Stormy Seas

Leo bows to the weather

The weather this past weekend was pretty dismal for outdoor activities.  The hard rain and high winds was super conducive for taking a nap!  And I did take a couple of long naps, read and worked on puzzles.  But I also got outside.

On Saturday I took the dogs, Nora and cousin Leo to the beach by Boyscout Lake.  It was calm but wet in the trees and then as we got near the beach we could hear the roar of the wind and waves.  We had to dare ourselves to step out onto the beach and into the brunt of the wind.  We had to yell to each other to be heard. The power of the sea and the weather was actually pretty awesome.

Then on Sunday I tried mountain goat hunting in the rain and fog.  I got up super early and hiked up through the forest in the dark.  I could hear the marbled murrelets flitting through the trees and making their calls on the way from their nests to breakfast at sea.  I was going the other way.

Up high we actually had almost a foot of new snow and for a while it was calm and not raining.  I thought I might even get a goat.  But then the fog socked in and the rain started.  It was so dismal I did not even take any pictures.  I got soaked and had to keep moving to stay warm.  I went home when I realized that harvesting a goat would mean I would have to stop moving - I'd freeze!
Patrick