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Posey Island – An Easy Sea Kayak Adventure

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Deb Garland

Venture into the San Juan Islands by sea kayak for a few days and the inevitable question arises about where to camp overnight ashore. One favorite destination is Posey Island, a one-acre marine state park located north of Roche Harbor on … Continue reading →

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James Island – Sentinel of the San Juan Islands

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Deb Garland

Standing guard at the entrance to the San Juan Islands, south of Thatcher Pass, is James Island. For several years, we confused James Island with Jones Island, another marine state park near Deer Harbor on Orcas Island unless we consulted a … Continue reading →

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Jones Island – A Favorite of Campers

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Deb Garland

One of the best things about the San Juan Islands are the number of marine state parks that can be visited by marine craft, self-propelled or driven by an inboard/outboard engine. The island is remote enough to keep the less … Continue reading →

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Gift of Sucia Island

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Deb Garland

Smugglers on Sucia Island? Following our first sail to the island in the early 1980s, I read about a man who’d settled on South Finger Island in Echo Bay the prior winter. He believed that he’d found a remote spot to … Continue reading →

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