Blogs and News about Reef Island of the San Juan Islands, Washington State.
Last updated on Sun, 5 Jul 2009
Knockabout Sloops: Monday - June 1 - Aground on Yellow Island Reef ... Next up was North pass just north of Reef Island (you would think I would have learned something by the crappy names of these places). Having just come though Pole pass, North pass was giant. The problem, of course, became the wind. ... That great wind we had that would have sent us quickly down San Juan channel on a mild current was all but gone when we were finally were pulled from the reef. We made is almost to Turn Island. Most of the remaining three to four mile were ...
San Juan Islands Pointer Island; Pole Island; Portage Island; Posey Island; Puffin Island; Ram Island; Reef Island ; Rim Island; Ripple Island; Rum Island; Samish Island; San Juan Island; Satellite Island; Sentinel Island; Shaw Island; Sheep Island ...
Spring Tides 2009The basic premise of the trip was that we would leverage a particularly large tidal change (it was a new moon) that occurred at a relatively convenient time to have a three-day weekend in the San Juan Islands. ...
Top Ten Vacation Destinations in the CaribbeanOne of these days, I will definitely go to my favorite top ten vacation destinations in the Caribbean. It is about time for me to relax and take a little time off. I guess working for long hours really did pay off. ...
Day trip to Orcas IslandMike was working, so I took a solo day trip to Orcas Island, one of the gorgeous San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington. The island is named for "Juan Vicente de Güemes Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo", the Viceroy of Mexico who sent ...
San Juan Kayak Trip We had a little problem crossing to Jones Island since we misread the current atlas but after a brief stop on Reef Island to wait for the currents to change we made it to Jones. We spend two nights on Jones and used the second day to ...
Helicopter crash leaves a mother-to-be in mourning (AP)Next on my list would be Islands with historical and architectural appeal and the first place to go to is definitely San Juan in Puerto Rico. The Spanish colonial influence could be best seen in design of their buildings and the ...
