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2009 Pummel update

Posted by Ken Campbell January 11, 2009 0 Comment 841 views

The winter storms and flooding have knocked the La Push Surf Pummel off schedule once again. The latest date is the weekend of Feb 13-15, 2008. I’ve already made other plans for that weekend so, once again, they’ll have to survive without me. The event was started back in 1986 by Seattle kayaker Sprague Ackley, […]

Matthew Broaddus

Posted by Ken Campbell January 10, 2009 0 Comment 1507 views

Mathew Howard Broaddus, born November 12, 1962 passed away at home on December 23, 2008. He is survived by his mother Marylou von Scheele, his brother David von Scheele, his sister Paulene Collins and his nieces and nephews Brooke and Hunter Collins, Josh, Jessica and Janessa von Scheele. A celebration of Matty’s life will be […]

Run of the rivers

Posted by Ken Campbell January 9, 2009 0 Comment 851 views

These are the seasons of emotion And like the winds they rise and fall This is the wonder of devotion I see the torch we all must hold This is the mystery of the quotient Upon us all a little rain Must fall. -Led Zeppelin It’s supposed to get better over the next few days. […]

Rising waters

Posted by Ken Campbell January 8, 2009 0 Comment 659 views

Neah Bay is cut off once again. Highway 112, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation, is “closed to traffic in both directions from milepost 12 to milepost 13 and from milepost 23 to milepost 29 due to flooding. Alternate routes are advised.” Another alert that caught my attention had to do with Highway […]

Stormy weather

Posted by Ken Campbell January 7, 2009 0 Comment 741 views

“It’s going to be wild and wooly in the Hoh the next few days.” That’s the word from John Preston, a park ranger based at the Visitor’s Center at the Hoh. With somewhere between 12 and 20 inches of rain expected by Thursday, the flooding is likely to be extensive. The warmer temperatures are melting […]

Dawn patrol

Posted by Ken Campbell January 7, 2009 0 Comment 725 views

I am standing on the beach, checking to make sure my hatch covers are secure and keeping an anxious eye on the breaking waves.The surf is not overly large, 3 – 4 feet, but it is constant and driven hard by the biting wind. Relentless. Daylight is scratching at the remains of the night and […]

A room with a view

Posted by Ken Campbell January 5, 2009 0 Comment 1459 views

Long ago, or not so very long ago, hikers in Enchanted Valley could stay at the Enchanted Valley Chalet. It was built in 1930 from logs of native silver fir. It’s a big structure, 28′ x 41′, and two-and-a-half stories high. The corners are fitted in precise dovetailed joints. Situated as it is, in a […]

Snow at the Rialto

Posted by Ken Campbell January 4, 2009 0 Comment 1104 views

I think the snow has stopped, at least for now. The snow that fell yesterday is gone now and the temperatures have inched their way out of the freezer. The wind is still cold and there is no way you’d confuse the situation with summer, but it’s a little warmer anyway. There was a solid […]

La Push, Friday night

Posted by Ken Campbell January 3, 2009 0 Comment 775 views

I have the door wide open, even though it was snowing just ten minutes ago. The wood stove here is very, shall we say, efficient. We rented a house for the weekend out here in La Push. I’ve actually stayed in this cabin before, a couple years ago, and it makes a decadently comfortable base […]

Going coastal

Posted by Ken Campbell January 2, 2009 0 Comment 815 views

I am leaving for La Push later this morning. The whole family’s going, along with a few friends and an old black dog. It’s 5:00 am now and it’s snowing, although I don’t think it’s going to stick. The original plan was to go to the Surf Frolic (or Surf Pummel), but I got this […]