Blog Archives

Sightings

Posted by Ken Campbell July 3, 2008 0 Comment 1068 views

It is possible that there is a place more haunted than Port Townsend, but if there is, I haven’t heard of it. When you consider that it’s not really all that old – the town was founded in 1860 – the sheer number of disembodied souls seems out of scale with the size of the […]

Dateline – Tacoma

Posted by Ken Campbell July 1, 2008 0 Comment 743 views

Five Makah whalers who went a’whaling without sanction from their tribe, without a federal permit, and without regard for the consequences their actions would have, were sentenced today in federal court in Tacoma. See, back in September of 2007, the Fab Five (Wayne Johnson, Andy Noel, Frankie Gonzales, Theron Parker and William Secor), took it […]

Mount Ellinor

Posted by Ken Campbell July 1, 2008 0 Comment 842 views

At 5,944 feet, Mount Ellinor is the most southerly high peak in the ridge of mountains overlooking Lake Cushman. First ascent honors went to a foursome from the Lake Cushman area in 1879: D. Utler, H Esteps and Mr. and Mrs. J. Waughop. The mountain was named by Lt. George Davidson of the 1857 United […]

Summer haze

Posted by Ken Campbell June 29, 2008 0 Comment 717 views

The thermometer is supposed to peak in the mid-90’s today down here in the low country. That’s about what it was yesterday. Too hot for me. I looked west to the Olympics this morning at sunrise. (The neighbor’s dogs had been barking all night, so I called off any attempt at sleep around 4:30, and […]

Battle on the edge

Posted by Ken Campbell June 28, 2008 0 Comment 856 views

The Makah reservation occupies the northwest tip of the Olympic Peninsula and includes Tatoosh Island. There are stories, however, that say this was not always the case. Back then, when humans sang songs to whales as they hunted them and spirits roamed the dark green forests, the area was the home of the Nittinat tribe. […]

Shucks

Posted by Ken Campbell June 26, 2008 0 Comment 761 views

There is an event held in Shelton, every October, that I believe I would like to see for myself. “Oysterfest,” it’s called, and this year’s festivities get underway on October 4th and 5th. I’ve been to the Lemon Festival in Goleta, California and eaten cod tongue in Newfoundland. It only seems logical, really. For more […]

Rock piles

Posted by Ken Campbell June 25, 2008 0 Comment 708 views

Sea stacks, like the ones along the Olympic coast, are remnants of land. The last little bits of where the land used to be, markers of where the sea had once been held back, but could be held back no longer. The water wears on the stone and forms caves. Caves connect with each other […]

On the road

Posted by Ken Campbell June 25, 2008 0 Comment 969 views

Maybe it is because I grew up along Highway 101. Admittedly, I grew up in Southern California, and Highway 101 has a different feel to it as it rolls through Santa Barbara than it does on the east side of the Olympic Peninsula. Still, it has a familiar ring to my ears, and maybe that’s […]

Tubal Cain – an introduction

Posted by Ken Campbell June 23, 2008 0 Comment 1159 views

I had never heard of Tubal Cain before, at least I don’t think so. I may have had a vague remembrance of a played-out copper mine in the southern Olympics by that name, but I had no idea it was such a powerful name in itself. A quick search of the Worldly Wise Web gives […]

Me myself I

Posted by Ken Campbell June 23, 2008 0 Comment 739 views

A good traveling companion is hard to find. Everyone, it seems, has his or her little idiosyncrasy. We’re all a trifle odd and, given that it’s the little things about one another that set us off, we need to use caution when choosing a trail mate or a paddling partner. Small annoyances are magnified by […]