PTAC does lena & geoduck

Port Townsend Adventure Club, otherwise just known as the adventure club, was founded this spring over a evening pot luck. co-members are friends & cohorts Jesse Wiegel, Ben Valentine, Vasily Lewis, Myself and other pals who come and go. Our mission is to fill our spare time with as many hikes, bikes, breakfasts, potlucks, overnights, paddles and creative shenanigans as we can. On this fine day we tried to make way to the Upper Lena Lake, but got sent back due to snow. A good 12+ mile day hike and some geoduck to follow...

Vasily hearts his iphone

boys & boulders

Ben soaks up an abnormally warm day in February above lower Lena lake.

what i love about day hikes is that you can go ultra light or you can totally justify carrying luxuriant items for lunch such as: a mason jar of curry with chopsticks. canned tuna, whole raw vegetables and fruits, jars of mayonnaise, peanut butter, hummus, sprouts, bread, hunk of cheese, bars of chocolate and $ 30 worth of trail mix...the list goes on. So adorably Ben & Jesse lay out their spread.

just part of the ever weird menu at Geoduck in Brinnon

a well earned porter for Jesse

geo-toast

this honestly was called the hamburger "regular" i'd hate to see the "large"

picklefrietartar

oh so tuckered

get warm. get hungry.

haha. so it's not always appropriate to bike in crocs and fleece tights, but tonight was a good night to explore the space. Bob has some rollers and a fork stand set up at the shop so we can take turns propping our bikes up for a quick spin. it's a tad chilly tonight in the shop, so i decided to get my heart rate up a bit (while drinking a beer) and work up my appetite for dinner at the same time.

thank god i didn't pass out onto the chop saw or oriental rug.

asian surprise

we hit the mother load with this one. thanks to Aunt Nancy who graciously has gifted us numerous times with certificates to Thai Food, a mail order Asian food/grocery/condiment place...we are set for awhile with some serious Asian treasures. she obviously knows that we can't seem to get our hands on MSG laden and blue lake, red & yellow #5 ingredients...just kidding, i proofed the ingredients and they look nothing but tasty. thanks Nancy!

on the same day our Thai treasures arrived, another little chiner treat came in the mail as well. a sweet Chinese New Year package from Meghan and Patrick. May the year of the Tiger be good to you too!

Niji. Drafts & Drinks

above are the interior measurements for the Spartan. Below are is the tutorial from Bob to me on how to draw to scale. I had NO idea it involved so many incredible mechanical pencils...a bit of excitement coming from someone who hoards writables. i'm sure that my Dad could attest that his "pen" mug was always a little "light" do to me.

paper. niji. pink floyd. bourbon.

making note of the scale

our set of vintage Schnell Brothers high balls that we use for manhattan glasses...will bode well in the Spartan i do believe!

dear bob...if you are reading this, i stole the Niji already.

awesome Niji leads

need i say more?