Turn Island

Laura Domela — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 23:52:00 +0000

We left Anacortes this morning around 9:30am or so…sleeping in meant we had about 2 kts of current against us as we made our way out of Guemes Channel. Oh well. It was so nice to be on the water and out of the marina that we didn’t much care if today’s cruise over to Friday Harbor took a bit longer than usual. In fact, I even throttled back some of the time so it WOULD take longer.

The weather today was just fine. Not too windy, and we only had 1-2 foot chop in Rosario Strait.

We were feeling a little “marina fever” (the weather has been crap since we got to the boat last Saturday), so we decided we’d stop over at Turn Island (just around the corner from Friday Harbor) for a little hike before heading into the marina.

Found still life with barnacles:

The hike around Turn Island is about a mile and looks like this:

We’re tucked in at Friday Harbor now. We went for a walk when we first got here, and we’ll probably have dinner with friends tonight at the Downrigger (it’s back!!) Tomorrow we’ll be having Thanksgiving dinner at the Coho Grill (just like last year, only this time with friends). Hope everyone has a great holiday!

Turn Island with S/V Yahtzee

Laura Domela — Sat, 19 Mar 2016 18:45:26 +0000

Yesterday we met up with Andy Cross and his two sons, Porter and Magus, aboard Yahtzee. You may know Andy from his Three Sheets NW website.) We've corresponded a bit via email and it was great to finally meet in person.

We're moored just around the corner from here…you can just see Yahtzee there on the right…

We all went to shore and the boys played on the beach (and in the trees, and in the water) while the three of us exchanged stories and backgrounds and such as we got to know each other.

I wish this photo had been focused on Magnus instead of the dinghies, but I still thought I'd post it. Porter was running around and playing like crazy while Magnus just hung here on the picnic table with us, chillin' and eating his grapes and goldfish.

We did dinner on Airship and then wine on Yahtzee (so the boys could go to bed at a decent hour). It was a great night, and always fun to meet new friends. (Andy's wife, Jill, was out of town…so we'll look forward to meeting her next time we connect!)

This morning we slept in a bit, and then after breakfast we all met back at the beach for a little hiking.

I love their little rowboat! (Andy says it sails well, too!)

There's a nice trail around the outside of Turn Island and it's quite a pretty hike:

Turn Island is just outside and around the corner from Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, so if you're not feeling the marina thing but want to be close to town, this little place is a good alternative.

Tonight: Watmough Bay at the southeast tip of Lopez Island!

Turn Island – Riveted

Turn Island

Turn Island with S/V Yahtzee