We were all set to go back to Portland yesterday (Saturday), but during dinner out with our friend Steve on Friday night in Anacortes, he convinced us to stay another night and join him and Sam out at Orcas on Saturday. We caved. We left Anacortes around 11:30am yesterday and…
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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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We left Cypress Island around noon today and headed for Jones Island State Park. Here's an eagle we saw on our way over: (The new Nikon D7100 with the 18-300mm lens is KILLER, by the way.) We grabbed one of the three free mooring buoys (one was taken), did some…
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This morning's office view at Eagle Harbor on Cypress Island: We left Anacortes late yesterday and headed over to Eagle Harbor on Cypress Island for the night. It was just over an hour to Eagle Harbor. We grabbed a mooring ball and took the dinghy to shore to walk around…
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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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This morning we decided we'd seen enough of Stuart Island (even though we really hadn't) and we headed for Sucia Island. (It's possible we were also thinking about trying to watch House of Cards, and we were getting very poor cellular and data service in Reid Harbor). We headed toward…
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After breakfast we set out to hike ALL the trails. There are over 3 miles of trails here at Alderbrook, and they're beautiful…hilly, green, forest, streams, birds, ferns, squirrels….it was a great hike! Not today: But, this: And we learned some stuff along the way: These guys REALLY wanted a…
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This morning we got up, did a bunch of work, had some coffee, and then headed out for a hike to Penrose Point. It was foggy on the water, but still beautiful. There are several miles of trail here at the Penrose Point State Park (and a campground plus a…
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This was the sunrise yesterday morning from our anchorage in Griffin Bay (off of San Juan Island): I know, I was awake for another sunrise. It's not that weird though, since sunrise was at 7:54am yesterday. Right behind us, the moon was slowly setting. Seriously, these were taken within minutes…
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Thanksgiving dinner up at the Mansion Restaurant last night was really good (a fairly typical, traditional Thanksgiving dinner buffet). We hit the spa before dinner (hot tub for a bit and then swam in the indoor saltwater pool after that to cool down). Remember how I said that for our…
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