Early May in PWS 4

Last set of photos from our lovely weekend in early May...

This was actually the earliest that I had camped in the Sound and it was not nearly as cold as I expected. The temperatures out there vary so dramatically that it's hard to predict what to wear or bring, so we err on the side of caution. The down and heavy-loft sleeping bags came with us on this trip and I brought a winter fleece as my mid-layer.

Another ferry - not the fast one.

Sea creatures on top of more sea creatures.

Tell the dog to fetch a stick and this is what he comes back with. Over-achiever!

Rained on and off Sunday. Took a nice beach walk while we waited for the shrimp pots to soak one last time.

Pretty green water.

Do you see D in his yellow rain coat waaaay off in the distance? He was checking out a skiff that had washed up on shore, maybe during a storm?

Shrimp!

This is our friend Clark. We finally caught up with him after a year or so of being in PWS around the same time! His wife was working so he took a solo weekend trip.

This crazy octopus snuck into one of the shrimp pots and sucked a few of them dry. I hate to lose even one shrimp to a interloper. They are slippery suckers and it was hard for D to get a good grip on this one. My mom says we should have kept this and sent it to my grandma. Asians love octopus (it's pretty good with some hot sauce, no lie) but I'm not quite sure how we would have kept it fresh. Alive, they can get out of any container and I didn't feel like cutting off the head!

D released the octopus JUST IN TIME. It hit the water, squirted ink and bolted! Can you see the pinkish/orangey ink in the water?

View from the door of the tent.

Seal-watching.

My weekend beach-combing  treasures: starfish, scallop shells, mussel shells and sea glass.