| First full day in the San Juans |
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| Path of our travels the day we picked up the Stevens and ended up at Mackaye Harbor |
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| Thatcher Pass on the left and Fidalgo Head (where we met Bob, Brenda and Trent) on the right |
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| Close up of Fidalgo Head... dock that we met the Stevens was in the notch in the land that is almost directly in the middle of the picture. |
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| Overview of Mackaye Harbor directly in the middle of the picture |
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| Overview of Mosquito Pass... I had always thought this pass was going to be tough but it actually turned out to be quite easy and even kinda fun... it's also lovely in there |
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| Reid Harbor on Stuart Island |
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| Track for third day with the Stevens that shows our path from Reid Harbor to Blakely Marina... unfortunately something happened to my GPS and I didn't store anymore track data after the Blakely Marina stop |
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| Over head of Obstruction Island and Obstruction Pass (where we went). You can also see the area around Blakely Marina |
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| Chuckanut Bay... our last night's stay... nice anchorage even though we were sad to be ending our trip |
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| Bellingham |
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| Kerendi at the Washington Park ramp. Very big boat for such a little dock but we managed | Loadin supplies... | |
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| Everybody's aboard and we're headin' out | ||
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| Bob hangin' out in the cockpit the next morning in Mackaye Harbor | ||
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| Very peaceful anchorage | ||
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| The girls with their morning coffee | The mysterious piles of wood stacked at the high tide line | |
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| The anchor crew | Up anchor.... gotta get all that weed off | |
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| Cattle Point Lighthouse | ||
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| Lookin' for whales... we never did see any... but we know they were just here | Lime Kiln Lighthouse | |
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| Brenda hangin' out in the sun on our way north | ||
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| Trent and Spencer drivin' the boat | Jack keepin' a lookout | |
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| Bob gettin' some food | Are we there yet? | |
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| Pirate Jack | The boys sitting on the cabin top... where are your lifejackets? | |
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| The end of Speiden Island | The boys rowing in Reid Harbor | |
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| Definitely a cool concept... a "Dinghy on over" ice cream boat... besides ice cream you can get tee shirts and slushes | ||
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| Kerendi in Reid Harbor | Not sure why fires were allowed if the fire danger was high | |
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| Spencer ferrying everyone back to the boat after our walk | Bob cleaning off his feet | |
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| Bob... | ||
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| Spencer and Trent | Donna getting breakfast together... looks like pancakes... gotta use up that syrup | |
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| Jack moved to the forepeak to finish his morning sleep | The electric panel... | |
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| This brig was making it's way down the channel next to Speiden Island (in background) | ||
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| Bob and Brenda | ||
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| The other end of Speiden | The sleepy little town of Orcas. Next trip we're gonna explore this one | |
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| Fuel stop at Blakely Marina... always a favorite stop even if dealing with the dock, winds and currents is a bit sketchy | Everything is so nice here... we always stop and spend way too much money | |
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| Looking back at Blakely and Obstruction Islands | Eagles Rest on Cypress Island | |
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| Jack tying bowlines | Bob | |
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| Brenda with Cypress Island in background | Seagulls taking a break | |
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| The tug that was pulling barge up Rosario Strait | The barge... it was huge! | |
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| On their way to Alaska | Hey no horseplay in the cockpit! | |
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| Another picture of Eagle's Rest... | Looking south towards James Island and Spencer Spit | |
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| On the beach at our Chuckanut stop | ||
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| Donna and Jack playing War | Brenda, Trent and Spencer dinghying back to Kerendi from their beach visit | |
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| Comin' back aboard | Our last sunset... unfortunately it was around the point so we couldn't see it | |
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| But we could see the reflection off the beach | The beach at Paradise Cove in Chuckanut Bay... we stayed here last year too on our last night | |
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| The anchoring area | Anchor rode | |
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| Spencer and the crab pot | ||
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| Jack pulling up the anchor the next morning | Trent | |
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| Sigh... leaving our last anchorage of the trip | Everyone getting their stuff ready to leave | |
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| Chuckanut disappears in the morning fog | ||
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| The red bouy in Bellingham | Coast Guard exercises | |
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| Poor Jack and his soup... about the only thing he could get past his sore jaw | One of the trains that kept us awake all night | |
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| The crew | ||
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| Mayhem at the Bellingham fuel dock... we waited in line for over an hour | Kerendi back home |
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