Jay heads to the foam (huge storm=generated waves brought a lot of foam to the shore!)
Jay and Denali
Knee deep in foam!
Foam dancing by Mike, Jay, and Denali the pooch
The end of the foam dance
What you look like after foam dancing
Big storm
Foam man and Fisher
The results of foam dancing
Donnellan's foamy ass
Stormy Oregon coastline - Heceta Head Lighthouse
Our first king bolete of the hike!
Jared and Jennifer - post hail, thunder, lighting, and serious downpour
Erik and a biggie
What a hike!!
Amanita
Newt!
Coral!
Jennifer and Mike get into the funnel chanterelles
Funelle chanterelles
Chanterelles
Gorgeous forest
Soggy Olive
Snack time!
Jay and Jared dream of big waves
Mushie dinner
Yum
Bolete soup!
Olive all pooped out
On the prowl in the morning
YUM!
Bolete habitat
Jared and Erik
Jackpot
Denali
The perfect bolete?
This bolete's cap was so big it split on top!
Queen bolete
Yummy
happy mushroom hunters
Northern flicker
Flicker in our backyard!
Sweet Darwin
Ouch.
The varied thrush that we found at Jay's lab, it was stunned because it flew into a window. We made it a little recovery home, went for a paddle, came back and we spooked it out of the cone and it flew away... hopefully it will live
Paddle in Deception Pass State Park
Freezing
Before all the food....
Hannah and Thanksgiving dinner on the table!
day-after Turkey: Jump #3
View from our walk in Deception Pass State Park - the Olympic Range
Jay, Ralph, and Hannah
Eagle watching
Zeller's bolete
Oyster mushroom
The beginning of an amazing sunset - hike along the Chuckanut Mountains...
The sun rays shining through the misty forest
Sunset
We think this is San Juan Island way in the background
Samish Bay
Unreal light through the misty clouds
Super misty sunrays over Samish Bay
We hiked up for the sunet and then we hiked down in the fast-approaching darkness. Good thing I brought a headlamp!