The cabin for the 4th

We made our annual trek to the cabin back over 4th of July. I can't believe that I never got photos posted from that. Well here goes!

Leif log jumping - he loves doing this.

Rick Clamming

Clams!

Oyster beds, seeded and natural.

Skadi found "Patrick Star"!

Leif found a starfish eating an oyster.

Hans getting geoducks.

Geoducks!

Two rock Crabs

Skadi on the logs.

Baby starfish.

Jellyfishing!

Kids with the cabins in the background.

Our harbor seal.

Seal and cabins.

Annual trip to see the dragon. (I need to compile all my dragon pictures).

A deer that Leif took a picture of.

4th of July at the Cabin

Strolling the beach.

Every trip to Shelton has to have a trip to see Cecil.

The neighborhood friendly Harbor seal has gotten awfully used to us. He doesn't budge when we paddle up right next to him. Seriously, *I* was the one getting freaked out here.

Skadi was determined to catch fish for dinner.

But she only kept turning up these jellyfish.

The kids were freaked out by them, but AB notsomuch.

Fishergirl.

Ok, this guy, we will be freaked out a bit by. He was a BIG jellyfish. Nets out of the water.

Where did my baby girl go?

Missing, one baby girl. Seems to have been replaced by a big girl.

4th of July Celebration

Leif, Cousin Hugh and Skadi on AB.

Sparklers are cool!


Getting ready for dusk and the big fireworks!

Skadi and Cousin Hazel

Beachcombing Part Two

Leif being goofy!

One muddy little girl.

Chasing Geoducks:

The Geoducks stick their long necks up through the sand and squirt. Oftentimes their necks are as much as 3" above the sand. They are amazingly strong. But the only one able to conquer them in our family was Skadi. She got ahold of one and yanked. Then came and handed me about an inch of Geoduck neck that had been dismembered.

See the stream of water below shooting up? That's a geoduck. We were constantly squirted as we walked by. One of the friends of the dismembered one even managed to hit Skadi square in the eye. She was none too pleased.