May 7, 2022 – Strong winds and third reef on the main sail plus a visit to Yellow Island Nature Preserve. Wildflowers are still in bloom and full of color including chocolate lilies, blue camas, death camas, buttercups, harsh paintbrush, blue eyed Marys, and broadleaf stonecrop to name a few. After our shore excursion to Yellow Island we circumnavigated Shaw Island.
Black tailed deer
Third reef on the main sail
Harbor seals hauled out
Harbor seals hauled out
Choppy seas
Our skiff on the beach of Yellow Island
Our sailboat “Peniel”
Wildflowers on Yellow Island
Buttercups, blue camas, harsh paintbrush
Buttercups on Yellow Island
Buttercups and blue camas
Wildflowers on Yellow Island
Death camas
Wildflowers on Yellow Island
Wildflowers on Yellow Island
Wildflowers on Yellow Island
Chocolate lilies
Bee on blue camas
Bee near blue camas
Harbor seals near Shaw Island
Harbor seals splash
Coastline of Shaw Island
Pacific madrone tree
Looking towards Mt Baker
Obstruction Island and Upright Head
Fast sail back to Friday Harbor
Route map 5-7-22