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march13
2012
Living on a Lake - A Day on the Lake!
By Gayle Rich Boxman
get a hint of spring.
Finally, a photo op! It was a Saturday with an
I took snapshots of cabins dotting the lakefront
open day for my husband and I to enjoy a gloriously and their ripply reflections in the water.
sunny February afternoon on Fishhawk Lake! After
chores were all completed our “reward” was to break
out our canoe, shove it off the stone steps into the glassy
lake and go with the flow—literally!
We headed across from our home on the lake
and lo and behold, a bald eagle flapped out of the trees
and flew right over our heads (of course before I could
lay down my paddle and grab the camera). How many
people get to say that while canoeing on their private
lake in the woods?? He headed down the lake towards
the spillway and we glided his direction long behind
him. We heard the laughter of children lightly floating
over the lake, a sound reflective of summer. It made me
long for those days in July when people hop into their
various modes of watercraft and tool about for hours on
Fishhawk Lake. We are lucky—often in February we
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As the sun was waning about 4ish, we turned
to head home. I looked
past the bow of the canoe
and the sight I took in
was the moon smiling
over the treetops facing
me!
We followed
the sun along the
shoreline, then headed
for home. A blissful and
sweet moment taken
on a lovely quiet day at
Fishhawk Lake.
Then I turned to get a picture of my hubby.
You can reach Gayle Rich-Boxman at Fishhawk
Lake for all your real estate needs by calling 503-755-
2905 or visit her website at www.lakehomesatfishhawk.
com.
Another Round: More Words of Wisdom About Beer
By Scott Laird
Astoria
Brewing
at
The
Birk—
The Birkenfeld
Country Store
and Café is ex-
cited to announce they will be serving
beers from Astoria Brewing Company!
The Birk will have six taps devoted to
Astoria Brewing and are currently have
a wide selection including Lagers, IPA’s
an Amber and a Wheat Beer. They will
be rotating beers and with six tap han-
dles there will always be a great selec-
tion to choose from.
Sounds like a another great rea-
son to head out to The Birk—whether
it’s just to have brew and some lunch or ise of larger-than-life experiences, hero-
on a weekend evening for some dinner ics and twists & turns as the adventure
and some live music—and a good micro unfolds,” I read on the bottle. “These
on tap.
bottle-conditioned ales are specifically
“We are up and running with designed to be aged until sometime af-
these now and I think
ter December 12th,
this is going to be a
2012. Provided you
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
great
partnership
can wait that long. At
May the sound of happy music, that time, enjoy them
for us with Astoria
Brewing,” says Birk and the lilt of Irish laughter,
in a “vertical” tast-
fill your heart with gladness,
owner Mike Ingra-
ing. Each one unique
that stays forever after.
ham.
to its year of release.
The Wet Dog
Each with its own
Café was founded in Astoria in 1995. “twist & turn” in the plot line,” contin-
The Brewery was added in 1997 un- ued the story.
der the name Pacific Rim Brewery. The
The tale on the bottle went on to
name of the Brewery was changed to As- explain that Stone Brewing had started
toria Brewing Co. in 2005, commemo- this adventure on February 2, 2002 and
rating Astoria’s first Brewery Company that they were releasing a new ale one
which was established in 1872.
year, one month and one day from the
previous year’s edition.
An Epic Tale—Several years ago I came
Since then I have collected all
across an interesting beer from Stone the new releases and even located the
Brewing. The Beer was called Stone 05.05.05 edition on ebay. They are all
06.06.06 Vertical Epic. Printed on the stashed away in the back of our fridge.
22 oz. bottle was an interesting tale. “As The older releases are rare, very expen-
with any good epic, herein lies the prom- sive, and hard to locate.
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There is only one more release
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of 2012 with only eight of the eleven
Vertical Epic releases. But it still seems
like a fun, interesting and epic way to
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