Back from a lovely extended weekend in the San Juan Islands. All in all a relaxing, if far too short, outing. We froze our asses off on top of Mt. Constitution (it snowed up there Friday night; we went up Sunday afternoon and I swear the wind chill was down in the single digits. The individual needles on the pines wee encased in what looked to be about maybe an eighth of an inch of ice), we lazed about on the beach at Obstruction Pass, we enjoyed relatively roaring fires in our cabin each night. Lucy got to run around on the beach and sniff the goodies at the tide line. No crab parts this time, but lots of seaweed. She also made friends with Molly, the big black and white (no clue what breed) resident dog where we were staying. This is news merely because Lucy generally takes a dim view of most other dogs, and females especially so. I did some thinking about some things, and absolutely no thinking about others, in just about the right proportions. Science Girl took pictures. Lots of pictures. 200+ pictures. She’s still sorting through them all; when she puts them on Flickr, I’ll let you know.
Oh, also, over the course of the weekend we saw at least three different bald eagles. The last one took off from the side of the road, maybe fifteen to twenty feet away, as we were driving out from Obstruction Pass. I don't know what sort of an omen that is, but I prefer to think that it's a good one.
Also also, Radio Lethargico tonight, 12:30 Pacific.
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