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The Workaway Adventure Continues
March, 2019 |
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At noon on the last Thursday in March, a pair of
Workawayers arrived, plus dog. Eva, Sergio, and Mus are from
Valencia, Spain, and have been traveling the world for three years:
Latin America, Indonesia, a 7-month bike trip from the southernmost
point in Europe (Spain) to the northernmost point (Norway), with Mus
in a bike basket! We were afraid they'd find Long Shadows boring after
such exotic travels. They've been in the US since January,
freezing in the Mojave Desert in their converted van. At least,
here they will be warm and dry. They were eager to get to work, right away. So we showed them the grove behind the house, full of limbs from February's snowstorm. Pile 'em up! |
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 A new Workaway experience for us and Cocodrie too. What a wonderful dog. Mus (pronounced like Moose) took time out from chasing Cocodrie to visit the worksite. |
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 First evening meal - pizza! They photographed the food almost every evening. |
 First day: pile up limbs. Second day: burn them. |
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 Dianne thought we'd need to pull down this limb (broken in the snowstorm) with the tractor. Nah, Sergio, Eva, and Nancy hauled it out by hand. Looks like Sergio is taking credit! (Notice the raincoats. Showers kept moving through. So much for warm and dry!) |
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 Cocodrie loves having more people to love on her. But she's jealous whenever Mus gets any attention. |
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| Friday evening we all experienced local culture: Open mike night at the Idleyld Lodge. Saturday, Charlie arrives bright and early. We've bought from BLM the trees along our road taken down by the snowstorm. Charlie will buck them for us. Time permitting, he'll take down some madrone firewood as well. When we're all done, we enjoy a long leisurely lunch of red beans and rice, and Charlie is delighted with Eva and Sergio's travel tales. The next day, he calls with instructions to play a song for them: Me and You and a Dog Named Boo. | |
 Charlie makes it look easy. |
 Eva and Sergio load up the rounds. They made many trips up the road to the firewood stack. |
 Sergio watches Charlie drop a huge dead madrone. |
 Timber!!!! |
| Sunday is a day off. We head to Fall Creek Falls to show them one of our favorite hikes. It's quite a surprise for us too, as we discover damage left by the snowstorm. | |
 Hiking Fall Creek Trail |
 We're amazed this huge tree didn't do more damage to the trail. |
 We reached a place where a slide almost wiped out the trail. |
 Navigating through the slide was treacherous and muddy. One person at a time! |
 Fall Creek |
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 A photographer's unique perspective. |
 Catching the waterfall in the perfect light |
 photo courtesy Sergio Luna Naranjo Fall Creek Falls |
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 The happy hikers photo courtesy Sergio Luna Naranjo |
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| After Fall Creek, we head to Frank and Jeanne Moore's house to introduce our guests to the North Umpqua legends. | |
 Fly fishing lesson for Sergio |
 Sergio, the biologist, finds a snake. Look at that smile -- he's one happy guy! |
 Fly fishing lesson for Eva |
 Jenga! Evenings were full with long conversations and games. |
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Sergio and Eva are excellent photographers and videographers. They
have a YouTube channel where they post videos throughout their travels.
Even while they were working, their cameras were nearby to capture moments
and scenes. They have a drone which they flew over Long Shadows to capture
stunning perspectives. During their time off and late evenings, they
spent hours editing. |
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 The Dynamic Duo working hard during their time off from work. |
 photo courtesy Sergio Luna Naranjo |
 Cocodrie: "I'm top dog around here. Do you understand me?" Mus: "Can we discuss this in a civilized manner?" |
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