Reports from the Field

He's finally here! After nine months of waiting, dreaming, and speculating, Megan gave birth to an 8 pound 4 ounce baby boy. We've named him Tashi, the Tibetan/Sherpa word for "lucky", or "good luck". Ironically he came into our lives on 07/07/07, an auspicious day if there ever was one.
It won't be long before he and his older brother will be leading kayak tours out here in the San Juan Islands.

In other news, the sea kayaking has been phenomenal this last week. We've had some pretty interesting seal encounters, and Julia had a great porpoise experience out at Burrows Island a couple of days ago. Yesterday south Rosario Strait, and the west shore of Burrows Island, was thick with Orca whales. K-Pod and L-pod came in from out by San Juan and Lopez Island and spread out across the entire area. L-pod actually continued north up Rosario Strait where they joined up with our other Resident whale family, J-pod. North bound orca whales in Rosario Strait is an uncommon event to witness. Today those same whales came right back down the strait, I saw them today as they swam right offshore of the Burrows Island lighthouse.

It's gorgeous weather right now, not a cloud in the sky and over 80 degrees air temperature. Perfect conditions for sea kayaking in the San Juan Islands!