McLean S – Not Your Average Engineer

June 28, 2011January 14, 2013

Emily and Brandon’s Wedding

Emily and Brandon got married over the weekend. It was an awesome wedding! Here are a few pictures I took before and after the wedding. Since I was a bridesmaid, I wasn’t able to get photos of the actual ceremony. These first few pictures are of us setting up the altar. We used a Unimog to tie ribbons up in the trees.

Making the flowers for the wedding. I was assigned to help with the bride’s bouquet and do the altar flowers.

The Unimog.

The bride’s bouquet.

Setting up tables and having lunch. Or was this dinner?

The property owner has an awesome Utilikilt.

Driving around in a Haflinger with Brandon.

Our entry to the river using the Haflinger.

At the reception. Heather relaxing in the grass.

Betsy in the foreground and the wedding party behind.

October 12, 2009November 15, 2021

Mushroom Picking

Mushrooms abound in the forests of Gustavus. Emily, McLean, Margot, and I tromped off into the undergrowth in search of some edible mushrooms. We found many that were edible, a few that weren’t, and some hallucinogenic ones, too.

A delicious little mushroom.

Ring Creek.

Some yummy highbush cranberries.

A mushroom that is highly hallucinogenic but also that can be deadly.

A huge mushroom.

Cleaning mushrooms in the barn.

Mushroom processing in the evening.

October 12, 2009November 15, 2021

Fishing in a Boat

Emily’s brother, McLean and I went out in a little skiff for some afternoon fishing. We didn’t have a single bite but we did manage to finish a six pack of beer and see some interesting marine life. A couple of whales were breaching a half mile away. Some otters came and said hello. A sea lion thrashed a salmon around on the beach. Even some porpoises came and visited us. If only some fish had come to take a nibble on a hook!