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Page B-2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, June 30, 2016 ON THE TRAIL ena We are in the nndst bf sunny days, headed for a whole lot of fine summer weather. This weekend marks the annual Tahuya Day Parade. For those adventurers in- clined to adda nature component to their festival wanderings, con- sider pairing the sweet-n-silly an- tics of the Tahuya gathering with a potentially mind- expanding experi- ence at Menard's Landing, 4 miles further up the road. Menard's Landing is a vastly underused county park languishing at the furthest tip of the Ta- huya Peninsula, about 18 miles from Belfair along State Route 300, which becomes scenic North Shore Road. Mini canal and homes for boats to get through. far from worldly cares. River teeth, like prehistoric beaks, lie scattered along the low spots Rendsland Creek -- now dry -- carved in the sand. Close up, you can hear the pull of the tide as its watery edge inches up the oyster beds. Hear the slosh of your san- dals, the gnash By MARK of gravel, the WOYTOWICH brittle crunch of sharp-edged oyster shells. Hundreds of crabs, no bigger than a quarter, duel for food and domi- nance in a warm, ankle- deep world of rock and shell shelters. Now look up and around you. No other tidal shore in Mason County, not even stel- lar Theler, draws such a picture of distance. At Menard's Landing you can cross a quarter- mile of rocky tidelands, rich with seaweed and grasses, then a wide strip of oyster-strewn beach before you reach her shores. Out here you can barely recognize cars moving along U.S. High- way 101. Look back to- ward your own car, little LIFE IN THE VAST more than a dot. A sense of diminish- LANE ment, of insignificance, If you can visit akin to looking up at the Landing during a starry skies, is right "minus" low tide this here as you gaze across summer, you too might the steely sheen toward agree that walking the white-tipped Mount shoreline isolates you as Washington, or toward though you were stroll- the cloudy sediments of ing on a deserted island Hood Canal's most influ- for the week of June 30 through July 7, 2016 ALLYN I Case Inlet 30 1:56am 15.01 2:45am 15.0 2 3:33am 14.8 3 4:22am 14.6 Thu9:13am -0.1 r~ 10:04am -1.4 SatI0:51am -2.3 Sun 11:37am -2.9 4:02pm 11.6 5:11pm 12.8 6:07pm 13.96:56pm 14.6 9:10pro 6.1 10:20pro 6.7 11:23pm 6.9 4 12:20am 6.8 5 1:13am 626 2:04am 5.37 2:55am 6.0 Mort 5:11am 14.3 Tue6:00am 13.9 Wed6:50am 13.2 Thu7:41am 12.5 12:22pm -3.1 l:06pm -2.9 1:49pm -2.3 2:32pm -1.5 7:39pm 15.1 8:20pm 15.3 8:58pm 15.3 9:36pm 15.2 SHELTON I Oakland Bay 30 2:34am 15.01 3:23am 15.0 2 4:11am 14.8 3 12:29am 5.9 nm 10:19am -0.1 Fri11:lOam -1.2 Sat11:57am -2.0 Sun 5:00am 14.6 4:40pm 11.6 5:49pm 12.8 6:45pm 13.9 12:43pm -2.5 10:16pm 5.3 11:26pm 5.7 7:34pm 14.6 4 1:26am 5.9 5 2:19am 5.76 3:lOam 5.57 4:01am 5.1 Mort 5:49am 14.3 Tue6:38am 13.9 Wed 7:28am 13.2 ~hu8:19am 12.5 1:28pm -2.7 2:12pm -2.5 2:55pm -2.0 3:38pm -1.3 8:17pm 15.1 8:58pm 15.3 9:36pm 15.3 10:14pm 15.2 UNIONI Hood Canal 30 12:49am 11.9 1 1:35am 11.8 2 2:23am 11.7 ] 3:12am 11.6 ]hu8:07am -0.3 Fri8:57am -1.6Sat9:45am -2.5Sun 10:32am -3.1 3:10pro 9.6 , 4:11pm 10.8 5:04pm 11.85:53pm 12.5 7:59pm 63 9:07pm 6.7 10:09pro 6.9 11:07pm 6.9 4 4:02am 11.4 5 12:01am 6.76 12:53am 6.37 1:45am 6.0 Son 11:18am -3.3 Tue4:52am 11.0Wed 5:41am 10.5 Thu6:30am 9.8 6:38pm 13.0 12:02pm -3.0 12:45pm -2.4 1:28pm -1.4 7:22pm 13.18:04pm 13.1 8:45pm 12.9 THE SUN and THE MOON 30 1 2 4 5 6 1 Sunrise 4:20am4:21am4:22am422am 4:23am4:24am4:24am 4:25am Sunset 8:12pm8:12pm8:11pm8fllpm8:11pm8:lOpm8:lOpm 8:09pm Moonrise 1:37am2:18am3:04am3:57am4:57am6:01am7:07am 8:12am Moonset 4:03pm5:14pm6:21pm7:21pm8:13pm8:58pm9:35pm lO:08pm New moon June 4 SHELTON-MASON COUNTY Tidatlnformation courtesy NOAA I Astronomical Data courtesy U.S. Naval Observatory adjacent to Menard's Landing County Park, ential river, the Skokom- and sporting w ish. around benche It's far, far to any- cooking grille c where, table to make i MUCH LOVED BY LOCALS food prep table The locals love Men- make some sen ard's Landing, and, in- space. deed, its most charming A single port aspect is the man-main- let looked funct rained mini canal that of last Saturda3 forms a watery boundary undated warnir between the park and Mason County 1 two dozen private homes Trails website c either facing or adjacent that Menard's I to the Landing. has no restroo~ The little canal shim- High grass a mers below the park's suggest this pa chief manmade features: a maintenance a small covered gazebo; three concrete picnic VOLUNTEEE tables; and a mucky-look- As if to ans~ ing kayak launching spot. next question, Zero shade for the pic- man arrives on nic tables. The gazebo, mower. He say~ while cool and covered the grass outsi( AT THE RANGE Memberships July 1, Friday 6:00 PM. Gallery Bullseye: You will be firing 10 man& on eacl From novice to experts welcome. Fee: $3.00 for members and ', non-members. July 3, Sunday 9:00 A.M. USPSA Match: fast paced defensive style situational course of fire. Multiple larger. See website for more information. Runs July 4,2016 Monday Independence on July 4, 1776, be safe in your travels and in the e of the holiday. July 5, Tuesday 5:30 P.M. Action Pistol Match Mov and steel targets for score. Firearm requirement is a .38 special, or larger pistol. This discipline requires drawing from a holster. merit fist is on the club website. Members shoot for $6.0~ $8.00, and juniors shoot for a $1 when accompanied by a parent Jan. July 6, Wednesday 6:30 PM MembershiI at the PUD 3 building at 2621 E Johns Prairie Road. The public i welcome. July 7, Thursday 6:00 PM. Steel Shoot: Steel targets arc shot foz rounds, .38 special or 9mm or larger required. Show up early, 5:3 set up. Very popular and rewarding activity. $6.00 for members. non-members and juniors shoot for $I.00. Adult Coming Soon: July 9, 10:00 AM.-2:00PM. The to the public for a $12.00 fee. Two may share a lane with one J time. Pistols and .22 rifles welcome. Please have firearms ! unloaded. July 23, NP, A Basic Pisfol Instruction Phase 2:9:00 A.M.-. must successfully complete Phase 1 to attend this up for Phase 1 at www.onlinetraining.nra.org. MASON COUNTY SPORTSMAN'S W. 521 Business Park Rd., Shelton Message Phone 427-111 at left. Low rap- 3, has no r picnic useful. An industrial cOarcoal grille alongsid~ a raised would se of this able toi- :onal as , but an g on the )arks & )ntradicts ,anding S. nd weeds .'k is not priority. STATE er my L local a riding he cuts le the Journal photo by Mark Woytowich tide leaves no clearance gate but cannot go any further. He would do more if they let him. An- other woman, he says, pointing to her house, has been very good at pulling out Scotch broom. Across the canal, a woman waves at me, then chases after her toddler. I hear laughter from a backyard party. A TV turned up loud to a soccer match. "Ho!" someone yells, and a shirtless man on red deck steps raises a glass of iced tea. The canal forms the back edge to more than a dozen backyards. From the park side, you see all that goes on. Of course Menard's Landing is a locals' park, and it's easy to see how they love and care for this extension of their worlds. A dike separates the canal from Rendsland Creek. A trail follows on top, the backbone of the park, actually, running out 400 yards to its end. Here locals, once again, have placed a pair of white plastic lawn chairs under a shade tree. The canal barely squirts through where the sand has piled up; all boats must wait for high tides to have a chance of escaping. At high tide, the end of the dike makes a great swimming spot. At low tide, you can step right across the mini canal and into the neigh- bors' backyards. In contrast to spa- cious shores and aspir- ing views, engaging the locals feels intimate, friendly, relaxed--- purely human -- and just the thing to do. • Mark Woytowich is a writer, photographer and video producer who lives in Potlatch. He can be reached at Woytowichdesign.com. IIi i l I :, I ] II I r ~ .... i~