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Justify this

Posted by Ken Campbell January 22, 2011 1 Comment 2480 views

Water. From Fiji. Fiji water. As in Fiji, palm trees and coral, blue waves and sunshine, that remote Pacific island chain where, apparently, the water is fine. So damn fine that they bottle it up, in tiny plastic bottles, and ship it all over the world. I saw these when I was in Texas last […]

Your four-week reminder

Posted by Ken Campbell January 21, 2011 2 Comments 1073 views

On February 18, I’ll be doing a slide show at the Mountaineers Hall in Tacoma. I’ll be showing images and telling tall tales from the kayaking trip I took around the island of Newfoundland back in 2000. It was an amazing adventure, three full months of paddling pleasure and pain. It ended up being the […]

Micro-expeditions

Posted by Ken Campbell January 20, 2011 0 Comment 1242 views

“I would discourage, if not ban, trekking to Everest base camp and flying over the Greenland Icecap. Generally, people should stay home. Forget gaining a little knowledge about a lot and strive to learn a lot about a little.” Harvey ManningWalking the Beach to Bellingham Harvey’s making that assertion as part of a complex and […]

The Captain is back

Posted by Ken Campbell January 19, 2011 0 Comment 1238 views

There are a plethora of possibilities when it comes to information about the tides and currents here in Puget Sound. There’s the fishing tide books (“The bigger the dot, the better the fishin’.”) You can call the NOAA info number, check the newspaper or even the phone book. There’s Washburn’s Tables and each Sea Trails […]

Refugio

Posted by Ken Campbell January 18, 2011 0 Comment 1182 views

It isn’t always beautiful, isn’t always perfect. The golden glow of the sunset and the smell of jasmine on the evening breeze… that isn’t always how it is around here. But it was last week. A quick dip south, couldn’t stay long. I took the board almost as an afterthought: It was on the car […]

Cali

Posted by Ken Campbell January 15, 2011 0 Comment 1080 views

I did surf. Have surfed. Will surf. Never mind that the waves have been small and languid. It is warm here, and the sun on the water is beautiful. Sunshine on my shoulder makes me happy, after all. I am in SB on family matters, but I have managed to get to the beach for […]

Surf’s up

Posted by Ken Campbell January 13, 2011 0 Comment 1068 views

I’m going surfing later. Don’t know exactly when, but I’m guessing about 3:30. Maybe get a twilight session in, come back to shore just as it’s getting dark, warm wind blowing the stars around. The waves are small, real small. But this afternoon? Who knows?

Upcoming

Posted by Ken Campbell January 13, 2011 0 Comment 1104 views

Just a calendar check, really. No wonderful stories or charming anecdotes today. Sometimes you just need to write things down next to their specific dates, just to give yourself a chance to see them happen. Feb 18 – Slide Show @ Tacoma Mountaineers Hall Around the Rock; A Newfoundland Sea Kayak JourneyFeb 25-27 – La […]

Copper Creek revisited

Posted by Ken Campbell January 11, 2011 0 Comment 1021 views

One of the reasons I started this blog – it seems like a dozen years ago or more, but it’s not – is that I wanted a place to write that would serve as an “idea well,” a place where I could put down some thoughts and go back and draw from them later. It’s […]

One particular harbor

Posted by Ken Campbell January 8, 2011 0 Comment 1122 views

Because I am interested in (you might even say “addicted to”), the Olympic Peninsula and the happenings there, I often read the online version of the local newspaper, the Peninsula Daily News. Just to keep a finger on what’s happening out that way, to check the real estate market for what I hope may someday […]