Olympic peninsula

Seattle from the ferry

on the ferry to the olympic peninsula
with Joel Kerstin and Beth

note
(Beth is not in any of the pictures)

view from above are camp on shi shi beach at high tide

camp at shi shi beach

view from camp at high tide

low tide at shi shi beach

sea stars

sea anemone and urchins

soon to be fire for 4th of july

staring the fire

fire

more fire

PICTURES!!

Pacifica CA my first ever look at the pacific ocean

first camp, this is in some woods in Pacifica.

not really a know camp site i just set up in some woods

this is half moon bay CA south of Pacifica just passing

though on my way down to Santa Cruz

Sushi Totoro this is in Santa Cruz i don't have allot

of pictures of Santa Cruz because most of this was

done with disposable cameras i was trying to save

film and some pictures didn't come out

Big Sur

these are the moutains you have to hike though to get to

Sykes hot springs about 10 miles with allot of up and down

this is also a view from one of the ridges on the way to Sykes

Sykes hot springs this is the Big Sur river
you have to cross it several times to get to the springs
and most of the camp sites the depth varies some
places its ankle high some knee high and in some spots
its way over your head but in this area most of its crossable
but you will get wet

this is the red wood bridge that goes to my camp

one of the three hot spring pools

hot spring pool number two

and this is me in pool number three witch is were i spent allot

of my time. If you look closely you can see my camp

on the other side of the river

Sykes is also were i met Mark the captain of the Freeland

the Freeland were i lived worked and played for four weeks

and that would be me on top of the mast

this is Malcolm and Allen the mechanic and Skipper we are

down in one of the two holds the other is behind me

throw the hatch in front of me the engine room

the holds they can flood with water for crabs

they can also freeze fish in them wile at sea

this is my bunk, the top one

the galley

the door you see goes out to the back of the boat

the white in the bottom left corner is the diesel stove

it has an oven and a griddle i made allot of good food on that

we also use it to heat the boat

also the galley this was taken from the back door

around the corner is were the bunks are

up the ladder is the wheel house and the captains bunk

this is on deck you can see the door to the galley in front

and below are the holds for crabs and fish

these are crab traps on the Orca the boat next to us

there hard to see but the yellowish stuff on the wires

of the traps are fish eegs witch tend to cling to the traps

i acualy ate some of these with mark when the Orca

first came in and the eegs were fresh they didn't tast bad

just salty and crunchy

boats boats

the red and yellow sail boat on the right is really sweet

its all wood and and has three crimson sail
that i did not get a picture of up

sea lions fishermen do not like these guy

they steel your fish and just mess with you in genral

more sea lions

this a light house in Cresent City CA

its walking distens from the harbur that the Freelad is in

a bit

So its been a bit since i updated but things are going very well. Working on the boat was fun and i meet a lot of good people. Right now i am in Portland with my aunt and i am looking at backpacking in the mt hood wilderness soon. Sorry there are no pics yet i have them but they need to be scanned so i hope to have them up in a few days before i go back into the woods till then peace

Back from the wilderness

So it's Friday, May 9th. Last Saturday, I hitched a ride into Big Sur. I got dropped of in the Andrew Molera park that happened to pay only camping. Luckily, I met a bunch of cool surfers who let me set up a tent in there camp spot. I got to hang out with them all night -- we talked and ate food and drank wine, I listened to them play music, and had a really good time. The next morning, after being resupplied with extra food and water purification tablets by my new friends, I was off. I hiked ten miles up down and though the mountains to Sykes hot springs, where I stayed for five days talking to people, walking by and swimming in the river, getting in and out of the of the hot springs, doing experiments on regulating my body temperature by moving different limbs and other various body parts in and out of the hot springs... It was so beautiful and peaceful there. I just left today, and I am already wondering when the next time I will get to go back to Sykes. my next move is to head north to Crescent City. While I was relaxing at the hot springs, I met a commercial fishermen named Mark Russo, who said I could come work on his ship painting and getting it ready to sail for the up and coming fishing season. I will be living and working on a commercial fishing boat for the next three weeks. I start this Monday. Wish me luck!

Going to Big Sur

So I've been in Santa Cruz for three days. The first night I didn't really have any place to stay (and it is not as easy to find a place to set up a tent), so I ended up in a bush. The next two nights I got to spend in a house with some really nice people. It was super chill, and I got to walk around without my pack on and give my feet the chance to heal from all the blisters.
Today I'm heading to Big Sur and hopefully tonight I will be camping. I am feeling great.

Pacifica

So I did not stay in San Fran long. I'm now south of the city to Pacifica, where I will spend my first night. It's so beautiful here -- this is my first time seeing the Pacific Ocean. Later I'll post some pics of the beaches. Tomorrow I'll head south to Santa Cruz and then to Big Sur. Well, I must go find a place to spend the night. I will post again as soon as I can.

time to go

Well, this is it. I'm heading out this Friday, April 25th. Caroline and I are leaving for Chicago on the 27th. From there, I'm taking a bus out to San Francisco and should arrive by the 29th.