Our annual Beach Art Fest isn't your typical sand castle contest - there was no sand and no contest. We used only inanimate objects found on the beach to sculpt temporary works of art.

This year the artists began working on their creations at 11:00 AM then at 11:57 AM we watched the tide begin to roll in and wipe the canvas clean.

There is no large scale Tribal Journey for 2015 but the Washington tribes have organized a Youth Canoe Journey within Puget Sound!

Summer arrives today but the annual Tribal Canoe Journey is on hiatus this summer. Since the canoes won't be on the water I thought I'd share some photos from 2011 and 2012 when many paddlers visited Cama.

I just checked Stardate.org and the weather for Saturday evening ... it'll be nice and warm for the 7 PM Camano Island SP amphitheater program (where you and Dad can learn how to Geocache), then the stargazing party at Cama Beach SP at 9:30 PM should be great. My SkyGuide app says the quarter-moon, Jupiter, and Venus will form a beautiful, tight triangle in the western sky. 

Grab Dad and your Discover Pass and head over to the State Parks!

The Saturday Evening Amphitheater Summer Program starts on May 23rd with: "Life as a Filmmaker" presented by Rick Wood.
Meet at the Camano Island State Park Amphitheater at 7 PM.

Rick Wood, documentary filmmaker of the award-winning film "Fragile Waters", will discuss his personal story of how at age 39 in 2011 he threw his life into filmmaking. The resulting 2015 movie tells the complete story of the perils facing Southern Resident Orca whales and chinook salmon.

For more info contact Tina Dinzl-Pederson at (360) 387-3342.

Remember to bring your Discover Pass for parking. For info about the Discover Pass: www.parks.wa.gov/167/Discover-Pass-Fees

The Encore Weekend
May 16-17 from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

43 artists, 30 studios,  3 galleries

www.camanostudiotour.com

Download the brochure: http://camanostudiotour.com/info/2015CAABrochureFull_web.pdf

Plan your route using the map of studios: http://map.camanostudiotour.com/#home-map

In addition to the Mother's Day Sails, TODAY at 2:30 pm there will be a guided BEACH WALK at Cama Beach State Park. Meet at the south end of the beach at the break in the seawall.

Remember to grab your Discover Pass for parking (or purchase one at the Cama Welcome Center. Annual Discover Pass: $30; Daily Pass: $10.)

Mom's Day Sunday, May 10th, is a FREE DAY at all state parks. Do your own beach walk - the low tide will be at 4:15 pm.

‪#‎GiveBIG‬ on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, from midnight to midnight (Pacific Time). This will be The Seattle Foundation’s fifth annual GiveBIG.

The goal is to turn out thousands of individual donors to help support the 1,600 eligible Puget Sound region nonprofit organizations. The Seattle Foundation has lined up several sponsors like Seattle International Foundation, Boeing, Microsoft, Medina Foundation, and Starbuck to match your donations. Last year on GiveBIG day 64,269 individual gifts plus sponsor matching funds totaled more than $12.9 million.

To see if your favorite nonprofits are part of the GiveBig program visit the Seattle Foundation’s website at
www.seattlefoundation.org/nonprofits/giveBIG

The 1,600 nonprofits generally fall into these broad categories: basic needs, health & wellness, neighborhoods & communities, economy, arts & culture, education, environment, and global giving. GiveBIG on Tues May 5, 2015.

Tonight the first quarter Moon is in the constellation Cancer. The Moon will form a very pretty pair with Jupiter, which will be a bit higher in the night sky. Down lower just above the western horizon, Venus will be very bright.

If the sky is clear, stop by Cama Store tonight at 8:30 and grab a view of the sky through our 8" Dobsonian style telescope.

Attention lovers of Puget Sound. Tickets are now on sale for the annual “Puget Sound Starts Here Night with the Seattle Mariners”. This year the game is on Saturday, May 16 and the M’s are playing the Boston Red Sox – always an intense series but after the Super Bowl, we have really want to cheer on our hometown team. 
The M’s have given us a great deal on tickets – they are just $16 for View Level and $31 for Main Level seats. The special PSSH tickets are only available online at http://Mariners.com/PugetSound. For more details: www.snohomishcountywa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/22948