Golden Glow Mystery

While hiking around Mosquito Cove last week, I happened to notice this yellow coating on the mud underneath a stump. I thought it might be spores or something from a fungus growing underneath the stump, but when my brother looked underneath, he didn’t see anything. He went around to the other side to get a … Read more

Daily Observations

Yesterday my brother and I hiked up the Middle Sister and back on the ridge to the North Sister. We did not go up the North Sister, though we did contemplate doing so. In the end, it was probably better that we didn’t. (More about the hike) Weather: It was sunny and warm yesterday and … Read more

Daily Observations

Yesterday evening and early this afternoon I went for short kayaking outings on Crescent Bay. Later in the afternoon, I went to Sage Beach with Jonathan, Connor and Rowan, and we did some wading and swimming (the kids had done some of that with Melissa earlier in the afternoon as well, when I had gone … Read more

Daily Observations

My brother and I hiked from Harbor Mountain to Gavan Hill today. Weather: It was partly to mostly cloudy. This morning when we left, it was partly cloudy, but throughout the hike, there were only small patches of sun that we could see out over the water. The clouds were mostly above the mountains where … Read more