It’s been a good week so far. Lots of social activities in this first week. Orientation for new residents, salon for residents to present something representing their work, a tour of the surrounding forests with a Sitka board member/retired Forest Service scientist, potluck farewell for a resident who left Wednesday. We’ve managed to get some good work in nevertheless, and walks. It’s been raining almost non-stop since Wednesday so we haven’t gone up the trail to the Cascade Head yet. The forest tour was informative and provided a good hike. The other residents are all very interesting and fun to talk with.
ground cover in the experimental forest
1,200 year old buried tree on Neskowin Beach