Jan 26 2008

About

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Red Alder Ranch is produced and maintained by Mark Whitaker. I live on 15 acres of mixed forest land near the historic native village of Skamokawa, Washington, alongside the Columbia River. The Pacific Ocean is 34 miles away by river. I live a life centered around the water, kayaking, boating and fishing almost year round.

I have been, at turns, a conservation corps grunt, an Eagle scout, a dishwasher and prep cook, a bass player in a punk band, a mechanic and auto parts guy, a commercial dishwasher repairman, an antique/reproduction light fixture salesman and designer, a college student, a solar pool heater installer, sawmill headrig operator and lumber grader, all around handyman, firewood cutter, eBay seller and kayak instructor/guide and rental shop manager.

I like woodworking and blacksmithing, but haven’t done a whole lot of either one. I’m a cat person rather than a dog person. I like maps and charts. I’ve been married for almost 18 years to Shannon Meeker, and we have two daughters, ages 15 and 12.

Thanks for visiting!

4 Responses to “About”

  1. # scooteron 28 Jan 2008 at 7:27 am

    Welcome to the world of dynamic content, man. Nice site. Don’t neglect your patches:
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/alldocs.html

    scott

  2. # Kira Galeon 29 Mar 2008 at 12:30 pm

    I would like to have you add your Red Alder Ranch and kayak tours to the Lewis and Clark forums on my website, at http://www.lewisandclarkroadtrips.com.
    The forum is just for this purpose. You can simply add a link, or photos and text, videos, etc. Whatever.
    I have featured your area in my book and on the website. If you go to Region 9 for Washington and Oregon you will find links to many places. If you post on the forums, I will publicize you in my monthly newsletter.

  3. # Rodney Blisson 17 Apr 2009 at 9:25 am

    I’m getting serious withdrawl pains looking at your site. (Spring and fall are nice in Utah, but you have to live here the other 50 weeks of the year, too.)

    Great pictures and stories. Every place has it’s beauty if you know where to look. The difference about Puget Sound, is you don’t have to look too hard.

  4. # David Tilleron 16 Jun 2009 at 3:38 pm

    Hey Mark! Good meeting you at SSTIKS. So, this is your website! Cool!!!

    Hope to get a role under my belt and do the race around deception pass some day. Looks like a lot of fun!

    Looking forward to next years SSTIKS!

    David Tiller

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