A few days ago we went out on the WDFW Whaler, for myself the first time on the Straight of Juan de Fuca. It was a beautiful day on the straight, and as we left the harbor, the sea seemed smooth and welcoming. We snapped pictures and, of all the best news, I was given a job! As luck would have it, I have been given a job that requires i spend 20 hours a week out on the great blue nothing saving the environment I love. Yah, I could do that.
With this in mind we sped off to the Dungeness watershed near shore. Once there, the surf proved very tough, made tougher by the incredible drag produced by our dry suits in the current. To make a long and mostly tiresome (in experience and for me, the telling) story short, the drag, the overheating and the sea-sickness nearly proved too much for us. In the end, no more dry suits off the whaler, and one very very sore Charlie horse.
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