Save this Slide Show on your favorite. Enlarge pictures by click- ing twice.Hit "Back" to return to show. At Days End. Note the fancy wine glasses for the Sandpiper.
A treacherous tight fit !!! Narrow entrance into Greentop Bay on Yokobi Island. The Sandpiper entered on a falling tide and found 6 feet of water under the keel, going through.
Please note: All pictures can be enlarged by clicking on them, than hit "back" to return to slide show. A young Tingit girl dancing with her clan in the parade.
Being entertained as we sat on the beach eating our salmon, overlookinmg Frederick Sound and the snowy mountains beyond. Unfortunately, you can't see the icebergs drifting by from the La Conte Glacier.
Wow! A 30# King Salmon Way to go Hank!! A 30 pound King salmon caught by Hank Van Calcar in front of Sandy Beach, where they enjoyed the big salmon barbecue.
Note: These pictures added on to the 2,005 Pictures. DESOLATION SOUND: Taken from the deck of the Sandpiper, following the T-Puffin to our anchorage in Desolation Sound.
Born in 1915,in North Bend, Oregon. I will be 93 years old on Aug 8, 2008. I graduated in 1940 from Colorado School of Mines as a Geologist. My first job out of college was working for an oil cdompany in the swamps out of Morgan City, Louisiana. In December 1940, I was drafted into the U.S. Army as a buck private. My year was almost up, when Pearl Harbor hit. They sent me to Officer Candidate School, where I became an officer at Ft. Belvoir in the Army Engineers., 4 years later, I left the service as a Captain. I then worked for HYumble Oil (Now Exxon-Mibil) in the Houson, Tx. office as a specialist in the study of underground oil and gas reserrves.
In 1947 I returned to Coos Bay, Or. spent 19 years in the restaurant business, built a bowling alley, owned 3 service stations and 17 years in the real estate business. I retired at age 65 in 1980. I then got involved with the mining business in gold silver and zinc. Like the old saying, "what goes around, comes around." I started with mining and end up with mining. My wife, Kay and I celebrated our 65th Wedding Anniv. We have 3 fine kids, One girl and two boys.