April is here

March came in to Hidden Inlet with a little bit of snow, the first since January 1, and left quite lamblike, with no snow left on the ground. High temps averaged in the low 40s, lows in the low 30s, with just under 20″ of rain, more than January and February combined. Won’t be long till the colorful wildflowers are blooming among the rain forest ferns. With the weird weather patterns that seem to be happening all over, wonder what summer will bring at the Inlet. Can’t wait to find out.

One of the highlights of the winter was hearing from Chip of his close encounter with a killer whale. Back in December he was trolling out in front of the boil at high slack tide on a somewhat sunny day. Just before noon he said he happened to look up to see if the wind was picking up, and found himself looking straight in the eye of an orca looking right back at him! Whoa! There were 20 or 25 in the pod, with four or five cows and calves right close by. That would make the heart thump some! Needless to say, he gathered up gear as the whales took the fish, and headed for home with a rare experience under his belt. For most of us, whale tails are as much as we get.