To give you an idea of where I've been shooting the past week, here's an overview of the pot yard in Newport. There were fewer crab pots there today because a lot are now being loaded onto the boats. The games begin the day after Thanksgiving, when they head out to "soak" the pots. Wish I was going to be here to photograph as they head out to sea, but nope, will be on the road by then.Look at the paintbrushes I found by the crab pots belonging to the F/V Wide West! Hoo ha! Great colors.
And then you see Randy Ripka, whose father owns the F/V Western Breeze, painted in colors of "Ripka Blue" and "Sunfire Yellow." That's the Ripka boat in the last photo, the boat with the lights illuminated on the mast.
Should we ever leave the Oregon coast, all of this is what I'm really going to miss. ©Carol Leigh
