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Oooh, that smell

Posted by Ken Campbell October 8, 2009 0 Comment 1057 views

Hamma Hamma, in the parlance of the local tribes, meant “Stinky Stinky.” Seriously. On account of the many thousands of rotting carcasses that remained after the salmon had spawned out. There aren’t as many of them now as there used to be, but the name of the river remains.

Stinky, stinky

Posted by Ken Campbell October 7, 2009 0 Comment 1030 views

I asked the boy where he wanted to go camping this weekend. We were sitting at the breakfast table this morning, chomping through our English muffins and reading the funnies. I had talked to him about maybe getting out this Saturday, and he gave it some thought before he replied. “I go to Hamma Hamma,” […]

That place that I can’t refer to by name

Posted by Ken Campbell October 6, 2009 2 Comments 933 views

In 1978, Congress passed a law that gave the United States Olympic Committee exclusive control and allowed for trademark of several terms, including Olympic, Olympiad and Paralympic. The committee also has wide latitude to sue for infringement when words are used that it sees as being too similar to the terms it owns. At the […]

October sun

Posted by Ken Campbell October 5, 2009 0 Comment 1032 views

Best waves of the summer, especially considering summer is over. That was the Hobuck Hoedown for me, just wave after perfect wave, set in the most beautiful blue-sky days imaginable. The contest itself was no big deal for me – there weren’t enough SUPers out there to make a competitive heat – but the waves […]

I can’t believe I’m taking firewood

Posted by Ken Campbell October 2, 2009 0 Comment 839 views

A beach is a place where a man can feelHe’s the only soul in the world that’s real. The Who

Hobuck

Posted by Ken Campbell October 1, 2009 0 Comment 1148 views

I remember once, years ago, I stayed at Hobuck Beach. There was no campground there back then, although I stayed in the ruins of what had been an RV park of some sort, before my time. I didn’t know then that the Makah reservation is one of the dry type, and I built what might […]

The coming darkness

Posted by Ken Campbell September 29, 2009 0 Comment 1102 views

It rains more around here in the winter. It’s colder too, and snow is not only a possibility (like it used to be), it has been a much more common white reality in these parts the last few years. There is no shortage of differences to be found between summer and winter, but for me, […]

Foss dawn patrol

Posted by Ken Campbell September 27, 2009 0 Comment 1134 views

There is a north wind this morning. Skies are clear and the new sun is painting the eastern horizon, but the north wind never blows warm. No matter. When it comes to the weather, we have had a very good year. Out early this morning, a black water paddle down the Foss Waterway here in […]

Car camping

Posted by Ken Campbell September 26, 2009 0 Comment 1179 views

Home already. I suppose I was gone for about as long as I expected to be, but it seems impossible we were able to see as much as we did in such a short time. But we did… and the fact that Micah and I were able to walk and paddleboard the entire length of […]

Going to the beach

Posted by Ken Campbell September 24, 2009 0 Comment 1033 views

We’re leaving today for the Port Townsend symposium, right after swim lessons. It’s just me and the boy going up this time, a couple of nights in the Hotel Westfalia with the progeny. It will be good; he travels well. I don’t know what to expect from this year’s edition – I don’t expect much. […]