Only a couple of interesting things since I last wrote. One is we say a sting ray in the harbor and the other is I got a first hand feel of "gale force" winds.
One of our developing family walks we like to walk down to a children's playground just off the harbor. The playground has a giant sized slide off a stylized lighthouse. Amy and I like it because while Gabe plays we can watch this whirling water sculpture build out in to the bay. Amy was sitting near the edge of the dock going out to the sculpture when I saw a large rock detach and glide away from under where she was sitting. Only it wasn't a rock, it was a sting ray. It glide off along a ridge of stones and seaweed. Amy and Gabe missed it. But later Amy spotted it again swimming back and we followed from the pier. A silly thing for folks that live here, but to a Nebraska boy it is pretty cool. We also watch small schools of fish and some sort of swimming bird that was fishing in the harbor.
Today the weather predicted "gale northerlies". I have heard folks talk about "northerlies" but I have often pondered how windy ol' Windy Wellington could get. It wasn't stormy, but it was windy. At 240 pounds the wind stopped me in my tracks twice on the street. The other skinny pedestrians did not fare as well. For once I had to appreciate my low drag roundness. I love the feel of the wind though. There might not be another weatherlogical phenomenon that I like more. The wind pulled up sea mist off choppy waves. Large boats rocked in their moorings like toys in a tub. When all I could do was hold my ground against the rush I could feel a small measure of the Earth's strength. It is rare for a large man to be tossed around in everyday life. In a strange way it made me feel more of the Earth. Not over it or in control of it, merely part of it. Perhaps the world needs more of this.
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