Sept 16th – Added element in today’s sail with the enchantment of sailing through fog. We could hear the calls of sea birds and sea lions before they became visible. We could navigate the shoreline by smelling the kelp. We could see blue sky above whilst barely 50 feet in front then magically with a wisp the fog disappeared and we were surrounded by islands. We passed our favorite places of Castle Rock and Colville Island to circumnavigate Lopez. Largest we’ve seen this year of congregations of sea birds diving into bait balls in Rosario Strait.
Picking up passengers in the Bullfrog Tender
Trees engulfed in fog
Harbor Seals hidden in the fog
Steller Sea Lions in the fog on Whale Rocks
Cormorants in the fog
Cormorants in their nests
Fog is lifting to reveal the Olympic Mountains
Bald Eagle
Great Blue Heron
Sailing north in Rosario Strait
Cormorant Island
Sailing around the San Juans
Mt Baker and Canada Geese
Gulls and diving birds attacking a bait ball
Steller Sea Lion swimming by
Curious Steller Sea Lion watching us
Deer watching us, too
View of Mt Baker from Upright Head