The Dorian; an old friend

For some reason this post has given me trouble. I started it in December and put it aside totally forgetting I hadn't finished! Something to do with updating something or other during composing made it funky weirdo, so I am doing as i sometimes had to do with the horse and stopping on the best note!

Cheers hey!

Black eyed Susan's near the Dorian at the end of the inltet.



 


The boat The Dorian hat I have mentioned in my Tahsis Year one post as an old Friend quickly became one of the first things I wanted to check when I arrived each year to Tahsis. Knowing that the storms had been fierce during the winter months gave me an anxiousness about seeing her. Low tide and high tide, I never passed by her on bike, foot or in car without checking her. I wasn't the only one to appreciate Dorian as I have seen paintings and photographs of her by local artists.


don't seem to have pics for 2008 & 2009 after she got battered.




Fall 2004
                                                 The Dorian high tide

This boat the Dorian became like an old friend to me as I returned each year.

Piece of  her hull

Her Hatch

Chunk of the Dorians hatch

The Dorian low tide




Here she is Summer of 2005

Dorian 2005 semi low tide

Daisy across from Dorian







                                        Fall 2006

No pics of her in low tide for some reason this year.

Nootka Roses on Estuary trail






The storms were fierce the winter of  2006/07 and took out some chunks of road that made it impossible to get in or out of the village. The first battering of storms happened just after I was safe at home in Mariposa County California! I knew the Dorian might not be there when I returned, so even though she was thrashed and broken to bits, I was happy to see her pieces.

                     Summer 2007





Dorian's battered pieces

Her skeleton

A gear among the seaweed

More bits & pieces

I tried to imagine Coffee on The Dorian

Bear crossing in front of Dorian's remains. 








I almost ran into this bear on my bike and don't have the telephoto lens on! Glad I looked up...


           




Spring 2010 Dorian's remains & my final farewell to her.

What's left

Tiger Lily across from Dorian's remains

High tide The Dorian's hull


                         Dorian's view up inlet

Tahsis Year Two Visitors 2005

This year in Tahsis was probably the most joyous for me. It had its hardships with work on the cottage and being away from my backyard near Yosemite for four months, but the exploring, making new friends were great and having visitors come from home was awesome. Exploring and bushwhacking the rainforest alone had its challenges. The terrain is so different from Mariposa & Yosemite! The ferns can be above ones head and holes that drop into the unknown including caves can be under those ferns. My leg dropped into one once all the way to my hip! Cougars are hungrier there and when bending over to harvest a shroomie it is common to feel watched by one. Constant warnings from the locals wouldn't keep me from exploring. I have to explore nature and if a cougar enjoyed her meal at my expense, I wouldn't find that a bad way to go.I did bump into a bear in the bushes one day though! Good neighbor Brenda was about the only one who was up for the adventures I enjoyed and she was not often around. Our limited treks together were always a gift.

Ann & Ralph came up from Mariposa!

There were no tortillas to be found, so Ann & I made them for Ralphs fish tacos

Ralph brought home dinner

Me & Ann making dinner or something in the "whimsical" kitchen

Ann & Ralph at Coral Caves

Alex & his Dad led us on a trek towards Rugged Mt.

Caver Ann

Dead Whale at Beano Beach

Clay & Silvie took us to their surf camp at Beano Beach where we stayed in tree houses and saw this dead whale

Ralph going in the tree house

 

Mike & Ralph

Mike and Virginia Mountain took us on their Zodiac to Nootka Island Otters were clustering on the kelp as a storm was brewing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hillary & Ross came all the way from the Bay Area California)

 

At Friendly Cove, we met Mounty Rick

Hillary & Ross                                              

These are his boots!Sigh...

We took the Uchuck to Frindly Cove for a salmon roast

The boys in the band

Mowachaht Muchalaht First Nations

Dancing

Inside Church

Roasting Salmon

Preparing to dance

         Friendly Cove is a 
very spiritual place.
I will do a post on it later on.
 So much beauty.

Hillary & Ross








Bro (Steven) & Julian came from Montery bay area

Kayaking in the giant orange marshmallow

   Around the bend a ways, Julian & I saw a huge bear, golden, not black as the usual Tahsis bears are, ridge along his shoulders. Recently they have found that there are Grizz in the area. You tell me!

Funny book?

                           

 I did a bit of bushwhacking to get to this swimming hole scarfing berries of 14 types along the way.

Sad with friends and family gone and no sign of heading home to Life in My Backyard. Made some wonderful friends there in Tahsis though. I'll feature them later!

Tahsis Year Two, Getting there

Year 2, 2005




The trip started off with a glitch. My Daughter Vanessa in Kennewick, Washington was going into labor too early with my second Grandchild. I had not planned to go yet, and stopping to see the baby on the way was part of the plan. This put an instant rush on my presence there as Micah, just 2 & 1/2 was a handfull and Vanessa needed total bed rest.  Micah & I kept busy while trying to keep Mommy down. Isaiah's Parents (Ma & Pa) helped tremendously and are always a huge support. They are family to me.

It was cherry season, so Micah & I picked and made pie!

We played trains and pretended Grandma Neen was coming (that's how I arrived)

Mommy time was necessary, so Nessa worked it out. It was hard for her to stay down as she is an active busy person.

                                                                             

I turned 44 while there, so Micah helped me blow.
the candles on my earthquake cake! 

Isaiah, Vanessa & Micah with Baby Lily still hiding. 

After the coast was clear, Vanessa could start moving around again, Vanessa started feeling and looking better and then the baby wouldn't come!

  Finally with Baby Lily staying put through all Vanessa's efforts to get labor started, I headed North to Tahsis knowing I wouldn't see baby Lily until the return trip which wound up being way too long. Lily arrived about two weeks after I left on June 27th, 2005.

The trip North was pretty crazy. I wound up on trains and buses, then finally car. There was a burning Greyhound heading past Roslyn where the show Northern Exposures was filmed. We had to stop and give the passengers a ride to wherever they needed to go. Every where I went there was something keeping the trains & busses from getting to the connection on time. There was even a bomb threat in Seatle just as we heading around the corner with moments to spare! The bus didn't make it. I finally got to Nanaimo on the last Ferry that night. It was all car camping from there and stocking up on groceries on the way. The trips up were always full of adventure, but I've misplaced my journal, so can't remember one years trip adventures from the next!