Weekend Adventures

Well, with the start of school and Scouts, fund-raising can't be far behind. And having procrastinated for about two weeks, I thought it was time for Hobbes and Calvin and I to make an attempt at selling some delicious Trail's End popcorn! So we headed down to the center of, uh, town (such as it is) and began the difficult task of selling popcorn. Why is this so difficult? Because we don't actually have the popcorn to sell; it's order-based. So since most of the foot traffic is tourists, they're not too keen on ordering popcorn that will be delivered to us on the island with no good way of getting it delivered to them. And also many of them come from communities that have Cub Scout Packs of their own and have already purchased popcorn. And then there was that large group of Indian Guides that didn't seem too keen on supporting a rival organization (okay, actually they were preoccupied with fishing). But we did get some people who sent snacks to the troops overseas and a few people just made a donation to the Pack. It was a good lesson in the practical difficulties in selling anything to anyone.

In the afternoon, we went to Shark Harbor for the first time in a while. The tide was way out, which gave Sweetie an opportunity to take some pictures of intertidal critters. The waves ranged from 1 to 4 ft, but were coming straight in, so the whole wave would crest and curl at the same time all the way across the beach. So not optimal for surfing (body, boogie, or otherwise), but we had a good time jumping around in the waves. Hobbes got his first lessons in body surfing and had some success. Calvin got tumbled once and popped back up immediately, but he was a bit more wary of the waves after that.


Sunday was soccer day. Calvin's team won handily again, but there were two events worth noting. First, the Yellow Team finally scored. They were pretty excited, as were most of the parents from both teams. Second, Calvin scored! I managed to miss the event, being on the far side of the field at the time and couldn't see through the mass of kids. He was happy, but pretty nonchalant about it. We had some celebratory ice cream afterwards.

As we crested the last rise before the descent into Two Harbors on our way home, we saw this enormous ship in Isthmus Cove. I mean, it must have been about the same size as Bird Rock. It was huge! It was some Navy vessel, I think, but not one that I could readily identify. (I know 'aircraft carrier' and 'battleship' and 'submarine' and this was none of those.) So we took a quick bike ride out to Lion's Head point to get a better look. I'll have to ask about why it was here at work tomorrow. (There's always someone who knows in a small town.)