Magical magical day. T65As,Bs, 75Bs&Cs with new calf came right into Friday Harbor as we were leaving. Steller’s SeaLions swirling in the whirlpools and just enough wind to get back to anchor in the lee of Yellow Island . Shore time with wildflowers dancing in the wind. My passengers were ecstatic about the fine haired native grasses, something I’d totally overlooked, which are no longer found in our regions disturbed landscape. Fast sail back to town under jib alone as the weather rapidly changed.
Sailing Whale watching
Sail with Whales, Transient Orcas, (T65As, Bs, 75Bs and Cs with new calf), pass through Friday Harbor and back into San Juan Channel
Sail with Whales, Transient Orcas, (T65As, Bs, 75Bs and Cs with new calf), pass through Friday Harbor and back into San Juan Channel
Anchored and ashore on Yellow Island (nature conservancy) with Bullfrog Tender
Canadian Geese, Yellow Island
Chocolate Lilys and Camas Yellow Island
Chocolate Lilys, Yellow Island
Chocolate Lilys, Camas and Peniel at anchor, Yellow Island
Peniel at anchor, Yellow island
Yellow Island
Yellow island, Indian Paintbrush
Wildflowers of Yellow Island
Nature Conservancy Land Stewards year round cabin, Yellow Island
An Absence of Grazing plus the Islands isolation has preserved a wide variety of rare native grasses
Wildflowers of Yellow Island
Blue Camas
Indian Paintbrush and Death Camas, Yellow Island
Hoist the anchor for downwind sailing