A bit from yesterday;

Hiker 1 (me): You'll have a great view of Ranier and Adams, but try to ignore the clearcuts.

Hikers 2 and 3 (slightly fatties) Oh no! (hippie alarm sounds) knee jerk retalitory comment: "Well do you want us to stop using paper?)

Hiker 1: Smile (to self: perhaps these people don't know much about sustainable forestry. I should keep my opinions to myself!)

(background: the new cuts in the astoria state forest are far exceeding federal forestry suggestions for timber harvest plots. Well, anyway I guess you had to be there.

This mom and son team really was unprepared for such a radical suggestion like making logging blend into the landscape; utilizing small plots and select cutting. anyway this bothered me for a few minutes until I thought about the tasty chicken enchilladas I had for lunch. mmm...enchillada