Ken Campbell, Author at The Last Wilderness

Waves

Posted by Ken Campbell December 6, 2008 0 Comment 778 views

I like Public Radio. Really, I do. But as much as I may admire the quality of the content on public radio, they don’t know how to do the weather. They are always wrong. Predictably so. If they say it’s going to be clear, expect fog and drizzle. If the forecast calls for rain, you […]

To the beach

Posted by Ken Campbell December 5, 2008 0 Comment 745 views

It got cold. When I wasn’t looking, it dropped a bunch of degrees. One day, let’s say Saturday, we’re saying, “Oh but it’s a mild fall, ain’t it.” Even though it’s not really fall, but that’s not the point. The point is that the dividing line between the seasons is a sharp line. It ain’t […]

Thus I resolve

Posted by Ken Campbell December 3, 2008 0 Comment 819 views

If you are partial to the custom and in search of self-betterment, you’ll know that New Year’s resolutions don’t just spring onto the scene on January 1st. Every resolution is a negotiated statement, and every goal takes time to ferment. I’m working on mine now. Mine have always reflected a love for travel and the […]

Surfing the Elwha

Posted by Ken Campbell December 1, 2008 0 Comment 2438 views

There is a beach at the mouth of the Elwha River where the waves sometimes set up nicely in winter. If you park your car at the end of the road, it’s a matter of a 3-minute walk down a good trail to get to to the beach. In the summer, the water here along […]

Goin’ back to Cali

Posted by Ken Campbell November 30, 2008 0 Comment 824 views

I’m home again now. The road voyage with the boy went well, but it all seems a little blurry in my memory already. It was a busy time. The slide presentation in Portland was outstanding, a great turn-out and enthusiastic people. (I’ll be doing another presentation in the Rose City in March at the OOPS […]

Road trip

Posted by Ken Campbell November 17, 2008 0 Comment 819 views

Sometimes it’s good just to take a drive. Last Friday, I made the trip from Tacoma to Westport to go surfing with a friend. The surfing ended up not being all that inspiring; the drive was better. The highway between Olympia and Aberdeen wound through brackle fields and trees that were already bare. There was […]

First to flood

Posted by Ken Campbell November 10, 2008 0 Comment 746 views

It’s been raining on and off (mostly on), for the past week and all that water falling from the sky has effects here on the ground. Some are good – my lawn is green again – but some are not so desirable, like those along the Skokomish River. First to flood and the last to […]

Kennedy Creek

Posted by Ken Campbell November 6, 2008 0 Comment 750 views

There are five species of salmon that call the Northwest home: chinoook, coho, sockeye, pink and chum. Most of these species are in decline – some of them at historically low levels – and it’s hard to be optimistic about their long-term chances. One of them, however, the chum, is actually doing quite well, due […]

Falling back

Posted by Ken Campbell November 2, 2008 0 Comment 728 views

Now is not the time for bold adventure. For wild runs in the country and high country quests, this is poor timing. Now is most certainly not the time to spring forward. Instead we fall back. Regroup. Hunker down somewhere safe, where it’s warm and dry and comfortable. It’s always been this way.

The Return of the native

Posted by Ken Campbell November 1, 2008 0 Comment 685 views

“Salmon are heading up the Satsop and Wynoochee” That was the headline in a story in the local paper this past week. I am not a fisherman – not often anyway – but I look forward to the return of the salmon as much as any angler. And the Satsop is one of my favorite […]