Talking Story Archives - Page 82 of 114

December morning

Posted by Ken Campbell December 1, 2009 0 Comment 1159 views

It is a day of reckoning, this December the 1st. Perhaps reckoning is too harsh a term, but it is certainly a day to drop back and take stock, at least in terms of what the rest of the year will bring. If you are planning on doing some particular thing or traveling to some […]

Precipitation

Posted by Ken Campbell November 28, 2009 0 Comment 1037 views

According to the latest web weather forecast, there are a few more fronts on their way. Heavy rain in the lowlands and snow up high. Lots of snow. The Sappho area, not far from Forks, has been hit with more than a foot of rain in the past week. The incoming system is going to […]

Seasonal down

Posted by Ken Campbell November 23, 2009 0 Comment 996 views

I know that, in less than a month, the days will start to get longer again. In my head, I know this, and that should be good enough. I was thinking today, however, in a moment of weakness, that I might like to emigrate to Costa Rica. I’ve never been there… seems like a hell […]

Another day

Posted by Ken Campbell November 21, 2009 0 Comment 1271 views

All this rain is hitting the Skokomish hard. Again. Like it always does. First comes the flooding, the river rising, cresting, then rising again. Up, over flood stage, to the point that the roads look like new rivers, flowing thorough houses and fields, covering the green with a dirty brown. Then come the slides. Super-saturated […]

Recon

Posted by Ken Campbell November 19, 2009 0 Comment 1050 views

The route I’ll be taking next summer when I paddle around the Olympic Peninsula is one with which I am fairly familiar. For the most part. I’ve been to almost every nook and cranny in Puget Sound, I’ve kayaked the length of the Straits, and I’ve done at least a dozen trips to the Roadless […]

Ch, ch, changes

Posted by Ken Campbell November 17, 2009 1 Comment 1092 views

The wind threw my plans away, in much the same manner as it tossed about the trees in Bowman Bay. Small boughs and entire limbs littered the blacktop on the way down to the beach and though the waters inside the bay were relatively benign, the breakers just past the headland and near Deception Island […]

The wind has teeth

Posted by Ken Campbell November 16, 2009 0 Comment 1003 views

Apparently the wind machine has been left running again. A quick glance at the forecast for the Decpeption Pass area left me with this: … STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY… … STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON… A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WIND SPEEDS […]

The week (in preview)

Posted by Ken Campbell November 15, 2009 0 Comment 1048 views

The rain falling outside is simply a harbinger of the watery week I have ahead of me. I’m leaving tomorrow for a couple of days at Deception Pass, for a few sessions of kayaking and paddleboarding. Then it’s up to Bellingham to check out the Starboard line of SUPs and hopefully demo a few boards, […]

Test run at the pass

Posted by Ken Campbell November 14, 2009 1 Comment 1094 views

Deception Pass is home to the strongest tidal currents in Washington. Speeds in excess of 8 knots are common and the sheer volume of water that flows through the two narrow channels that separate Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands makes this a challenging spot for kayakers and paddleboarders alike. I’m heading up that way on Monday… […]

Daylight ops

Posted by Ken Campbell November 13, 2009 1 Comment 1143 views

Remember those old commercials they used to run to make gullible young boys join the Army? “We do more before 6:00 am than most people do all day.” Hardly seems like an effective ad campaign to me… Join up. Work your ass off. In the Air Force, we used to say that we didn’t do […]