A Fat Silver Fish

I pack my camera with me virtually everywhere I go. It's even more rare that I would be without my phone. This afternoon while Michelle and I were walking on the beach south of Mukilteo. I looked up and not more than fifteen feet in front of me was an otter walking towards the water. We stopped in out tracks and watched him enter the water and with a few quick strokes, he was gone. Michelle and I continued on and commented to each other concerning our good fortune in seeing the otter, but too bad about no camera. We continued walking until the incoming tide cut us off.

Michelle continued to search for beach glass as we walked and talked our way back towards the park. Imagine our shock when we looked up and our old friend the otter was climbing out of the water with a fat silver fish in his teeth. Again we stopped in out tracks and allowed him to scamper up the beach and disappear into the boulders that make up the railroad grade in that area.

I'll probably pack my trusty Canon for years before I stumble upon a such a compelling photo opportunity. Such is life.

Oh well, it was a good walk anyway.