Blogs from Anacortes, Washington, United States, North America

blog 09-14-17 Deception Pass There were so many phone calls to make and blogs to post and internet things that needed our attention that we had to go to the rec hall to see if we could get internet there. There were 2 bars on the phone so we were thrilled and spent about 2 hours sitting in the sun getting our internet activities done. By mid afternoon we were ready to head on our last tourist activity here before we left this area. Deception Pass was about a 20 min drive and the weather was perfect for the experience. Captain Vancouver was in this area in 1792 and thought that the water coming from between these two rocks was a swift moving river, but one of his men took a crew and small boat and ... read more

blog 09-12-17 Orchas ! It was up and out early today to catch the whale watching boat out of Anacordes to the San Juan Islands to see if we could find the Orchas that feed here. We were on the newest ship of their fleet a catamaran that could hold 130 people and travel at 25 knots. There are 3 floors, the main floor with padded seats and tables, the second deck with some inside seating and outside seating and the third deck with metal seats and a top for shade but no sides. All the decks had walk around viewing areas with great viewing from almost anywhere. Our departure time was 11 am and we were pretty close. The ship slipped out of the harbor and between the islands and we were on our adventure. ... read more

Blog 09-19-17 La Conner, WA Boy are we getting good at breaking camp. After 4 days in Leavenworth there was no preperation the night before to pack up so in the morning we had it all to do. But we have gotten efficient doing the tasks at hand and before you knew it the dogs were walked and there was nothing else to do but drive away. The night before we had decided to take Rt 2 across the Cascades instead of driving way out of our way to take the interstate. I had talked to a local person the night before and she assured me that trucks take Rt 2 all the time with no problems especially with no snow in the forecast. So off we went and the scenery knocked our socks off. Some ... read more

Nous voici à notre 4e journée... 150 km plus loin et nous roulons vers le sud-ouest. Objectif de la journée: dormir à Oak Harbour et prendre le traversier vers Port Townsend. Pour l'instant nous mangeons des pâtes sauce champignons. Le motel nous a laissé utiliser sa table de piquenique ainsi que son wifi. Depuis le départ, les gens sont gentils et la température est belle. Nous devrons peut-être faire un arrêt magasinage de patins pour Benoit à la prochaine grande ville, sinon rien à signaler. Nous mettrons des photos et plus de détails plus tard... Là nous avons encore 20 km avant le camping (Parlant de camping, ceux des Parcs d'État sont bien, mais il n'y a pas le wifi et sont souvent loin des villes...) Première journée: Partis fatigués et pas aussi bien préparés que ... read more

Sunday August 19, 2012 Port McNeill to Gowland Harbor (near Campbell River) We were sent out early again by threatened afternoon winds in Johnstone Strait. They never materialized but from early on the tide was against us and we found some helpful eddies along the South shoreline. I misread the tide and current charts and we ended up at Seymour Narrows at a full flood of twelve knots just like last year. This year being a year older and having experienced full flood I decided I didn’t want to get knocked around again so we pulled into Plumper Bay out of the current and dropped the anchor for a couple of hours. Besides I’m into a good summer novel and it reads just as well on either side of the tide. Seymour Narrows was ... read more