The Adventures of Sir Oisin Rhymour Leif McGowan: 2020 to the Present
01.01.20: Bellingham, Beaches, and Parks
Hanging around the beaches of the Port of Bellingham, Washington. Adventures in Bellingham, Ferndale, and Fairhaven, Washington. (C) 2020: Photos by Thomas Baurley, Leaf McGowan, Techno Tink Media; www.technotink.net/photography. Full adventure tales at www.technotink.net/adventures. Photo taken on January 1, 2020.

01.01.20: Bellingham, Beaches, and Parks

Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Cascadia ~ Ferndale, Bellingham, Maple Falls, Washington State

01.01.20: Oisin and King Cian gig work in Ferndale and Bellingham while breaking at various beaches and parks.

The duo ventures out into Cascadia to start out the first day of the New Year. They discuss together the New Year and the fact that King Cian will be 7 years old in March. Cian stating he wants Dad to spend his birthday with him. They grab some grub, making up an omelet, and having cereal washed down with Orange Juice for breakfast.

Playing in Ferndale

Onward into Ferndale the gig workers check in with GrubHub for delivery offers. Oisin definitely needs to make money today as his two storage units’ rent is due that will be debited soon. Contemplating Starbucks they settle at Pioneer Days park to play Ninja and with King Cian’s robotic Dinosaur pet. They get a good amount of playtime before getting their first offer.


Part 1 on Magisto, Vimeo, or YouTube:
Runtime: 4 min, 24 sec.
Soundtrack: Bittersweetener by Duckmaw.


Beaches and Parks

Such an interesting 01.01.20, Wandering around Ferndale and Bellingham, Oisin and Cian were rewarded by visiting beaches and parks. Continuing through the day, Sir Oisin and King Cian play around Bellingham’s coast and Port. Duo exploring various beaches in Bellingham while awaiting offers from Grub Hub. Spending most of the day at the Port of Bellingham around the old historic structures and the cobbled beach. Shortly, they finally get some offers.

At one of the beaches, King Cian finds some polished smoothed bottle glass on the beach that he collected. They received approximately 4 deliveries for the day. The first stop was Vitality Bowl then three orders from Tandoori Bites averaging $12.22/hour. (well below the minimum wage, and before wear/tear, fuel, taxes, and other expenses). They took some takeout from Panda Express for a late lunch. The King had the Orange Chicken kids meal with chow mein, while Dad had his usual Honey Walnut Shrimp bowl. They also grabbed some groceries from Fred Meyers on their way home as well as gas. They checked the Goodwill for some found treasure.

Mt Baker Wilderness

Afterward, they made their way back into the foothills of Mt. Baker, snug as bugs in the rug. Meatloaf for dinner, action play with Minecraft Dragon Lego set, Space Shuttle Lego set, and Fortnight figurines dominated the evening. King Cian took a bath while dad working out the knots in his hair.

Movie Time

Watching “Elf-Man” – a whimsical elf who was left behind by Santa. Elf-Man saves a single dad scientist who had been kidnapped and held hostage for a disk of secret data. The kids pump the Elf with courage and name him “Elf-Man” who comes to save the day. Elf-Man releases the dad and catching the bad guys.

The duo had slept, and King Cian slowly began to get through his jet lag. Cian’s been suffering since Saturday’s return from Ireland. Back on schedule, in bed by 9:30 pm, they began getting back to a schedule.






part 2 on Magisto; Vimeo, or On Youtube:
Run time: 4 min, 53 sec.
Soundtrack: Bring Us the Sun by Ben Cocks.





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Leaf McGowan

Leaf McGowan is an artist, writer, photographer, folklorist, and adventurer who suffers from wanderlust. He loves to investigate folklore, sacred sites, archaeological sites, and places of mystery - writing about them and taking photos of the sites. He is a ghost writer, content producer, blogger, artist, bodypainter, tarot reader, and web developer.