The Voyage to Waldron
Posted February 3, 2015 at 5:55 am by Tim Dustrude
A Little Ship on a Big Sea – Shel Bedsole photo
You know Shel Bedsole who used to work at the County Fair, right? He has this cool photo essay to share…
Hey Tim,
Ebony Pickard, who grew up on the Island (his mom is Manya Pickard), recently moved to his once-and-future-home, Waldron Island. After spending two years on Waldron a few years ago, he moved to Port Townsend to be with his son, Nathan. There he married Kirsten and they had their daughter, also named Manya.
During their time in Port Townsend, they built a “tiny house” on wheels, as well as a sleep shack, and converted a job-site office trailer into a utility building; all with the plan of barging it back to Waldron at the appropriate time. That time came last Wednesday.
They hired Tim and Rick of the Pintail to do the hauling. Though they planned the date a month in advance, in the middle of winter, the weather and water conditions could not have been better, with calm seas and dramatic lighting last Wednesday, January 28th.
Here are some shots of the Little Family’s Voyage to Waldron.
We saw them coming from the southern end of San Juan Island and then drove to Friday Harbor to meet up with Larry Wight, who took us to meet the Pintail for a photo shoot from his boat and then dropped us off on Waldron so we could catch the landing.
This one-day voyage was years in the making. Ebony did an amazing job of creating, planning and executing this event. The whole trip was a truly magical experience.
I’ve documented the San Juan leg of the journey in 180 photos. Here are some of the highlights (below). Please use what you want to, and if you create a page of photos and link to it, I’m sure Ebony’s many friends in the islands would be interested in seeing it.
Thanks for posting! ~ Shel
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9 comments:
9 comments...
Wow! What a great story! Welcome home, Ebony!!
So happy you’re home Ebony and family. I can’t wait to meet Kirsten! Love, Shelle
Great photos! I have been following tiny houses for quite sometime now. I think Tumbleweed Tiny House would love to see these beautiful shots of the move and the story in this house. Love it!
http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/
It is PBS material too. Keen!
Waldron is getting three of the best people we know!! Port Townsend will truly miss them.
We love you, Ros and Bill
Hey Ebony, I thought that was you i saw at BHC one day but wasn’t
sure, beard and all, great to have you and the family back! Many congrats and cool looking abode too! Duff
What a fabulous photo essay!!! Thanks for sharing!
Love this story! Thanks Shel for making such a lovely documentary of the move.
I’m so happy for you and your beautiful family! We talked about this years ago and you’ve made it happen! Congratulations man! Keep living the dream!
Very cool from an ex-islander ;). Funny that I just subscribed to a tiny house newsletter from tinyhousetalk.com last week. They would love to see your move as well!
Justin Smith
Back in Wyoming
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