4th of July on Orcas Island

The camp.
Many thanks to Bruce and Jyoti for letting us stay on your land!
















View from Mt. Constitution








One of the many amazing encounters of birth and death we witnessed while on the island. I believe this was a secada hatching out of an old shell.




Skoi, recharging near the falls

Cape Alava

Building the fire structure (sauna)






















At night the tide went out and in the left over seaweed hatched millions of gnats, which swarmed us and our fire. We eventually all retreated to one tent until they completed their horrible little lives of intense and instant pleasure. We determined that the point to their existance was to get us into the tent and bond.

Anyway, the photo below is one small glimpse of the many gnat graveyards left behind. Yep, the dark grey is all gnats!






Marching crabs




Hanging out on the beach










Down the beach a ways we found ancient petroglyphs carved into the stone. The coffee bean looking orbs were prevalent among these petroglyphs.




White men with their christianity!

Bogachiel river

Starting our voyage to the Olympic Peninsula











Tree monster












First night on the Bogachiel, cooking up some naan.
















charcoal drawings by Cameron.



























Second night on the Bogachiel