...back on the bicycle today I rode out to the mouth of our own big river where it runs out into the Pacific Ocean.  Unlike Big River at Mendocino, most of the water in this picture has come into the channel from the sea.  Surfers and others who went out into the ocean today have been told it will be dangerous to go out tomorrow because a storm to the south will push high waves out way.

... and another thing: We know the answer to the question about whether or not a hummingbird's nest is used more than once.  After three weeks away, we found yesterday two newly hatched chicks in the same nest where two others were raised a couple of months ago.  The mother bird has busy today going out for food for them.