Kaleberg Archive for February 2019

Next tides for La Push
2/10/19 9:54 AM 2.06 ft
2/11/19 10:47 AM 1.94 ft
2/12/19 11:51 AM 1.72 ft
2/13/19 1:03 PM 1.31 ft
2/14/19 2:14 PM 0.68 ft
2/15/19 3:17 PM -0.09 ft
2/23/19 9:13 AM 0.43 ft

Next tides for Dungeness
2/10/19 1:31 PM 2.92 ft
2/11/19 2:20 PM 2.24 ft
2/12/19 3:11 PM 1.52 ft
2/22/19 11:31 AM 2.66 ft
2/23/19 12:26 PM 1.99 ft
2/24/19 1:22 PM 1.46 ft
2/25/19 2:22 PM 1.08 ft

Next tides for Cape Alava
2/10/19 10:22 AM 2.87 ft
2/11/19 11:22 AM 2.62 ft
2/12/19 12:32 PM 2.23 ft
2/13/19 1:48 PM 1.65 ft
2/14/19 2:58 PM 0.88 ft
2/23/19 9:45 AM 1.3 ft
2/24/19 10:44 AM 1.27 ft

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02/03 - Goodbye to Bhutan We flew out of the airport in Paro heading towards Bangkok. The approach is probably a pilot's nightmare with the plane corkscrewing to gain altitude in the narrow valley. Then we were over the base cloud layer, leaving Bhutan.	Back in Paro
Another view of the dzong	From a distance
At an angle - The acceleration threw off our sense of level during takeoff.	The base cloud layer

Keywords: bhutan

02/02 - Last Walk in Bhutan Our flight from Paro to Bangkok was in the afternoon, so in the morning we took a short walk near the hotel. The sun was shining, and the great snow covered mountain, Jomolhari, was brilliant in the distance. We took one last walk through the forests, the town and the fields and enjoyed the improved weather. Odds were good for our flight to Bangkok. We weren't getting a bonus day.	The manicured forest around Amankora
Jomolhari	A fairy tale setting
One of the local birds	Another wagtail
The mountain village	Another fairy tale view
Country scene	More mountains
View from the forest	Jomolhari again
Another mountain friend	View of the valley
Another view	OK, We're getting sentimental.
Village house	A road side wagtail
Country lane	We'll be back.

Keywords: bhutan

02/01 - A Country Walk in Paro - Into the Snow In the afternoon we climbed a bit into the hills west of the hotel. We started in the village and made our way up a forest road, unpaved but wide enough for motorized traffic. This had been narrower, suitable for walkers and stock, until fairly recently. The government not only widened the track, but now an electric lines up into the pass. We didn't run into any traffic, though we did pass a number of other walkers. Our guide said that they were probably from the next province to the west, a five or six hour journey. It was drizzling as we started our climb, and it turned into what Wunderground called winter mix as we ascended. That's drizzle, flurry and light sleet. We crossed streams twice, and the winter mix turned into snow with a light accumulation. Then we approached terraced fields and a small farming village, maybe a few houses, more a hamlet than a village. There was a water powered prayer wheel and a farmer hard at work collecting tried turnips which had been spread about the field. The dominant color was brown, but there were green daikon leaves and even a small tomato vine running along the stone wall of the terrace. Our trip down was less eventful. The snow relented. The sun emerged. Even gravity cooperated with the trail running properly downhill. It was a true winter hike and a great final hike in Bhutan.	A stream in the low country near the hotel, only 9000' up or so
A stream farther up the trail	Misty mountains
Distant snow	The trail at its worst, not too bad
Snow and ice at a stream crossing	Winter mix on a winter day
Some color	More color, more mountains
Near the village	Winter colors
More winter colors	Looking back into the valley
Daikon, still green	The village
Winter fields	We'll look up this bird and update this.
Magic, heading down and spying the dzong in the valley	Like something out of a fairy tale

Keywords: bhutan

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