Do you want to frolic with killer whales, soar with eagles and generally have a great experience? Well, those of you who are coming to the (already marvelous) GloranthaCon V in Victoria now have a chance to have an even better time!.
The Seattle Farmer=92s Collective is offering a chance to visit some of t=
he
Jewels of the Pacific Northwest, the San Juan Islands, with the
once-in-a-lifetime chance to go kayaking with Orcas! Sound like fun, it
should...
We=92re organising a post-con trip to the San Juan islands, a stunningly
beautiful chain of Island midway between Vancouver Island and the
mainland, home to resident pods of Orcas, seals, porpoises, bald eagles
and some of the world=92s best sea kayaking. The trip leaves from Victor=
ia
on the Monday after the con when we take a ferry to Orcas Island, there w=
e
visit the marvelous Moran State Park and have sun-downers on top of Mount
Constitution with a view of all the islands, Vancouver and the mainland.=20
After a night at Doe Bay we hop on the inter-island ferry to San Juan
Island - site of the famous Pig War between England and the US (sole
casualty - one pig). There we have the opportunity to take a kayak trip
down to Lime Kiln point where there is an extremely good chance of gettin=
g
to see Orcas, up close and personal... The west coast of San Juan Island
is beautiful in its own right, with seals, bald eagles and marvelous
scenery. After this we take a ferry over to the mainland and drive down
to Seattle, or you can go back to Victoria.=20
At the moment I=92m just finding out how many people are interested in th=
is
trip so if you could email me at pearton_at_u.washington.edu The cost is
factoring out to be around $100, much less if you don=92t want to do the
kayak trip. To those who=92ve never kayaked before, don=92t worry - thes=
e are
very stable double kayaks and the pace and distance are not hard. You
simply need to be relatively in-shape and not have a pathological fear of
water. (If you're staying a little longer I might organise a white-water
kayak trip for the adrenally impaired ;)
I apologise for the non-Gloranthan content of this message - I'll let you
back to your regularly scheduled sobjectivity debate (which is getting to
be one of the hall-of-famer's, right up there with Pantheon Initiation an=
d
the Great Moose Debate).
Have fun,
Yak
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Dave Pearton pearton_at_u.washington.edu
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Down he sank in a chair-ran his hands through his hair- +
And chanted in mimsiest tones +
Words whose utter inanity proved his insanity, +
While he rattled a couple of bones. +
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"The Hunting of the Snark" Lewis Carroll +
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End of Glorantha Digest V4 #528
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