. Subscribe to Peak Northwest anywhere you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brooks checked out the beach on Sauvie island, Oregon with his family and Dan did some other stuff. (We recorded this last week so i dont remember.) Thanks for being awesome. afterworkpod@gmail.com   

Mosquito populations explode in Oregon on Sauvie Island in particular. UO football player Spencer Webb dies in tragic fall in Lane County. Pink Martini singer China Forbes wins prestigious jazz award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's not just the rain that's been putting a damper on spring adventures in Oregon – record gas prices have also been making us rethink our weekend day trips to the coast or Columbia Gorge. Not content to simply complain about what we're paying at the pump, on this week's episode of Peak Northwest we tick off some local excursions around the Portland area, including close-in hiking trails and area towns to explore. If a lengthy day trip is too rich for your taste, you can always take the opportunity to check out some local destinations that you might have overlooked. Here are some highlights from this week's show: Sauvie Island is more than just beaches, there are several great hiking trails to explore. You don't need to go way out into the Columbia Gorge for a good outdoors experience. Head to Portland's suburbs for a wealth of hiking opportunities. Local cities like Vancouver and Salem are great for day trips or overnighters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Leslie King's outdoor journey has taken her from the shores of Chesapeake Bay to Oregon's Sauvie Island. She's a medical doctor who has traveled throughout Oregon and around the world for her work. Dr. King is also an avid hunter, angler and trapper. As Black History Month winds down, Dr. King talks to us about the intersections of human health, climate change and increasing access to the outdoors for People of Color. 

While Tim is out of town, Keri sits down with Brenda Enyart Owner and Head Roaster of Sauvie Island Coffee Company as well as the Cafe Owner of Edge Coffee in Beaverton, Oregon. Bust out the Chemex and listen to the conversation and learn more about Brenda. Visit Sauvie Island Website: https://sauvieislandcoffee.com/ Visit Drop Temp Website : https://www.droptemp.coffee --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/droptempcoffee/support

It's Halloween! That means it's time for The Gothic Podcast Halloween Special 2021! Join us as we play through a session of the 'roleplaying game of tragic horror, Ten Candles, in a kernel of terror we call "The Corn Maze Massacre!" Tonight, our fun-loving sorority and fraternity sisters and brothers head over to Sauvie Island to have a mixer in the 'world's largest corn maze'. But things soon turn deadly ... and the candles begin to go out. The Gothic Podcast is an actual-play horror-and-humor audio drama recorded from our cobbled together studios in Portland, OR and around the globe. For this Halloween special, our cast of C. Patrick Neagle, Sharon Gollery-LaFournaise, Jesse Baldwin, and Izaak Southerland (of the Strangers in the Pine Podcast) plays Ten Candles, by Stephen Dewey, published by Cavalry Games. You can find us on Podbean at Gothicpodcast.com and on all sorts of social media: Interact with the Gothic Podcast at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbUoGEQE2xKIhNX7sHyVXBg Twitter: https://twitter.com/gothicpodcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/thegothicpodcast Facebook: https://facebook.com/thegothicpodcast Tumblr: https://thegothicpodcast.tumblr.com ...and Discord: https://discord.gg/WKwyhzBey4 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegothicpodcast We would LOVE to hear from you and we would LOVE to see some fan art. Plus check out our Patreon where you can find Patron-only content such as a Kids on Bikes campaign that we're calling "canon adjacent", starring a young Grace Morrow and L.J., as well as the Session Zero one-shot for Season Two and some (mostly) uncut videos of our recording sessions where you can SEE the long pauses and HEAR the many 'ums.' We have other goodies coming soon, too, such as the 'lost' Season One flashback episode, "Grace and the Plague Doctors of Paris, Pt 2". And if you want to support us just because, well, we'll take that, too. Theme Music by Zoe Hovland Cover Artwork by Jared George Art Thanks for joining us in the dark, Sojourners...

All of a sudden, fall is here. Joseph and Kelley are back to talk a weekend full of crisp mornings, some rainy afternoons, and a fair share of sunshine. Plus, Joseph takes us to Sauvie Island and the Bella Organic Farm to talk pumpkin patch, corn maze, and all sorts of fall festivities.

After three straight episodes in the barrios and freeways of L.A., Sean and Cody sample some slow living in the early 19th century Pacific Northwest as they examine this quirky and unusual 2020 indie Western. In First Cow, frontier cook Otis “Cookie” Figowitz (John Magaro) gets fired and chased through the forest by his former employers, and is fortunate to hook up with Chinese immigrant King-Lu (Orion Lee) who's similarly down on his luck. When they spot a single cow wandering through the Oregon forest they hatch a scheme to milk it and use the dairy to make tasty oily cakes to sell at the local trading post. Unfortunately their best customer, the Chief Factor (Toby Jones), is also the owner of the cow. Environmental issues discussed include the role of cows and cattle in European settlement of the West, how cattle was a harbinger of colonialism, and the environmental history of Sauvie Island, Oregon where the movie was filmed and presumably takes place. Why would a single cow be such a valuable resource in Oregon Territory in 1820? Who owned Oregon Territory at that time anyway, and why is it so hard to tell? Why did a British Navy captain deliberately import cows into Hawaii in 1792, and why was the King of Hawaii so jazzed about the arrangement? What's “cattle colonialism”? How come Westerns usually focus on the stories of white men with guns “taming” the West, and how does this film present a different story? Why would this movie make John Wayne really, really mad? Which racist trope which has appeared in numerous other Green Screen films is refreshingly absent from this one? How do you pronounce “clafoutis”? How about “Auberjonois”? Which That Guy in this film is the son of another That Guy who appeared in a previous film profiled on the podcast? Why does Amazon think anyone in their right mind would watch reruns of Murder, She Wrote with commercials? All these questions and more are ready for milking in this decidedly bovine episode of Green Screen. First Cow (2020) on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9231040/ First Cow (2020) on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/first-cow/ Next Movie Up: 55 Days at Peking (1963) Additional Materials About This Episode

What A Week   (8/2- 8/8)Intro: (Cue intro music) Hey everyone, welcome back to What a week!, I'm your host, Olivia Lee, here to deliver your weekly dose of the news. Let's get started!In Local News:  https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2021/08/toxic-algae-found-in-willamette-river-harmful-to-pets-officials-warns.htmlLast week, the Oregon Health Authority and the Department of Environmental Quality warned Oregonians about an algal bloom developing on the Willamette River that is harmful to pets. The agencies sent a notice to the Multnomah County Health Department last week about the algae stretching from Sauvie Island to Ross Island. Lab results from samples show the toxin levels are too low to affect humans but can be harmful to pets — especially dogs — if ingested. Blooms develop in rivers when the water becomes slack and warm and may last until weather and rains cool the water levels to a point where the blooms can no longer propagate. In-state news: https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2021/08/oregons-coronavirus-icu-record-shattered-once-again-as-all-signs-point-to-out-of-control-5th-surge.html https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/08/07/1025753258/the-u-s-is-now-averaging-100-000-new-covid-19-infections-a-dayThe number of newly identified coronavirus cases climbed in Oregon for a fifth consecutive week, according to state data released this past Monday, reaching the highest levels since December. Oregon recorded 8,304 new confirmed or suspected coronavirus infections, up 40% from the previous week. That number includes 1,032 new known cases recorded this past Friday, 964 Saturday and 1,233 Sunday. As of this past Monday, Oregon Governor Kate Brown has taken no action to  re-institute a statewide mask mandate. After a month of rising COVID-19 numbers, Multnomah County, however, became the first county in the state to announce that it is reinstating an indoor public mask mandate starting this Friday. In National News: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/06/us-covid-coronavirus-delta-variantLast week, daily Covid-19 cases in the US moved above 100,000 a day for the first time since February, higher than the levels of last summer when vaccines were not available. This news comes as health officials are sounding alarms over lagging rates of vaccination driving the surge of the infectious Delta variant. The seven-day average of hospital admissions has also increased more than 40% from the week before, with health workers describing frustration and exhaustion as hospitals in Covid hotspots are once again overwhelmed with patients, almost 20 months into the pandemic in the US.   https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/biden-offers-temporary-safe-haven-hong-kong-residents-u-s-n1276041Last Thursday, President Joe Biden offered temporary "safe haven" to Hong Kong residents in the United States, allowing potentially thousands of people to extend their stay in the country in response to Beijing's crackdown on democracy in the Chinese territory. In a signed memo, Biden directed the Department of Homeland Security to implement a "deferral of removal" for up to 18 months for HongKong residents currently in the United States, citing "compelling foreign policy reasons." Biden said in his memo, "Over the last year, the People's Republic of China has continued its assault on Hong Kong's autonomy, undermining its remaining democratic processes and institutions, imposing limits on academic freedom, and cracking down on freedom of the press.”   In International News:  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/greece-wildfires-rip-through-towns-residents-watch-horror-n1276290Last week, raging wildfires ripped through parts of Greece,  forcing thousands of people to flee as the blazes threatened entire towns and burned down homes, shops and vast areas of land in their path.  An unprecedented heat wave — Greece's worst in three decades — sent temperatures soaring over the past week as firefighters worked tirelessly to extinguish the uncontrollable flames. Greece has also deployed the army to battle the fires, and several countries, including France, Egypt, Switzerland and Spain, have sent help. Greece's prime minister has blamed climate change for the devastating fires, urging people who had reservations to "come and see the intensity of the phenomena." Greek and other European officials have blamed climate change for the large number of fires that burned through southern Europe in recent days, from Italy to the Balkans, Greece and Turkey.  Lastly here is the wildcard news for the week: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dixie-fire-explodes-largest-blaze-u-s-third-largest-california-n1276202  The Dixie Fire in Northern California became the largest blaze in the country last Friday and the third largest in the state's history. Seven of the largest wildfires in California history, including the Dixie Fire, have occurred within the last three years.  Closing:  Well that wraps up What a Week! Stay safe and see you guys next week. 

In this episode, Sam meets the owners and farmers at Topaz Farm, Kat Topaz and Jim Abeles. They chat about two hummingbirds landing on Kat's finger, why they moved to Portland, working at Willamette Week, starting companies, pivoting careers, the Muhammad Ali app, buying a tugboat, living on Sauvie Island, buying a farm, their amazing corn mazes, and the special moments on the farm.

What looked like a rotting-away hunk of scrap steel was a rare artifact of Portland's World War II shipbuilding industry — but the discovery was made just a few days too late. (Sauvie Island, Columbia and Multnomah County; 1940s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1207e-rusty-lifeboat-turned-out-to-be-relic-of-second-world-war.html)

Stranded for the winter on Sauvie Island, the members of Nathaniel Wyeth's trading post struggled to get enough to eat. But for some of them, the greater problem was finding something to drink. (Sauvie Island, Multnomah and Columbia County; 1830s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1707d.townsend-lizard-liquor-453.html)

As you may have noticed, we've been checking in with musicians, organizations and venues as things begin to open up, to see what they're up to and how they've been. This time it's Sarah Tiedemann, Third Angle New Music's Artistic Director and a flutist. They're presenting the “Fresh Air Fest” which they call “an outdoor new music mini-festival located at the idyllic Topaz Farm, on Sauvie Island.” Three consecutive one-hour sets on Sunday July 11 starting at 3:30pm. What's the status of their 21-22 season and what have they been doing to keep at it? Oh, and don't mind us, but we geeked out on Twin Peaks in the last little bit….maybe more than a lttle bit. Here's me and Sarah Tiedemann.

Kyron Horman was last seen in June of 2010 at his Portland area elementary school. The police, FBI and search rescue teams scoured the area in one of the largest investigations in Oregon history, but turned up no signs of the 2nd grader. Ten years later, he is still missing and his parents believe that his stepmother holds all the answers to what happened to him. PNW Wine of the week: Two Mountain Copeland Vineyard Merlot Merch store is closing soon! If you want Upper Left Corner clothing, shop now at: https://upperleftpodcast.com/merch Thanks to this weeks sponsors: Smile Brilliant: www.smilebrilliant.com Enjoy 30% off site wide at https://www.smilebrilliant.com/?coupon=upperleft#podcast Choose Your Struggle Podcast https://www.jayshifman.com/choose-your-struggle-podcast Elite Executive Services https://www.ee-services.com/ Sources: Terri and Michael’s text exchange: http://media.oregonlive.com/portland_impact/other/redacted-text-messages.PDF https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/06/kyron-horman-missing-10-years-a-timeline.html https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2010/07/landscaper_tells_police_terri.html https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2013/09/kyrons_parents_desiree_young_k.html https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2014/06/kaine_horman_awarded_custody_o.html https://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2016/09/terri_horman_tells_dr_phil_kyron_was_abducted.html https://thecinemaholic.com/terri-horman-now/ https://ktvl.com/news/local/terris-troubles-recent-arrests-give-kyron-hormans-mother-hope https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/kyron-horman/kyron-hormans-stepmother-accused-of-domestic-violence/283-366720210 https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/regional/terri-horman-arrested-for-driving-stolen-vehicle-in-california/277-377741710 https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2010/08/terri_horman.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauvie_Island

Introducing the legend of Inter-species Collaboration, Vail Fletcher. Vail is a New York native and an Associate Professor at a local university. She spends her days teaching on-campus or at home researching, reading, writing, and envisioning what's next for their farm. Her research often takes her abroad (most recently to China, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Rwanda, Nicaragua, Austria, Ethiopia, Uganda, and South Africa) to explore nature, ecology, and environmental conflict. She loves: supporting local artisans, big thinking, creative endeavors, flowers/perfumes, pretty things, and a Mexican textile venture with dear friends: Xuxo “Discomfort is the birthplace of learning.” “Spend time in awe.” "Our language reflects our reality.” This episode is dedicated to William Robert and Ruby Tuesday. We have a few technical difficulties throughout this - luckily the sticking is fast and doesn't cause too much interruption so we just move through it. Vail has recently published an academic tome: Communicating in the Anthropocene Intimate relations https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B08S6WBTF7/ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb From an upstate New York suburban upbringing to the unseated land of Wapato, Portland Oregon, which also goes by the name of Sauvie Island, Vail introduced me to ideas that turned me around inside and shifted my perspective. Seriously part way through Vail says something so profoundly moving that I gasp and go crosseyed (luckily you can't see that on the podcast). Vail is an incredible mix of intellect, absolute clarity, and earth dweller. Vail's intellect and humanity and inter-species collaboration is mind-shifting. She is absolutely the real deal and has me questioning my next move and where I want to take things going forward. She schooled me on Flypaths, and the ordinance of dark nights. She also says that love should be something we are thinking about and talking about and intellectualising more. “Why are my girlfriend relationships less important than my romantic relationships?”. Questions that we, in my coaching group, ask again and again. This is a conversation that I will come back to again and again. We get directly into colonial conversations and trauma bodies Also in the episode: Insights into decolonizing our bookshelves and diversifying information Deep dive into trauma and racism and the effects The power of language and the vernacular The idea of foregrounding different histories in addition WAIT WHAT? Climate change is not about Carbon … find out why At one point Vail takes my breath away with her insight … Reimagining economies (it's more a return) What Vail has to say about children's books Is art the only way out of this? Paying attention and becoming intimate with her surroundings and non-human neighbours Co-creators and her reframing of neighbours, inter-species collaboration AWE as a way of life and the Orcagasm and nests Find Vail at: http://www.thecroftfarm.com/ https://www.instagram.com/thecroftfarm/ Dwell Magazine- https://www.dwell.com/article/tu-casa-croft-farm-yianni-doulis-364d98c3 See my blog for full write up of other mentions in the podcast.

This week we are extremely excited to welcome Nat's awesome coach, 2020 Olympic Trials Qualifier, Jared Carson to the show! Originally from Atlanta, GA, Jared now resides in Portland, OR where he works as a data analyst at Nike, coaches athletes at Run Free Training, and spends most of his energy chasing around his four year old son, Brady! Jared has PR’s of 14:45 in the 5K, 66:39 in the half marathon and 2:17:50 in the marathon.In this conversation, we talk in detail about Jared's running journey, the huge goal of qualifying for the Olympic Trials and his path for achieving the impressive accomplishment. We also dive into his training with the Bowerman Track Club Elite and how he felt crossing the finish line at CIM in 2018, knowing that he was going to Atlanta to run the trials. We pivot into chatting all about the incredible beauty of Portland, OR - including Jared's amazing and detailed recommendations on his favorite places to run, the best places to refuel after these beautiful runs, where to get great beer and coffee, places of interest in Portland, great races and so much more. This conversation is filled with a wealth good information - you absolutely will not want to miss this episode.*This episode is sponsored by InsideTracker and we are so excited to have them on board as a ongoing sponsor of the show!* SEE BELOW FOR AN AWESOME GIVEAWAY! Click HERE to be entered for a chance to WIN.ONE LUCKY WINNER WILL RECEIVE:An Ultimate blood test from InsideTracker ($589 value)A one-on-one consultation to review your bloodwork results with a Registered Dietitian ($100 value) Follow InsideTracker, Natalie Mitchell and Suite Run on Instagram for more entries. Where to find Jared:https://www.instagram.com/jaredcarson/Where to find Natalie and Jerold:Natalie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natrunsfar/Suite Run Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suiterun/Natalie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/natrunsfarSuite Run Twitter: https://twitter.com/suiterunNatalie's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/natrunsfarSuite Run Website: https://www.suiterun.com/Suite Run Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SuiteRun/Natalie's Blog: http://www.natrunsfar.com/Share this episode with your friends, subscribe to the show and leave a rating and review (which will help others find the show) on Apple Podcasts! We appreciate you guys so much, thank you for listening!Intro music: Pipes of a Stranger

In this episode, I talk about what it really means to live in a van full time and what sacrifices you should be prepared to make, if you're interested in vanlife. I also take you on a cycling tour around Sauvie Island, OR.  And join the hunt as I search for the best donut in town!Links and additional informationSauvie Island: https://sauvieisland.org/Bybee Howell House: https://sauvieisland.org/visitor-information/historical-areas/bybee-howell-house/NOLA Doughnuts:  https://www.noladoughnuts.comDoe Donuts: http://www.doedonuts.com/Blue Star Donuts: https://www.bluestardonuts.com/Shine Distillery: https://shinedistillerygrill.com/Pips Original: http://www.pipsoriginal.com/Delicious Donuts: https://www.deliciousdonutspdx.com/Visit www.vandogger.com for episode specific companion information, photos, van gear and more stories.Email: vantales@vandogger.comCredits: “You Live in that Van?!” soundbite by Bezelfor

We make small batch, cold pressed, hand-crafted, fermented drinking vinegar concentrates, bitters, and health elixirs. Whew! Say that three times in a row fast. Sascha Archer does it all on an island right out of Portland, Oregon called Sauvie Island (pronounced Soh' vee or Saw' vee, your choice). Sascha suffered a lifetime of indigestion and heartburn and turned to a cider vinegar to ease her symptoms. Despite soothing her digestion problems, both the flavor and the acidity were too much to "stomach" for her. Because she was a cook and a gardener, Sascha started mixing various herbs and fruits to make the ACV, apple cider vinegar, more palatable. It worked. Sascha lost not only the digestive irritants, she lost 80 pounds in about a year and a half. You might check out Sascha 's Shrub Club. It's a monthly delivery and supports the farms out on the Island. Twice a month, Sascha does a seasonal batch that is always a surprise. They can be cocktails or mocktails, or straight shots. Shrub Club members get first pick, so it's a good idea to get in the queue. Sascha has worked hard to get more Farmers' Markets out on the Island. Local regulations have made it difficult, but she wants to support the other farmers and urge people to enjoy the wildlife and the relaxed environment in the rural island so close to a city. Meeting demand has been the main challenge. Her kitchen is small, her production limited and scaling up is a big decision to make. Sascha counsels other food entrepreneurs to remember you can be small and profitable, and that moving up to being large with more headaches is not always the best way to go. "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful Marketplace" with your hosts Sarah Masoni and Sarah Marshall We record the "the Meaningful Marketplace" inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful marketplace" live on-air every Friday at 9:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com

Always nice to cath up with the crew and hear about recent adventures. Final Draft Taphouse is a perfect place to do that. Kimberly and Mike Bolt will tell you all about the best collabs on draft and how they've been turning the tide for their little community as they keep churning out those crowlers and other recent releases. Bronwyn is back from Sauvie Island, Damian brings some sour fun from Modern Times, John is relieved not to have to drive far, and it's Ryan's turn to bring some spirits. Good comedy, close friends, and tasting etiquette, on this episode of Brew Happy!

Last year, Cindy Werhane tried to become the first person to swim all the way around Sauvie Island. She swam for 20 straight hours — and almost completed the loop — before she had to call it quits. We listen back to our conversation with Werhane.

Matt Zaffino was visiting Sauvie Island, Oregon in early February when he heard the sound of frogs...doing what frogs do. Matt wondered if the early sounds of the mating amphibians had anything to do with climate change. You may be surprised with what Matt found.

Last September Jasper and Bija went to the 75th Annual Sauvie Island Jubilee! They learned some pretty cool stuff and met some super cool folks. The only bummer is they were brand new to podcasting and only had an iPhone...a lot of the audio they recorded was unusable. So episode three is more of a mini episode and the first of many about this really cool island. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of #moonwisepodcast, we speak with fungi farmer and herbalist Rae Hart of Ground Culture about trust, deep listening and working with the magic of mushrooms. Rae Hart is a fungi farmer, registered nurse, herbalist, artist and beetender who is dedicated to community health and regenerative agriculture. She is the founder of Ground Culture, a women-owned, community-supported mushroom farm on Sauvie Island in Portland, Oregon. Rae also serves as the apothecary manager, herbal clinician and mentor at the People’s Health Clinic of Portland, a free integrative health resource for those living at the crossroads of economic injustice and other systemic oppressions. Rae shares her story of leaving a career in nursing to grow medicine on the land. We discuss connection with plant allies, working with intuition and the wisdom of darkness. We also talk about the unique transition time we find ourselves in on the planet and the ways in which fungi reveal solutions. We also talk about: Rest as activism Dealing with jealousy as we uncover our gifts Relearning how to grow things Reciprocal relationships Breaking down barriers with delight

Cindy Werhane tried to become the first person to swim all the way around Sauvie Island this week. She swam for 20 straight hours — and almost completed the loop — before she had to call it quits.

Floofie from Instagram is in studio today to talk about her experience as a model in Portland as well as a recent three day shoot that she did in the highest place in the world... Death Valley. A lot of conceptual shooting like lighting rocks up with different colors. She prefers to do concept shoots as it inspires her poses. She was shooting with Clint Castor out in California. one of her favorite things is to connect with a friend when she is on the road. She is going to have a baby in 5 months so we will have to take a short break and will be cutting back on travel in the third trimester. She has a whole room dedicated to wardrobe and will usually bring her own outfits to modelling shoots in Portland. Her parents were hippies and her mom was a nudist growing up so it was not hard for her to switch to being a nude model after doing modelling for 2 years. After asking the model mayhem forum if they would book her for nude shoots the answer was a resounding yes! The following week she scheduled an implied nude shoot at Sauvie Island beach, which is the exclusive place to shoot outdoor naked photography. She did her first nude shoot with Matt Schnieder at MS-photo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuMG7RkOiCY

Attn: I’ve launched a Patreon, if you enjoy this podcast, please take a look. I’d love if you would join the fun and get all the extra stuff! Today’s episode is a conversation with Kristin Ford, owner of Woolfolk yarn. Kristin lives on Sauvie Island in Portland where she raises goats, highland cattle, and cider … Continue reading Episode 116 | Woolfolk

This show features two farms that are teaching children hands on lessons about environmental science and agriculture. First we’ll hear from Cayla Catino and Adam McKinley from Geercrest Farm & Historical Society. The farm has passed down through five generations of the Geer family, a prominent family in Oregon’s state history. Today, the farm serves as a non-profit that immerses children in agrarian life and aims to build leadership skills through meaningful work. Next we will hear from Elizabeth Schmitz, the executive director of the Sauvie Island Center. Her organization works to help children understand the connection between the food they eat, farming, and the land. Their hands-on, farm-based curriculum was developed through a partnership between farmers, educators and culinary professionals.

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The open road calls Conrad and Zack to keep looking for Jose. Steve and Lissa keep the home fires burning with a fresh batch of margaritas. The Bicyclist is produced by Craftmaster Independent

SAUVIE ISLAND, Ore.- Not much racing on this video just a few shots that caught my eye from Kruger's Farm cyclocross race.