Bivalve Bash and Mud Run

Cool Signs- note duct tape tent

Mike putting duct tape on his shoes-his tounge

sticking out, he does this when he is concentrating!

Mike telling his strategy to his friend Pete.

Can you see Mud Runner Mike?

My muddy husband

Washing off...

Dreaming of Bivalves and Mud

Today we went to the Taylor Shellfish Farms in Bow off the Chuckanut Highway to attend the Bivalve Bash.

Courtesy of Wikipedia: Bivalves are molluscs belonging to the class Bivalvia. They have two-part shells, and typically both valves are symmetrical along the hinge line. The class has 30,000 species, including scallops, clams, oysters and mussels.

We normally go there to buy a collection of yummy seafood, bring it home, cook it up, and eat it. But today they had a festival going on that benefited a lot of environmental agencies in the area. There was also a 250 yard mud run, that Mike ran! He started out so fast it was crazy, it was like he was flying, then he turned the corner and the mud and fatigue started to get to him. He crossed the finish line without getting stuck in the mud, and he got a really cool medal- a halve of an oyster shell painted gold! By the way, he ate 4 oysters beforehand to give him power and two after, I had one yummy raw oyster.

While Mike was running, I was trying to keep my eye on him, the runners all turned brown and started looking alike, I was giggling and having fun taking pictures, Oliver was in the Ergo and he finally fell asleep after a long while of him fighting sleep. (He seems to do that a lot!)

After the run, Mike cooled down, rinsed off, and then we walked around, educating ourselves about the different groups, looking at a tank full of sea creatures, and more. Oliver slept through all this!!! We took a shuttle bus back to our car and went home.

Mike rested up, while Oliver, Ranger and I went for a nice run and then Oliver and I went grocery shopping. We had a fun day!