Triathlon…
…plus homemade pizza party.
…plus homemade pizza party.
…then, later, hand-caught and filleted fish fry.
Plus, mud ball delicacies created by the teenagers, and a snake provided by Will and the twins.
…no, smoke.
First ever rainbow trout (or steelhead salmon) caught off the dock. Twenty-three inches and five and a half pounds. Bri accepting the challenge of cleaning it.
Meanwhile, Will and Katy sailing Geode skillfully in flukey winds.
…resumed. Four boats; Heliotrope victorious.
Also, trophy smallmouth bass.
…bass.
…to Sandy Beach and back.
…and hundreds of gorging gulls. Spent flies covering every surface. Gulls getting too heavy to fly. And, with high wind and heavy rain, it was not a great night for aerial endeavors.
But, the great shadfly irruption speaks volumes about clean, healthy water in Mudge Bay.
…just beginning to bloom.
Early paddle and swim, in glass calm. Lots of super aerodynamic common terns working the shoreline in their aerobatic way. Minor shadfly irruption over night.
…paddle, walk, ride, swim, and sail—and that sailing was the Windrider in an odd, smoky, humid haze, and “racing” Three Forks for a while. Nolo contendere; we smoked ‘em.
Photos by Sue
…and calm enough to paddle there, if it wasn’t such a long way back.
…septic uncovered.
…among the showers.
Sometimes almost six knots under just jib and mizzen. What a great boat.
…and so we did.
Water is up a welcome bit. Let’s hope it stays.
…along with a little Birds-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)…
…and Canada lily, along with lots of bracken.
Quite a bit, actually, seventy-five quarts bailed from the dinghy.
With storms in the forecast. Big surf roaring in from the east.
…for return to Kagawong. In the continuing heat.
Serviceberries are being gobbled, and they do taste good.