Salmon Bay Paddle - Rob Casey

Incredible sunset tonight on Shilshole Bay and Puget Sound.

Surf ski class today introducing folks from the Midwest to paddling Puget Sound. We surfed waves, paddled to West Point, saw harbor seals, the Locks and Shilshole Bay. Incredible weather as well.

Took the ski out Sunday and dropped a pot west of Port Angeles for a few hours. This is a tricky spot due to the beach break which can be substantial and we generally don’t get much. But we don’t need much so 1-3 keepers are good enough. Usually I paddle and surf after dropping it then check it on my return. This time was a bust with two small ones but good practice (untangling rope offshore) for many more attempts this summer. CARBONOLOGY SPORT

We had a bigger clean up day yesterday with three of us looking. And big tides always bring in more debris. A few items from Canada, a Pepsi can with Chinese lettering and all the usual suspects.

4th of July beach walk and cleanup west of Port Angeles. First one was a find! Also found some items for decor at the Seattle Conservation on that Front Lines event Tuesday July 7.

Excited to see another article of mine in the new PNW magazine Nautical Northwest. This time focusing on four off the beaten path destinations to avoid summer crowds in WA and BC.

A whale of an evening just a bit ago on Puget Sound near Seattle. Maybe a gray? And a distant view of Pt Monroe.

Excited that my book Paddling the Salish Sea had won an IPPY Silver Award for nature in 1995.

Listed again here in a recent Mountaineers Books email.. Mountaineers Books

Best beach debris find ever - check $$! And a few others things on Kelly’s Beach on southwest Guemes Island near Anacortes. The beautiful beach is part of Skagit Land Trust San Juan Islands, Washington