More beautiful BC hiking in provincial island parks this weekend. Native arbutus/madrone trees that shed their orange bark are a distinctive fixture on these shores.

I'm used to having these islands to myself in the winter. Warm weather brings company. Ten other boats are squeezing into this cove. It is great to see everyone politely helping others to anchor safely and securely, lending a hand, gear, or advice.

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A significant amount of my cabin storage is devoted to shoes on the boat.

Hiking boots, offshore boots, ankle sailing boots, reef shoes, slippers, slides (for walking a dock to the bathroom in the morning), sailing sneakers, shore sneakers, hip waders, and lightweight summer sailing sneakers.

And I still have nothing "nice" to wear on shore for socializing!

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I needed a *lightweight*, comprehensive string serializer for JavaScript for networking, so I wrote this short 300 line solution and released it under the MIT license:

https://github.com/morgan3d/serializejs

There's a number of other JSON++ libraries out there and I link to some in the docs. Unfortunately none had the exact mix of features I needed.

At a mooring, enjoying the evening on Meridian.

We've had an unexpected amount of wind lately in the Salish sea, getting 20+ kts and sometimes gusting above 30. This is from corresponding huge barometric pressure changes that are very migraine inspiring.

But it's otherwise been mild weather and mostly clear skies, so a very good summer for sailing and outdoor activities.

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At sea level,
at sun set

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View of Mount Vernon in Washington state from the sea

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New friendly quadplay website that is not a github README :)

https://morgan3d.github.io/quadplay/