Another momentous day

So if you haven't noticed I have been really crabby non existent viewers. This town to some people is a burden wanting to get out of their chains. Others have this feeling of being amazed by everything that is green in PA. To be honest, I have no direct feelings toward it. At times I am one kind of person and just moments later I never want to leave. My teacher decided to give us a quote today. Socrates, Nothing really to say after he hammed it up and expressed his love for Alexander the Great ( Aristotle was his tutor and all). Much to say I rather enjoyed it even if we ended up not doing the most useful of things.

The loneliness of posting a blog you know no one will read

To blog or not to blog... That is the question. The fear of not being liked, but more importantly the fear of not even being noticed. This is the main reason I sit here hesitating to publish anything at all knowing full well that the only person that really reads this blog is my father... If I ask him to. Some people post things to get reassurance from their viewers how much they are loved and adored. I'm not sure how much of that applies to blogging, but it defiantly is true in social media. I myself am guilty of this, posting things on Facebook hoping to receive favorable responses from friends. It's human nature to crave love and attention we have to fight it every day not to become self centered. So why even try to capture anyone's attention if you know it is not going to happen? That is the other thing about us humans, no matter how much we may try to believe that no one cares we have a tiny bit of hope that someone does. I am not trying to cry for help or anything like that I just hope that my thoughts and opinions do not go out into the virtual world and get lost in a sea of advertisements and other useless things. This is already what happens to this microscopic blog and I don't deny it. Who wants to here the thoughts of a teenage nobody that lives in a small rainy town and does not have a British accent or something like that going for them? So what can I do? Only let that tiny hope brood in the corner a while until someone fuels it. Thank you non existent followers for listening :) Not having the best day if you haven't noticed.

Next contributing editor

Genna has lived most of her life in Port Angeles and will be an excellent contributor to this blog I'm excited to read her work

Tall ships and pirates

We were again visited by the tall ships Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain. There were also pirates on board.

Mustangs and Cougars

No there hasn't been a zoo release of wild horses and large cats........or has there. Every year Port Angeles is host to the Mustang and Cougar car show. This year we had a stunning day to satisfy that chrome itch we get in the spring.

Paddle adventure

Along with the Whittakers, Lou Whittaker founded JanSport, and RMI, Brother Jim who was the first American to summit Everest, we have our own local adventuring founder in Chris Duff.Chris is a legend in adventure kayaking, and since 1983 has paddled over 14,000 miles. He is typical of the folk that live out here, soft spoken, humble, and tough as hell. His next adventure is the North Atlantic, not in any normal craft, a rowing Kayak. I was lucky enough to watch them testing his custom craft at the paddling symposium this last weekend at Hollywood beach.

Good luck Chris, we will be cheering you on from our little town.

NW Cup Downhill

Early April our sleepy town is invaded by radical adrenalin junkies to enjoy our kinetic attractions. The Northwest Cup downhill is a series of mountain bike downhill competitions.

Port Angeles hosts a number of races in the season. Some 500 racers from all over the world roll into town and tear up the hills (in a good way) It's amazing where bicycle technology has taken riders, for about $5000 you too can enjoy screaming down the trail and sucking up roots like a pro.

It is an international competition with a wide spectrum of classes, women, kids, old guys like me. When I was there today it looked like everyone was having a good time, I hope they feel welcome, because we sure could use some more events and smiles like these folks bring.