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Tag Archives: Washington State Ferries
Fawn Island – Once Known as Fisherman’s Island
Can you guess how many deer-related names exist in the San Juan Islands? Maybe you’re familiar with Fawn Island tucked into Deer Harbor on Orcas Island, the exotic species of Fallow and Sika deer living on Spieden Island, or the … Continue reading
Posted in Blakely Island, Buck Island, Crane Island, Doe Island, Fawn Island, Lopez Island, Orcas Island, San Juan Islands & Vicinity, Spieden Island, Stuart Island, Yellow Island
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Double Island – Exploring the Central San Juan Islands (Part 5)
Do you like to explore different areas, return to a favorite spot, or linger in the same place? When we first started cruising, we sailed as far as our weekends and summer vacations would allow, improving our skills to tackle … Continue reading
Posted in Alegria Island, Double Island, San Juan Islands & Vicinity
Tagged Alegria Island, Big Double Island, Carlyn Kaiser Stark, Carousel Buffalo Company, Deb Garland, Deb Garland's San Juan Islands & Beyond, Deer Harbor, Double Island, Double Island – Exploring the Central San Juan Islands – Part 5, Four Winds/Westward Ho Camp, Hallmark Movie "All Summer Long", Kaiser Family Estate, Little Double Island, M/V Pacific Yellowfin, Orcas Island, Orcas Village, Orcas Village Store, Pacific Yellowfin Charters, Pacific Yellowfin Tuna, Pole Pass, Washington State Ferries, West Sound, West Sound Marina, www.blog.debgarland.com, www.debgarland.com
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Double Island – Exploring the Central San Juan Islands (Part 2)
Slipping through Pole Pass on the way to Deer Harbor from Double Island in a sea kayak or an inflatable dinghy with a small outboard is easy, but it requires planning. The tight bottleneck channel can become a virtual boat parade route in the summer. The safest approach … Continue reading
Posted in Double Island, San Juan Islands & Vicinity
Tagged Crane Island, Deb Garland, Deb Garland's San Juan Islands & Beyond, Deer Harbor, Deer Harbor Inn, Deer Harbor Marina, Double Island, Double Island - Exploring the Central San Juan Islands - Part 2, http://www.blog.debgarland.com, http://www.debgarland.com, Luke 12:27-28, Native Americans, Orcas Island, Pole Pass, Turtleback Farm Inn, Washington State Ferries, watercolor painting
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Double Island – Exploring the Central San Juan Islands (Part 1)
Word of mouth is a good thing, right? A fellow sailor told us of a pretty anchorage between Double Island and Orcas Island, so we planned our first visit. The nautical chart aboard our sailboat shows two adjacent islands connecting at … Continue reading
Posted in Double Island, San Juan Islands & Vicinity
Tagged Blind Bay, Deb Garland, Deb Garland's San Juan Islands & Beyond, Deer Harbor, Double Island, Double Island - Exploring the Central San Juan Islands - Part 1, Four Winds Camp, http://www.blog.debgarland.com, http://www.debgarland.com, Isaiah 55:6, Little Portion Store, Orcas Express, Orcas Hotel, Orcas Island, Orcas Island Eclipse Charters, Orcas Village Store, S/V Adventuress, S/V Kelpie, Shaw General Store, Shaw Island, Shaw Island Ferry Dock, Washington State Ferries, West Sound
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Watching the World Float by–or Not–on Crane Island
A column titled “No Grief on a Reef” caught my eye. Two articles explained how to navigate a boat through Wasp Passage, the narrow channel separating the western tips of Orcas and Shaw islands, and Pole Pass. Both waterways skirt Crane Island, … Continue reading
Posted in Crane Island, San Juan Islands & Vicinity
Tagged Adventuress, Bird Rock, Crane Island, Deb Garland, Deb Garland's San Juan Islands & Beyond, Deer Harbor, http://www.blog.debgarland.com, http://www.debgarland.com, Orcas Island, Pole Pass, San Juan Islands, Washington State Ferries, Wasp Islands, Wasp Passage, Watching the World Float by--or Not--on Crane Island
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Spieden Island or Safari Island?
Exotic big game animals and birds in the American San Juan Islands of Washington State? Visitors passing Spieden Island on a Washington State ferry on their way to Sidney, British Columbia, Canada from Anacortes or travelling by private boat are … Continue reading
Posted in San Juan Islands & Vicinity, Spieden Island, Writing
Tagged Cactus Islands, Dave Ceccarelli, Deb Garland, Deb Garland's San Juan Islands & Beyond, fallow deer, Farrar and June Burn, John Wayne, Living High, Mouflon sheep, safari, San Juan Islands, San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Sentinel Island, Sika deer, Spieden Island, The Nature Conservancy, Washington State Ferries
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Yellow Island – A Sea of Flowers
An artist’s dream! Two friends and I signed up for a watercolor painting workshop held in the spring on Orcas Island. Each morning, our instructor taught us a specific technique before leading us on a fieldtrip to practice our new … Continue reading
Posted in San Juan Islands & Vicinity, Writing, Yellow Island
Tagged camas, chocolate lily, Deb Garland, Deb Garland's San Juan Islands & Beyond, Harbor seals, Indian paintbrush, Joe and Sally Hall, Lew and Elizabeth Dodd, Phil Green, prickly pear cactus, rockfish, San Juan Islands, shooting star, stonecrop, The Nature Conservancy, Washington State Ferries, Wasp Islands, Wasp Passage, wildflowers, Yellow Island
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H is for Henry Island
An island shaped like an H, settled by an early pioneer, Henry Perkins, and named Henry Island in 1841 by explorer, Charles Wilkes, for his late nephew, Henry Wilkes, killed in a skirmish in Fiji? Believe it! (Photo courtesy of the … Continue reading
Ferryboat Islands – Part 2
Lopez Island is the first island on the Washington State Ferries route into the San Juan Islands from Anacortes. It is the third largest island, looks like the letter “L” from the air, and is known as the “friendly” island. Residents … Continue reading
Ferryboat Islands – Part 1
San Juan, Orcas, Shaw, and Lopez islands beckon to visitors sailing aboard the Washington State Ferries from Anacortes, WA and Sidney, BC, Canada on Vancouver Island year around, with the exception of no ferry service from Canada during the cold … Continue reading