Cascadian Getaway
A weekend trip to the Olympic Peninsula with Chaya has left me feeling very relaxed.
The area where we were staying has a bacteria in the coastal waters called Red Tide, which makes shellfish dangerous to eat for humans. This makes the shellfish themselves very happy, as evidenced by the large amounts of gigantic mussels recalling the work of Marcel Broodthears.
We stayed in this small cabin overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca and burned wood to stay warm. Out the window we could see the mountains of Vancouver Island, Sooke, and a teeny bit of Victoria.
The oven does not work.
posted by randy
9:39PM,
23 Apr 2006
2 comments:
Thanks boyd! I’m always happy to be schooled on our local critters.
– randy
12:02PM,
24 Apr 2006
I hate to be a pedant (well actually I kind of like it) but the red tide of which you speak is not bacterial in origin, but instead is caused by microscopic eukaryotes (you know, those ones with nuclei), either diatoms or dinoflagellates. Both of these are way more exciting than bacteria, and quite beautiful under a microscope.
I spent the weekend on the Strait of JdF too. Fantastic!
– boyd main
9:35AM, 24 Apr 2006