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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 8553 City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2021 11:10 am Post subject: |
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I wish there were a "Like" button here - oh, wait, that is Facebook...Gary's photo is incredible, Deception Pass seldom looks like that.
We have not transited Deception Pass for a long time, but in earlier years we transited many times in both our CD22 (2003-2005) and our CD25 (2005-present). We never waited for slack tide. In our experience, the biggest hazard in Deception Pass was the big boats whose owners felt entitled to take their half out of the middle, the rest of us be damned. Now I am older, not necessarily wiser, but I have no desire to transit Deception Pass again.
Native American sacred places are always places of great natural power...and Deception Pass is my tribe's (Samish) sacred place. _________________
DAYDREAM - CD25 Cruiser
CRABBY LOU - CD16 Angler (sold 2020)
Pat & Patty Anderson, C-Brat #62!
http://daydreamsloop.blogspot.com
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hardee
Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 12632 City/Region: Sequim
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Sleepy-C
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2021 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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Pat said:
Quote: | "Native American sacred places are always places of great natural power...and Deception Pass is my tribe's (Samish) sacred place." |
Thanks for adding that Pat. I did not know that. It is a beautiful place. The beauty and power of nature combine and make it special.
Harvey
SleepyC
_________________ Though in our sleep we are not conscious of our activity or surroundings, we should not, in our wakefulness, be unconscious of our sleep. |
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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 8553 City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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The Samish erected a story pole in Deception Pass State Park 38 years ago. This video tells how it came to be. The late Ken Hansen, tribal chairman at the time, was my cousin. I am close to many of the people in the video. |
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hardee
Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 12632 City/Region: Sequim
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Sleepy-C
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks again Pat. I loved that video. Super nice and I love the history.
Harvey
SleepyC
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Marco Flamingo
Joined: 09 Jul 2015 Posts: 1155 City/Region: Seattle
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2004
C-Dory Model: 16 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Limpet
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:09 am Post subject: |
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It is the eddies that will get you. A 10 knot ebb can have a 10kn eddy next to it. Cross that line and, in a boat that has a hard chine, you can be headed for the beach in an instant. Or, it can catch the chine and flip you. On the boat now without good internet. Google "tug boat flips in BC" to see what I mean. Crew was rescued by whitewater kayakers who were there to play in the currents. Good kayaker can roll right back up. Not true for most boats. |
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smckean (Tosca)
Joined: 18 Jan 2014 Posts: 975 City/Region: Guemes Island (Anacortes)
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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BIG thanks, Pat, for posting that link of the story pole in Deception Pass State Park. I was very touched by the "spirit" of the video. We ALL love this land/sea, do we not!
I was particularly taken when the lovely lady said that the Samish language was like the wind in the trees given the whooshing sounds. And then at the end, when the older gentleman spoke in the Samish language for a couple of minutes.....I was struck by the beauty of the sounds....yes, just like she said, like the wind in the trees.
This raised a question in my mind.....do you know if there is any effort scientifically or culturally to somehow preserve this wonderful language? _________________ Sandy McKean
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