Mermaid

Just in case you were wondering, I look like this: rreal pretty. I was trying to take a picture with myself and my boring old brother, but he wouldn't play. So, I said, "what if I hold the camera out and you can be somewhere in the background?" He agreed to this. But, this is how it turned out. Oh well.
This other picture is where I would hang out for a nap or sunning, if I was a mermaid....or a seal. Right now I actually feel like a mermaid in a seals body.
Again, this is Canada. B.C. eh.

Kayak Parking Lot

Cool huh?
You gotta love
Canadia.

The Walk Down to the Skookaroni

This is the walk on down to the get in. It is about an hour of flip-flop walking. We walked out one day, and left our boats over-night at the "boat parking lot". The other times we paddled to the wave from our camp spot at Eggmont Marina. The paddle is about an hour, as well. If you like starfish, jellyfish, kelp, barnacles, oysters, mussels, clear, warm (not tropical, but warm) water, ferns and cedars at waters edge, seals, little fish, seaweed, lobster and prawns for sale, and weird currents, then this is a place for you.

Why don't you go kayak at Skookumchuck, B.C......eh?

Hi! Okay, so........there we were in beautiful British Columbia last weekend on a little kayak adventure.....These pictures were taken in 1/2 hour intervals. The first picture was taken just as the tide was beginning to turn at around 4:00pm on Saturday.
As you can see, the water is totally
calm and flat, and when you look at
it, you wonder, "now how is a wave
going to end up there?"
Well, some time goes by, and you start seeing ripples, and then you can just sit and stare at it, and slowly watch it grow. It is just like watching a sunrise or a sunset, but slower. The water starts ripping by, like water flowing down a drain. (Maybe around 10 knots?) It is quite a phenomenom. I stopped taking the photos after the 5:30 ones because I had to get in on that myself.
Well, it was more like get in there and flail my arse around, as I am not really in super paddling shape.......but damn, that sure is a cool place. So, by 6:30ish, the wave was even larger, and at that point, you drop in from the top and just float into it and get stopped by a nice fluffy wall of foam. It is quite fun. It is even fun to be there if you are not a kayaker. Swear. People were down there and they looked like they were having fun. They were talking, stuffing their faces, you know, good old Canadian fun, eh. The walk down, through the forest is bitchin'. ...big tall cedars, ferns, moss, filtered sunlight, poisonous berry bushes. The person in the kayak is my broham.....not me, so there is no use even trying to make fun of it. Besides, he looks great, right?

This past Sunday's spoils

Well, they aren't from this past Sunday, they from two Sunday's ago. Franklin Farms is in full swing :).....JP has a green thumb on the rooftop garden. The strawberries were relocated to a more shady spot- imagine having to do that in Seattle - and now they are doing much better. Don't worry, I am not hanging out having beers with just tomatoes and peppers.....although.....

Go Sounders

Yeah so, last week we went and saw a soccer game. I like the upside- down-ness. And yes, that is some of the family + Monica and + Kathryn's bf, Will. (Please note Dad in the back. I don't know where he gets it.)

BerryObsessed - Part III

These are the first purple Huckleberries that I have ever beholden thanks to the Maybo's 2 weekends ago, up nears Lake Kacheese. They were so sweet and yummy. They are very tiny. Manhands have to be extra careful.... :)

BerryObsessed - Part II

Okay so.....these are Huckleberries from the Beach Place. Why are they red? I don't know. I didn't actually know that Huckleberries weren't red until I saw the cartoon with Huckleberry Hound. Then I was confused. Later in life I was treated to Huckleberry Pie, but it was purple! Then I got to have a Huckleberry Milkshake! That was purple too. I am confused. I am going to make a pie anyways. And we are going to eat it on Thanksgiving at the Beach Place. Note: I will have to use lots of sugar. xo

BerryObsessed - Part I

Okay....so, the berries have arrived in Seattle and my mission is total blackberry destruction. That means: purple fingertips, purple lips, and probably some stained white, longsleeved shirts. It is a fine year for blackberries here. They are giant and sweet and seemingly endless in quantity. Mostly, I have been picking them near my house on Lake Union. But today, I discovered another hot spot....with a view...in the N. Ballard area....I sha'n't be specific. hahahaha.
Vanilla Icecream + Blacberries = StaciaDiet2009.