Blogs from San Juan Island, San Juan Islands, Washington, United States, North America

Portland came and went! It's beautiful and green! We seem to be taking the sun every place we go. But not in Portland! It was nice to see overcast! The people are really nice and super laid back! There are all types of people in Portland. For example when we were driving through Astoria we saw a young girl with bright purple hair on her bright green bike....then walking behind her was an older lady with long hair weird looking parachute pants and baggy shirt "earthy grandma" haha.... We spent some time with good friends. The congregation there was very refreshing and warm. We did little sight seeing...but mostly relaxed and sipped on our coffee! =)... read more

Here we are again, quite delinquent on any recent site additions. What can we say? We have been busy traveling on the 'Fahrt'. There has been some internet access issues but mostly our time has been taken up with sailing, running and hiking, eating ice cream, and watching seals, orcas, and lots of birds. Madison did manage to catch the only fish so far (it was ugly too). We left Anacortes on july 24th on the Seefahrt, this was our maiden voyage in winds 15-20 knots. The boat likes these wind speeds. We started off in the San Juan Islands, part of Washington state and bordering Canada. We made stops at several islands and locations, such as Cyprus, Obstruction State Park, Olga, Rosario, Spencer Spit, Shaw, Friday Harbor, Jones, Stuart, and Sucia. We stayed several days ... read more

I've definitely been slacking off on the blogging for the past 3 or 4 weeks. This is mostly due to me not wanting to drive anywhere in order to preserve my car so it will take me safely back to Kansas, so I haven't seen much other than town and work. I want to go to the other islands, but the ferry landing isn't in town on Lopez or Orcas (Isle of the Sacred Mountain) so they require a car to get anywhere, and of course taking a car on the ferry costs more. Plenty of amusements exist within walking distance on good old San Juan Island, however. Today I went to a necropsy at the Friday Harbor Marine Biology Labs (an extension of the University of Washington). I didn't take any pictures because I thought ... read more

Well, I think the only people who don't go to the Friday Harbor Fourth of July parade are dead, so I figured I better go. Actually it was really fun and worth it, although I could have done without seeing every single firetruck on the island drive by slowly. After the parade was over, I drove out to Lime Kiln State Park and explored the tidepools. Pictures of the tidepools will have to wait until later. I don't know why I felt the need to take so many parade pictures, but I just wasted two hours of my life uploading them, so I hope someone actually looks at them!... read more

So I've been thinking a lot about the parallels between the San Juan Islands and the Land of the Green Isles (I think everyone reading this realizes the Land of the Green Isles is a fictional place from King's Quest VI). Here, there is still a ferry running between the islands, which is inconvenient because it costs money. I would much prefer a magic map obtained at a pawn shop, although I don't have a pearl or an insignia ring. Maybe I could try getting one for my high school class ring? I realize that in KQ6 the ferry was always there, but it is sort of like living in a computer game because sometimes the ferry is there outside the window and sometimes it isn't. If I was in a game where the ferry was ... read more