The Summer Solstice

The longest day of the year! Bob stopped out at the site early to have some coffee and to about the weekend. As we talked, the clouds that had been dropping water for most of the night began to part and reveal the start of fairly decent weather. We decided the we should try to get some fishing in that afternoon before the start of the potluck.

Jack and I hopped into the truck and worked the sites along the Nemo loop road and then headed for town. Jack drove while I quizzed him on the first Japanese lesson.

The weather did hold did the better part of the day before finally falling back to rain in the early afternoon. The water was dead calm and, although we never saw them, we did hear a group of whales exhaling somewhere nearby.

The king salmon continued to elude us with nary a bight. We did, however, manage to catch a 35 pound halibut.

We got back to the harbor with just enough time to get a fire started back at camp before the first potluck guests began to show.

The guest speaker was a wilderness ranger who spoke about the several wilderness areas in the vicinity and the regulations that govern their use. The potluck ended a bit sooner than normal as the no-see-ums decided to bring a full out assault. They have been terrible this summer.