Flowering Red Currant, Blue-eyed Mary, Trout or Fawn Lilly, Indian Paintbrush, Shooting Stars and Chocolate Lilies. Spring is here.
Read moreGood Friday sail to Yellow Island and beyond
Spring Sail with Stellar Sea Lions
Spring Sail with Stellar Sea Lions. Stiff breeze of 20 knots as we headed North from Friday Harbor. Strong currents at the Cactus Islands made for white water river conditions.…
Read moreSpring sailing with shore time on Yellow Island
Spring is here and we’re sailing North. Anchoring Peniel in the lee of Yellow Island we head to shore to walk the trails of wild flowers and visit the beaches.…
Read moreJ Pod in Haro Strait
J pod in Haro Strait, spread in loose family groups across the border and traveling North. It was our first time seeing J28 Polaris with her new calf, J54, born…
Read moreHappy Christmas
And Best wishes for the New Year Pacific White Sided Dolphins porpoise over the christmas lights, Port of Friday Harbor, San Juan Island
Read moreNovember Sailing – Transient Orcas and Humpback whale drift passed the Port of Friday Harbor
Drifting South in San Juan Channel with silence broken only by massive breaths of a Humpback whales exhalation. Magical light as we passed the Port of Friday Harbor. Drifting towards Lopez…
Read moreHappy Halloween
Pumpkin Lantern with Orcas and Sailboat to mark Samhain and the changing seasons halfway between autumn equinox and winter solstice.
Read moreOrcalab
With business slowing down in October Barbara and I took some time to travel North. Our mission was to travel to a research station named Orcalab, famous for its 45…
Read moreFin Whale encounter
There once was a whale called Michael Finnegan He blew out and then blew in again Then grew whiskers on his chin again Poor old Michael Finnigan, begin again… The second…
Read moreSailing with the T60 family of Transient Orcas passed Friday Harbor
Sailing North to Speiden Channel we met the T60 family of Transient, or Bigg’s, Orcas. Folks staying at Lonesome Cove Resort witnessed the family as they hunted harbor seals. A…
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