look mom what I caught!

After two days on Orcus Island I think the Island

life is for me!

So laid back, so quite and peaceful!

Thanks Nancy and Julie for that girl time.

Girl's just gotta have fun!

We took the ferry to Orcus Island, one of the

beautiful San Juan Islands.

We caught fish! Can't even remember the last time

I went fishing. Just being out on the water was enough

for me but I'll have to admit catching the

biggest fish of the day wasn't bad!

This is a rock fish....don't touch his spines their posiness, and

their's the poor little bate.

This is the lingcod I caught (probley 10 lbs.).

Nasty looking mouth..eye.

Their a beautiful blue and even their meat is blue.

We were super disapointed when we heard almost everything

was catch and release, our mouths watering for

some fish to take home. But, it was alright

and I have to admit it was fun to look and admire

them and then let them back

into the water to make more babies.

We had just gotten out of the boat when the guy who

runs the charters came up and said they'd spotted a pod of

Orca's and did we want to go out with the spotter and see them.

Dah?

It was really wonderful, a pod of probley 15..mom, dad, siblings maybe even a grandma and grandpa or two.

They'd dissappear for ten or fifteen minutes (napping?) and then

appear, blowing and swimming. He'd shut the moter off and

it'd be just silent except for their noises.

I know you can live anywhere and be happy

(I've done it)

but I'm grateful to live in this beautiful place

and grateful for God's beauty.