Balls and Walnuts
more than you ever wanted to know
Busy day
* Got up at 7, had breakfast, went to the hospital, got lots of hugs. I’m missed.
* Picked up coffee for Karen, came back to the hotel, mobilized the family. Went out for more coffee for Karen.
* Took Jake to Stout Grove & Smith River. We took tons of photos but I don’t have the adapter for the computer, so you’ll have to wait a bit for our own photos. Here’s one I pinched from the net.
Mother Nature was good to us today. At Smith River alone, we saw a crayfish, dozens if not hundreds of tadpoles, and a similar number of tiny frogs. We found some ripe blackberries which were absolutely die and go to heaven. And the weather, though overcast, was perfect.
* Next we went to Harris Beach and did some rock-climbing and tide-pooling. I wasn’t feeling very well balanced so I didn’t follow Jake out onto the rocks. He, on the other hand, had his usual immortal fearlessness and went further and further out, snapping picture after picture. He knew full well that the tide was coming in but he had to shoot those pictures.
By the time he’d decided to come in, his return path was by no means obvious. With water so shallow, he could have returned in a few minutes if he’d been willing to get his feet wet.
“Don’t worry about it,” I called out to him. “If your feet get wet, we’ll pick up some shoes at Fred Meyer.”
He took this as a challenge. He would NOT let the ocean defeat him! And, indeed, my stubborn son (he gets that from his mother) made it back with dry feet.
* We returned to the hotel, dropped off some blackberries with Karen, and then drove down to Trees of Mystery to buy a redwood burl.
* And then back to the hotel to see if Karen had shaken her headache well enough to come with us to dinner. Sadly no. So Jake and I went out with my former receptionist to Thai House, one of two really great restaurants in Crescent City (the other is Sea West).
* After that, Jake and I drove back to Oregon to meet with Peter, the fellow who is taking care of our house. We had a big discussion over what to do with the place and came up with a plan of attack. And Jake had a long discussion with someone who is roughly his age (Peter’s daughter).
Long day. And now we’re winding down.
D.
So, I take it that the house is still standing? No bites yet?