The Pleasures of the Harbor

Sunday the home neighborhood and all of town sunny, the streets clear, Port Angeles' yearround green lawns emerged from their temporary glaciers. So I headed west to go to the ocean, but before I got as far as the Lake the road still seemed too iffy, lots of snow to either side, icy patches. Had an old-lady moment and turned back around milepost 236. Should have just gone, but instead crept home and soon found myself once again—fourth time this week— on Ediz Hook. There was a little pilot boat action: Majorca picked up a pilot on her way into the Sound. And a lot of people out; walking, bicycling, staring out across the Strait, hopping on the rocks, or sitting in their car reading until there were ships to watch.

Sanderlings and turnstones (12/28) (Click for larger image.)Majorca waiting for her pilot. Victoria (on Vancouver Island) in the background. (12/28) (Click for larger image.)Heading out to check his crab pots. (12/27) (Click for larger image.)Gulls. Snowy Sooke Peninsula on Vancouver Island in the background. (12/25) (Click for larger image.)Bicyclist on the boat launch dock by the Puget Sound Pilot Station.(12/28) (Click for larger image.)