I was SO looking forward to seeing whales today on our long cruise back to Anacortes. I had a blog post all worked out…I was going to talk about how finding whales in the Salish Sea was easier than finding a herd of tame deer on a tiny little island.…
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We have now hiked every trail on Jones Island — no deer. I thought I saw one when we were coming around the northeast tip of the island, but it was only a leprechaun. However devoid of deer, this half of the island still has lots of moss, mushrooms, and…
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Fossil Bay, Sucia Islands, March 2015
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We worked this morning over at Friday Harbor for a while, and then headed back to Anacortes. We're going to have some work done on the boat this week/next week (haul out, bottom paint, zincs replaced, stuff like that). Sad to say goodbye, but it's just for a short bit.…
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Kevin shot some aerial/quadcopter video of us in Fossil Bay over on Sucia Island the other day and made a short video. The weather wasn't quite as beautiful as as it was for his previous Sucia Island quadcopter video, but this is a different view of the bay on a…
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I wish everywhere I walked was flanked by this gorgeous fairy land moss and fern: So far in our travels around the San Juan Islands, Sucia Island is our favorite for hiking. Today we hiked two more trails we had not yet hiked: the trail out to Fox Point (not…
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We took a beer and a little charcuterie board to the top deck to watch sunset tonight. For a mostly gray and rainy day, this was a pretty sweet end:
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Here's where we are now, in Reid Harbor at Stuart Island on our own (for now) little floating dock: We stopped at Roche Harbor for some provisions (veggies, eggs, meat, wine) before heading over to Stuart Island. We returned to Airship with our groceries and we were about to cast…
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We anchored overnight last night in Garrison Bay, on San Juan Island, near English Camp. It was late in the day, but we had enough light to take the dinghy to shore and explore English Camp, comb the beach a bit, and take a hike out to Bell Point and back. …
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Here's a short quadcopter video Kevin made yesterday while we were moored in Watmough Bay on Lopez Island: Pretty spot, isn't it?
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