Journal Entry: A Soggy Saturday

Narrative:

Harley and I woke up an headed to the storage unit, grabbed our gear, and then drove straight to the Eugene Saturday market.

When we got there Harley and I waited in line for the our name to be called and somehow managed to get a 8’x8′ booth space.

Harley made five sales and he and I had a pretty good time. At about a quarter after three it started to rain. The market visitors ran for cover and our table got soaked… We made no more sales that day.

Places I visited:

  • Storage unit.
  • Saturday market.
  • Clean laundry mat.
  • Fred mayer.
  • Down town mini storage.

People I met:

  • Frank-potter.
  • Lobe Sone-Water buffalo bone sculptor.

Achievements:

  • Helped Harley pack up our gear.
  • Helped Harley set up the booth.
  • Helped him pack up our gear again.

Lunch:

  • Some orange juice.
  • Honey sweetened cacao drink.

Dinner:

  • A great salad with cheese and tomatoes.

Yo Journal: Theo’s 12th Birthday Adventure!

Harley already wrote a long blog post about our birthday adventure so I am sharing it here.

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Pic Of The Day:

Narrative:

Theo and I followed through with our plans to visit Portland for his birthday this year…

All he wanted was to rent e scooters and so we could ride around together and I was excited about making our first ever visit to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry(OMSI) an extra special occasion.

The first major fun happened when we pulled over to take a leak and so Santa could give Theo his presents at the North Bound French Prairie Rest Area on the way to Portland…

After unwrapping presents we drove the rest of the way to Portland and headed straight to OMSI and that’s when shizzle got crazy fun. I am so greatful to have the kind of kids that choose to do awesome stuff like going to OMSI on their birthdays.

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Please Help The Pangolins

When I learned about pangolins i was intrigued and horrified at the fact that pangolins are the most trafficked animal on earth.

An estimated 300 pangolins are poached every day. In one case an estimated 14.2 to 36.000 tons of illegally harvested pangolin scales were found in a single shipping container.

12.2 tons of pangolins were found in one warehouse

This may be sad and it is what motivated me to make this post in order to help increase awareness of pangolins. If you wish to help to save these elusive little creatures you can donate money. Any amount can help save a pangolins life. Click here to donate money to the Pangolin Rescue Center. Learn more about the plight of the pangolin in this excellent article on national geographic.com.

Journal Entry: Portland A Bit Shabby However Epic Nonetheless

Pic Of The Day:

Narrative:

Harley and I woke up at 5:28 headed to the storage unit to pack up our car with the ez up, chairs, tables, merch, and other gear. I got up while Harley started packing up and I helped out a little bit and when we were ready Harley and I began driving. I fell back to sleep within 30 minutes.

When I woke up again we were zipping through Portland. Suddenly Harley pulled over and said we are here.

At that I sat bolt upright, looked around, and said something like “yesss!”. Harley went to the info booth and got in line so we could vend and I joined him there a couple of seconds later.

After a few minutes two people walked out and looked at our supplies for a little bit an said we were in.

Harley and I began to set up shop at the portland Saturday and Sunday market.

After a couple of hours we met Uli, a very gifted and awesome person. He was making collapsible castles. Here is a photo:

After the market closed we decided to go and rent two electric scooters for fun… And it was so fun.

We drove all over town for about 90 minutes. It was a blast. Then we drove home to sweet sweet Eugene.

Places I visited:

  • Storage Unit
  • Saturday Market
  • Uli’s booth
  • Park at the city center
  • Trader Joes
  • Fred Meyer parking garage
  • Fred Meyer
  • Rest Area

People I met:

  • Uli-wooden castles
  • John-glass blower and wire twister
  • Eli

Achievements:

  • Helped load the car
  • Helped set up the booth
  • Helped run the booth
  • Sold a pinecone
  • Raced scooters all over town

Book/podcasts/tv/movies:

Lunch:

  • watermelon

Dinner:

  • some figs and almonds and a salad

Animal Report: The Craziest Creature alive

Common Name: Giant pacific octopus.

Scientific Name: Enteroctopus dofleini.

Classification: Cephalopod.

Diet: Most commonly crabs, clams and other mussels.

Length: around 6 feet.

Weight: About 110 and some up to 600 pounds.

Habitat: Pacific waters from Korea and Japan north to Alaska and Southern California. They live in fairly shallow, coastal waters down to depths of 330 feet or more.

Endangered Status: The giant pacific octopus are threatened.

Behavior: When the female giant pacific octopus lays her eggs she will blow air over her young to keep them clean. Giant pacific octopuses will do this for up to 6 to 7 months before her body gives out and the babies hatch.

Defense: Strength and being very intelligent.

Most of the time they can just out smart predators without using a defense mechanism.

Can straighten their body out and be very thin, allowing them to escape through small cracks.

Jet Propulsion is when the octupus can straighten their body out and jet extremely fast through water.

Most unique: ink sacs. A thick black cloud of ink is ejected from the octopus; the ink dulls the sense of smell for large predators.

Camouflage themselves to not only hide from predator but to communicate with other octopus to warn them of danger.

Life span: About 3 to 5 years.

Fun fact: Octopuses blood is blue.

Prehistoric Creature Report: The Biggest Snake Ever

Common Name: Titanoboa

Classification: Reptilia.

Diet: Titanoboa was massive and could eat anythings in its path.

Length: Around 50 feet long

Weight: About 2000 pounds

Habitat: The titanoboa lived in tropical climates.

Defense Titanoboa was so big that not much could damage the massive snake.

Animal Report: The Largest Bird Alive

Common Name: Ostrich.

Scientific Name: Struthio camelus.

Classification: Aves.

Diet: Mainly roots, leaves, and seeds, but ostriches will eat whatever is available. Sometimes they consume insects, snakes, lizards, and rodents. They also swallow sand and pebbles which help them grind up their food in their gizzards, a specialized muscular stomach.

Height: 6.9 to 9.2 feet.

Weight: Around 250 pounds.

Habitat: The towering birds live in sandy and arid habitats, particularly in open country. Common environments for these birds include savannas, woodlands, deserts, plains, semi deserts, dry grasslands and scrubs.

Endangered Status: Ostriches are not yet endangered.

Behavior: Male and female ostriches take care and protect there eggs until they hatch. After the eggs hatch the parents are very protective of their chicks.

Defense: Ostriches can run up to 43 mph however if trapped they have a kick that can kill a human or a lion.

Life span: 40 to 45 years.

Fun fact: Despite anything you might hear, ostriches do not stick their heads in the ground.

Animal Report: The Knight Of Nature

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Common Name: The armadillo.

Scientific Name: Dasypodidae.

Classification: mammal.

Diet: The armadillo has a keen sense of smell that it uses to locate prey. Most of its diet is made up of insects, grubs and worms. It will sometimes eat fruit, small reptiles, amphibians and bird eggs.

Height: 5.9 to 9.8 in.

Length: 15 in to 2 feet.

Weight: 5.5 to 14 lb.

Habitat: Armadillos live in temperate and warm habitats, including rain forests, grasslands, and semi-deserts.

Endangered Status: Some armadillos are endangered and some are not. The pink hairy armadillo is endangered and so are several others, however; some armadillo species are not threatened.

Defense: Armadillos have plats of armor that can deflect a pistol bullet. And one species can roll up into ball of armor so predators can’t get to the soft body.

Behaviour: Armadillos are nocturnal which means they are most active at night hunting small insects using its good sense of smell to find there prey. Female armadillos raise their young in burrows that they dig using their large, shovel-like front claws. Mother six-banded armadillos will pick up their young and move them to a new location if they feel their burrow is unsafe.

Life span: 12 to 15 years.

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