in portland with matt

matt and his house	matt's street	matt's bashful chickens
matt's excellent dog	portland, from one of its many bridges	the ever-present mount hood
matt prepares to repair the boat	while the chickens fail to look on	a delicate operation ensues
	excellent with tonic and a wedge of lime
preparing for a little marine proctology	matt feels his face begin to melt	pictorial guide to handling hazardous materials
	after 5 minutes, it turns into grape jelly!!	breakfast nook of choice for portland's mariners
or are we in LA?		not sure this is really so appealing
mariner's breakfast	pindaettok!	skipper really likes pindaettok
on the open river (mount hood in background)	with skipper's sure hand on the tiller
mount hood through the noonday haze	synchronized fighter takeoff
first mate		osprey, with nest
another osprey takes flight	cormorant	cormorant leaves
skipper demonstrates proper use of marine toilet	which is clearly not as easy as it looks	trawling for speckled river lushes
caught one!	man overboard!	and a successful rescue
ahoy, skipper	bridge, with mountain	going under the bridge
		skipper contemplates our progress
first mate hangs on for dear life	looking back	skipper goes aloft
	ashore on ackerman's island	utter paradise
	skipper and his footprints
	the sun begins to set
the good ship momele	skipper ships out with neither first mate nor tiller	felicitous side effect of sunset
skipper heads for home