Late summer, early fall

This time of year is always spent getting ready for the upcoming winter: trimming trees, stacking firewood, getting the chimney pipe cleaned, sealing the deck, etc.  It's also salmon season, a good time to crab, and time to gather wild mushrooms.  We have been doing all of the above.  So here are some quick highlights of recent fishing and gathering excursions.

Nice big Chinook

Ditto

Today's catch was about 35 pounds

For scale, these are the fillets from today's fish on top of our stove.

Chanterelles

Dungeness crabs

Part of our 24-crab haul this week

Cooking the crabs in back of our house

 

Our freezer is getting full!