My family went back to the waterfront with our kids in tow. Boo wanted to see the place where we had our "mini-date." Towards the end of the family outing, I saw this dude and said, "Whoa! Hero - look at him! Quick, take a picture so I can put it on my blog!" Hero said with a nervous laugh, "Nooo! Are you kidding me? He could take me down!" I quickly grabbed the camera and said to Boo, "Smile Boo!" and without even bothering to aim it at her - took his picture.

He walked past us, totally oblivious to all. I turned and watched to see where he was going. Then I see him walking into the ocean and dropping a weighted string down.

I don't know what the purpose of this activity was. I was going to keep watching him to see if he was doing it at intervals or what. But my Little Man and Boo distracted me with some shouts of wanting me to look at some newly discovered seashells. *sigh* Kids. (You do know that I'm speaking in jest. Right?) Anyway, I turned and he had disappeared. Completely. I don't know where he went off to. Either walked into the ocean or onto the dock or up on the pier to walk behind some buildings. I just. don't. know. But am totally intrigued. He's an enigma. The enigma of Edmonds.

But I can't look at his picture for too long. It starts to disturb me.