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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Here she is, headed back to the water (where she belongs!) 🙂 A pressure wash, a new coat of bottom paint, shiny new zincs, antifouling paint on the running gear, and now we’re ready for more adventure. Since the end of September when we got this boat, we’ve logged over…
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Fossil Bay, Sucia Islands, March 2015
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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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Fossil Bay on Sucia Island last night at dusk: Sucia Island sky from bed this morning: Fossil Bay, not from bed: In the stateroom up front there are two portholes and one skylight, and I can usually tell by the color of the light if I should get up and…
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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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It was a little bumpy overnight last night, and the wind/current/tide/wave combination made it so occasionally as we swung, the plastic mooring ball would bump the hull of the bow (aka the bedroom wall). It might have been a bit quieter on anchor. We grilled some king salmon for dinner,…
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We woke up to some gorgeous light at Port Ludlow this morning. We headed north toward Port Townsend and decided to stop at Mystery Bay (on Marrowstone Island, just across the way from Port Townsend). Mystery Bay has a state park dock, and guess what they also have? A public…
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