Off to Whalemouth

I forgot my camera.

I'm completely annoyed by this fact, as Kate and I went off for a walk that turned into a hike around her house this afternoon.

I was up at Kate's place to talk about her garden plans. They have a lot of trees around their house, but a great spot out to the side of their property (back yard? front yard? I have no idea what they consider the front of the house and what they consider the back of the house) where the sun shines nicely and the area is nominally flat, and hey, there are already raised beds.

Kate wanted to talk about her garden plans. We walked around the house, through the various planting areas, talking about plants and bushes and trees. We talked about deers and rabbits and other small animals, about what could be planted where, what couldn't be planted where. We talked about soil and amendments and irrigation. Kate pretty much had the layout done, and I think needed some confirmation that they were good. Of course they were (it's Kate), but I have to admit very ambitious. I think it'll be fabulous.

After we talked about the upcoming gardens, Kate asked if I would be up for a walk. What? Exercise? Heavens yes.

Kate and Mike live on a thousand acre lot, where the 120 house in the division take up about 100 acres of that lot. The rest is some sort of land trust open space, managed by the community. Kate recently became one of the open space management committee members, and had a few stories to tell about managing the land as we walked.

We walked over to Whalemouth Cave, which is when I started completely kicking myself for not bringing my camera. The walk over was great, but the cave was totally fun and entertaining. Some parts of the rock around it could have been bouldered, making the spot even better.

The walk back was much quicker than the walk out, though the hike past the water tanks was just as hard as the first time I walked it, annoyingly so, I might add.

I wish I hadn't forgotten my camera. Maybe I can convince Kate to walk the hike again, next time with my camera.