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WINTER WALKING ON WHIDBEY
(Please scroll down for Event Calendar)
Meet Feet at Ft Casey in December
Thanks to Donna Roddy for sharing the picture, and here is a word picture from Jan:
WINTER WINDY WHIDBEY - The first indication there might be turbulence came on the long drop down Mukilteo Speedway to the ferry. I heard the sound of forced air around the window seal in the back seat of the commuter bus. "Can it be windy?" I said in surprise. I looked out into the 6:30 darkness to a churning bush and a swirling fir.
"What would a lightweight person do?" I wondered, as I planted hiking boots to the tarmac, leaning into the icy gale going up the hill from the ferry. The lower road echoed in an ensemble of wind instruments. There was almost a keening whoo through the long limbed bare maples. The firs farther down added a whish whish soughing in a lower register. Up and across the neighbor's lawn, rhododendrons tossed themselves to and fro, with a soft rustling, individual rill as each leaf whirled in the wind. Ah, but add the visual! A silver slice of melon moon silvered the corona of white cumulus that framed a blue velvet star studded night sky. I was silenced in admiration. Almost home now, to an accompaniment of light clacking clapping from the neighbor's single palm tree to survive last winter's storms.
Jan Elyse Hughes
(Note: Gardners, scroll down for a tongue-in-cheek glance at Spring chores!)
Here is the MEET FEET winter and Spring event calender:
January 19, Donna will lead the on the trail along the marina in Oak Harbor
Jauary 26, Jan will take us up the Dorothy Cleveland trail, at the extreme southern tip of Whidbey
February 2: Sound Waters!
February 3 (a Sunday Hike!) Leroy will take us on the trail at the end of Sleeper Road
February 9: Ann takes us off Island to the dike trail for birdwatching at Bayview St Park
February 16, Elaine leads the group at the new Trust Land trail near our Bayview
February 23, Celeste will lead us , place TBA
March 1, Eran will lead a hike at Greenbank Farm Forest
March 8, Betty will take the group to central Whidbey
March 15, Pat will lead us, place TBA
March 22, Easter Weekend, no planned event
March 29, Natalie will lead the group, place TBA
April 5, Richard will lead a hike
April 12, we will visit the Skagit tulip festival by public transit for a walk in the fields of flowers
April 19, Catherine will take us along the Kettle Trails
April 26, Leah will lead us, place TBA
May 3, an off island hike to Whistle Lake in the Anacortes Forest Lands
May 10, a walk through the apple blossoms with Diana on Houston Rd
May 16, a walk thru the rhodies at Rhodie park with Betty
May 24, Memorial Day weekend, no planned event
May 31, a beach hike along West Beach Road with Donna
June 7, Eran leads, place TBA
June 14, Pat takes us down to the beach at Posession Shores
June 21, Whidbey Garden Tour
June 28 MEET FEET ANNUAL PICNIC, place TBA
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