Blogs and News about Mcconnell Island of the San Juan Islands, Washington State.
Last updated on Sat, 31 Jul 2010
Pacific Northwest Seasons: Kayaking to Yellow Island: Wildflowers ... One of the many things I love about sea kayaking in Washington's San Juan Islands is paddling past scenic little islands clustered close together. One of my favorite places for island hopping is the Wasp Islands within the greater San Juan ... We stop for lunch at a beach on the west side of McConnell Island , making sure to stay below the tide line since most of the island shorelines are privately owned. As we munch, right across the passage just a quarter mile or so ...
Our First Experience Kayaking with Children - Kayaking with KidsWell... it was a good trip (er, learning experience) but If you have read our "A Great First Trip in the San Juan Islands" post, you have already figured out that our route above looks a little longer than optimal. ... We did finally talk the ranger into letting our child eat, and he was helpful in telling us about the public land located on the NW side of McConnell Island where we could carry on our previously planned snack break (no camping allowed there however). ...
Monday - June 1 - Aground on Yellow Island Reef (23 NM)The wind finally came up enough for us to navigate the North Pass and then came up strong as we were expose to the northwest flow from San Juan channel. Bolero put her shoulder down and we were headed home. But it was late (about 5:30 ...
San Juan Islands The San Juan Islands are a part of the San Juan Archipelago in the northwest corner of the continental United States. The archipelago is split into two groups of islands based on national sovereignty. San Juan Islands are part of the US ...
birthday paddlewe took a nice easy pace and crossed san juan channel and made our way to the north side of jones island and entered spring pass and headed south toward mcconnell island . we stopped and had lunch on little mcconnell island and enjoyed ...
