My main goal was to actually get in to Crater Lake, so we hiked down the only trail with lake-access, where I discovered that not only could I wade or swim in Crater Lake's breath-steelingly-cold waters, I could jump into them from a high(ish) rock.
So you know what I did.
Twice.
It was a much shorter drop than the one I did in Hawaii, but it was still high enough (about 15-20 feet) that I didn't linger too long at the edge. And I was grateful for the chill it brought to my body during the tedious hike back up to the rim- poor Nathan was dying, but I was comfortable as a clam. A clam in cold water.
Anyway it got me thinking about arctic mermaids, which made me realize that really, mermaids are probably not the svelte or sinewy creatures I tend to draw them as. Mermaids are more likely quite fat. So here is a fat mermaid for you:
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| She is jolly because she is one of her tribe's very best huntresses. |
This is freaking awesome. Mermaids would definitely have a layer of blubber! I suppose they might still be seal-type sleek, because hydrodynamics blahblah, but they're definitely all hefty gals and kick-ass hunters. (They also have sports like endurance abyssal swims and extreme breaching.) You do not want to mess with those chicks.
ReplyDeleteYes, a truly functional mermaid would definitely be sleek like seal or a whale, but I was having fun with fleshy folds... And now you've put in my head a vision of derby-girl-like mermaids, with black eyes and flying elbows. Excellent.
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