Seahawks Journal

Same great logo, different writing approach this year

The Mud Bay Blog has posted several entries about the Seattle Seahawks in the past. For the 2026–2027 season, there won’t be any, other than this one and perhaps a Super Bowl wrap-up should we get that far, as I’m keeping a journal instead of my thoughts about each game, written as soon as the game is over. To me the difference between a blog entry and a journal entry is that the former is public while the latter is private (and thus far quicker to write).

I should have done this last year when Seattle racked up a 14–3 regular season record and went on to defeat New England in Super Bowl 60. While repeat Super Bowl champs are rare, if we do win the big game again next February, I will be able to look back at the journal entries to help me remember the wins (and the losses) along the way. I will also post any observations then from the journal that are worth sharing. In quickly reviewing what I just wrote about today’s 33–31 road loss to the Washington Commanders, I don’t think anything from that journal entry will make the cut.

Life Is Good

A raft of California sea lions

Life is good for this raft of California sea lions snoozing on a floating dock in the Grapeview Channel (see photo taken on a sunny Saturday in September). Their biggest threat — the Orca pod that sometimes frequents Case Inlet — is long gone, and there are apparently abundant schools of herring and juvenile salmon nearby to feed on. Unlike humans, who are now being told that AI is an existential danger to our very existence, the sea lions’ top concern might be whether the entire group of about a dozen individuals can fit on the floating dock without sinking it.

Parking Citation on the Way?

Several ways to pay — all by smart phone

On Sunday I took my out-of-town guests (S & J from Austin, TX) to Poulsbo for some sightseeing and to browse the galleries on Front Street. It might have been an expensive trip for me even though I didn’t buy anything downtown. That’s because I didn’t try to figure out how to use ParkMobile (see photo), which is the only way to pay for parking in the Anderson Parkway lot.

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Dancing Tire Man

Dancing about a tire shop

Beto’s Tires, which sells new and used tires and rims, picked a great location when they moved from Gorst to Belfair earlier this summer. But if being at the corner of SR 3 and SR 300 isn’t choice enough, they recently added an inflatable dancing man (see photo) to attract the attention of passing motorists and boost sales. That should work as long as the dancer doesn’t tire (bad pun).

The Mud Bay Blog can’t resist roadside attractions especially when they double as do-it-yourself advertising. This is the seventh post about dancing men. Coincidentally, the most recent post about the quirky inflatables (from 2014) was also set in Belfair and was related to automobiles. Local Wrench, the business that was being advertised, is still going strong, although the ACDelco dancer that was in its parking lot has long since moved on. Hopefully Beto’s will have the same type of success. Every car that drives by is riding on a set of tires, and a certain percent need to be replaced sometime soon.

Three-Day Gray

Gray whale surfacing and exhaling

A large gray whale arrived in the Grapeview channel on Saturday. By Tuesday morning it had moved on. Call it a three-day gray.

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No More Parking Here

The small parking area, now closed, is blocked by a yellow gate.

Do you have outdoor places you enjoy but visit only occasionally? If so, don’t assume they haven’t changed since the last time you were there. That’s what happened to a small, almost secluded parking area at the entrance to NAD Marine Park in Bremerton. As the photo shows, vehicle access is now blocked by a yellow gate.

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Rubble Mystery

A serious amount of rubble in the upper yard

The rubble in the upper yard at Treasure Island (see photo) didn’t get there on its own. Nor was it carried off by aliens. Where it came from and what happened to it are puzzling. Spoiler alert: I haven’t been able to solve the mystery.

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If You’re Free

Do users often ignore the spam reminder?

My response is always the same when I get a text on my iPhone like the one shown in the screen capture — delete the message and be glad I don’t receive more of them. This time, with nothing pressing to do, I examined the message a bit more closely and considered its mission. Still, the result was the same. I’m not having dinner with 1-647-986-9649.

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Fifties All Week

A forecast that stays in the fifties

If you like the fifties, the place to be right now is on the Washington coast near Kalaloch. I’m referring to temperatures not the post-war decade that produced cars with fins and the first rock and roll music. Because of Kalaloch’s maritime climate, the temperature is forecast to stay in a narrow range in the fifties this week with a spread between the daytime high and nighttime low of only 3 or 4 degrees F (see screen capture, taken last night, of the NWS forecast). That’s not much variation. In contrast, the Treasure Island temperature spread for today is predicted to be 21 degrees (high of 76, low of 55).

Off Market, No Photos?

A Zillow listing like this one would be ideal for off market houses.

If your house isn’t for sale, you might be thinking that only a few exterior photos of it, if any, exist on real estate websites and on Google Maps. Think again. The screen capture shows the photo that accompanies the listing on Zillow for my Mud Bay house — an overhead shot of the neighborhood overlaid with the label “Off market.” While a similar photo would be ideal for all off market houses, that doesn’t always happen when a home is not for sale.

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