May Commodore’s Column
Ahoy PTYC Members!
Spring comes slowly to the verdant Pacific Northwest; but in time, the chill dampness, rain and fog gives way to warmth and sunshine and the world, and the human spirit, are renewed. The natural beauty of the Salish Sea environs is absolutely world class and we mere humans are so lucky to live here and share in its bounty. Club member 
Sue Sidle passed along an anonymous poem she picked some thirty years ago that, I believe, expresses our love of the region in a joyous way.
Puget Sound
As happy as a butter clam when tides are high I sing
A grateful Ode to Puget Sound the land of everything.
I love it from Tulalip to Puyallup, Sequim and Pysht
And to the Dosewallips where so many times I’ve fished.
From Brinnon to the Bogachiel, from Lummi to La Push,
And from the lordly Sol Duc to the lovely Duckabush,
From the Samish to Sammamish, from Suquamish to Quilcene,
The climate is so friendly, it’s a land that’s evergreen.
There’s peace on the Skokomish, on the Queets and on the Hoh,
There’s calm on the Nisqually born of ageless ice and snow,
A land that nature loves so much she stays the whole year round.
I’d trade a Royal Palace for a shack on Puget Sound.
There’s the Chimacum and Steilacoom where spouts the geoduck.
The singing Stillaguamish and the swirling Skookumchuck,
And the Moclips and Copalis where the razor clams abound.
A little bit of heaven is a shack on Puget Sound.
A special salute to the Watch for our April General Meeting where delicious desserts shared space with a spread of seafood appetizers generously offered by Mystery Bay Seafood Company. My thanks to Watch members Bill Rothert and Macy Galbreath, Jac Mang and Corine de Boer, Mary Grace Swift and Bob Steele and Craig Kurath for their hard work. A special thanks to Leonard Johnson for the delightful offerings from Mystery Bay Catering. (more…)