In case you detest door buster sales, how about watching the fish?

I noted this in my second post, but just in case there are those of you who really, really, really don't want to brave the lines, the malls and the senseless mass consumer gluttony, how about watching the chum do their thing as they swim upstream to spawn now.

There are couple of events I found on Friday for those that want to stay away from the hordes.

The first is at the Carkeek Park at Piper's Creek from noon to 2pm on Friday. The other nearby chum run in the Seattle area is out in Puyallup.The best time for viewing apparently is from now until mid-December at Clark's Creek. Finally, heading out toward the penninsula on Highway 101 is Kennedy Creek, which will be open Friday from 10 am to 4 pm.

Oh, and bit of good news for all salmon - chums, pinks, sockeye and the like. Bush has apparently given up on his bid to chop down all the trees around their streams to appease the timber industry.