Took a trip to the Great NW to visit the parents. The weather was great and there was a small swell in the water. It was a bad angle for the side of the Strait I was on, but we set off anyway. The first few stops showed no signs of any swell and we had decided to just look at spots. We got to one of the more obvious spots and there the swell was. The normal wave was too small to ride but showing it's form. I jumped in the water at the other side, where the main wave normally blows out the shoal ruining that other wave. It was just big enough to surf on one of my fathers 10' boards, and the wave was a quick section to a channel, but I surfed by myself for an hour in knee high waves. Only the largest wave of the set was knee high, but I had fun. The tide change was enough to kill it and I came in and sat on the cobbles and ate Spam out of the can with my dad. He took a few photos of me surfing, but I promised to not make them public.
The rest of the trip was more landlocked. I tried fly fishing casting with my father, did gardening with my mother, and we all worked together to split some logs for next winter's firewood. I spent one day walking around Seattle and found it pleasant enough to explore further.
I gave a surf report to the Js and JB has family closer to the surf spot that my parents are. He showed interest in making a surf trip in that area, and it would be easy for me, so I'm down. JZ had a great trip to mainland Mex with consistent (if not epic) surf the whole trip. If I can convince someone to pay me to use my skills (job) then I'd like to mex it up too.
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