Conversations with Critters
Walk with the animals. Talk with the animals. And a riverwalk conversation opener…
Today Critters, we are back from the mountains and Jojo has a riverwalk to share with you from his journey on the way home, part of his roundtrip explorations along the scenic highways and byways of Oregon. With his tried and true Terrier temperament, no stop was a rest stop for this intrepid canid explorer.
We begin to walk the walk at Salt Creek as it rushes and gushes north by northwest toward the Middle Fork of the Willamette River, a tributary that continues to flow into the Willamette River itself, one of the great rivers in the world flowing north.
Please, welcome Jojo now as he is reunited back home with our Core Community Cats, Jasper Kitten and Chris, in excellent catch up at the Condo critter conversation.
Heidi: Hello and welcome, Friends! We’ve got a special riverwalk retrospective to share with you for our Furever Friday Post! Take it away, Critters!
Jojo: Greetings, Critters! I’m super and I do mean duper excited to share some really great memories of my recent Riverwalk at Salt Creek!
Chris: Hello, Everyone. We’re all ears. The end.
Jasper: Ditto, Chris, and greetings to one and all. However. I do have one preliminary comment which is that walking by water, whether in a bathtub or a creek that is a tributary of a great northward flowing river like the Willamette or the Nile, is taking a huge risk. Huge. Risk. The end.
Jojo: Thank you for sharing your preliminary feelings, Jasper. I would like to proceed with my findings from the field if you are feeling up to it in the moment.
Jasper: Is safety still considered paramount?
Jojo: Yes. Absolutely.
Jasper: I see. Please. Proceed.
Jojo: Thank you, Jasper.
Jasper: You’re welcome.
Jojo: Critters, we are about to walk the walk at Salt Creek which I discovered on my recent journey through the Central Cascade Mountains of Oregon. The end.
Jasper: Hearing you say, the end, comes to me as an enormous relief. I don’t want to get wet, but I am willing to stay on topic before we get to that point. Therefore, Jojo, how did the sand of the riverbank feel to your toebeans?
Jojo: Thank you for the question, Jasper.
Jasper: Anytime.
Jojo: Due to the hot summer weather, the sand was really dry and yet, at the same time, due to the shade cast by the vegetation, it was cool to the touch.
Jasper: Excellent. That works for me.
Jojo: Yes, the sand was also quite comfortable and soft to walk on. I liked it very much.
Jasper: Have you ever walked on river sand before?
Jojo: Not that I recall.
Jasper: I see.
Jojo: I would like to add one feature and fact about Salt Creek which is that salt springs naturally occur along the riverbank and deer like it and use it as licks. That’s where the name, Salt Creek, came from.
Jasper: Incredible. The creek was named by deer.
Chris: Intriguing. This issue of salt is quite similar to a snack and could work out well for me as we veer toward that topic. Did you see any deer?
Jojo: No, but Salt Creek taught me that deer need salt in their diets to add essential minerals for their health and help them thrive.
Chris: Sodium?
Jojo: Yes. Correct, Chris.
Jasper: Calcium?
Jojo: Correct. Now. Let’s share a video of Salt Creek for the edification and enjoyment of our Dear Gentle Readers and our Dear Gentle Critters. And while we’re at it, please watch the entire video, a full thirty-six seconds is required of our attention spans, individually and collectively, in order to observe my hiking gear which keeps me safe at the water’s edge. Full stop.
Chris: I’m good for thirty-six seconds, Jojo.
Jasper: Ditto. Thanks for the heads up on the specific number of seconds. I’m ready.
Jojo: Excellent.
Chris: Safety is paramount, Jojo. That’s a secure leash and vest fur sure.
Jasper: It’s the only way I can bear to even look.
Jojo: Thank you for watching, Chris and Jasper. Furthermore, Critters, as a highly noteworthy Riverwalk Video Clip Field Note, I found the sights and sounds especially enjoyable, the wind in my wirehair, the sand beneath my feet.
Chris: That only took three seconds. Now I’m feeling my next nap coming on.
Jasper: Jojo, I’m glad that we worked in this bonus three second video. I can almost feel the sand in my toebeans. Without. Getting. Wet.
Jojo: Thank you, Chris and Jasper. I really appreciate how much time you’ve devoted to learning about the Salt Creek Watershed with me and my Field Notes.
Jasper: My pleasure, Jojo. Water belongs in a Shed. That’s a very good place for it and thank you for sharing your Field Notes with us, so we can continue to learn something new everyday. The end.
Jojo: Critters, thank you for joining us on our journey along the banks of the beautiful Salt Creek. Please, stay safe and have fun out there!
Chris: We’ll see all of you next time for our Detective Tuesday Post! Cuz! We’ll be featuring the highly anticipated release of Chapter 7 of The Case of the Jumping Gene! Brought to you by the incredible J Kitten, Sleuth & Purveyor of Bright Shiny Objects Detective Agency!
Jasper: Cuz, Critters! We’re jump starting the action in the great outdoors! We’ll see you there! The End!
Jojo: P.S. Critters. I luvluvluv you. Furever.
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Poetry with Pets
Thirty six seconds
Feel the sand beneath your feet
Water in a shed
By Jasper Kitten, Chris and Jojo
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So fun to sprinkle likes on all the comments.
Oregon is so beautiful. My father was named after the town he was born in: Vernonia, Oregon.
I especially liked the videos and poem.
Oh that video is soothing! What a beautiful river. Thanks for sharing this, Jojo ❤️🐾