San Juan Area Boating Pictures

Boating, Cruising, Camping, Sailing, Flora and Fauna Pictures of the San Juan Islands

These are snapshots of places and activities our family experienced while camping, hiking, kayaking, biking, and even sailing.  However, this website has hundreds more pictures scattered throughout the many posts.  

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new improved 2016 tree and Frosty

2019 Christmasships at St Helens

36 Christmas Ships at St Helens for 2018 Parade

Emerging from  fog at Thatcher Pass

Canon firing in Deception Pass

talk like an old salt and name that thinghy

What dinghy's are good for at Matia Island

Self serve T shirt sales on Stuart Island (honor system purchases)

One room school still in use on Stuart (closed for summer)(2015- closed)

Tame Deer on Jones Island

Full dock at James Island

How much free-board did you say?

Observation tower atop Mt Constitution on Orcas Island

 Mushroom rock on Sucia (used as survey marker in early days)

Jones Island resident ranger

We have seen so many deer on Jones over the years that I am sure we are watching some grow up along with our kids.  Is this the little buck that looked cross eyed at a marshmallow my son stuck on its nose one quiet evening around a campfire. Is it the one that met me at the waters edge when I came ashore in the dinghy?

Turn point lighthouse on Stuart (now houses museum)

"Sunshine" sharing slip (red gas can) with Ocean Alexander at Roche Harbor
total embarrassment

Echo Bay on Sucia

Main concourse at Roche Harbor

Sculpture Garden at Roche Harbor

More Sculpture Garden

More Sculptures

spinning sculpture

15 degrees heel,  must be sailing

I see you too

long uphill hike to Cypress Lake on Cypress Island
Begin this walk at Eagle Harbor for shortest distance.

Trail to Smugglers Cove on Cypress

Volunteers are needed to do some trail pruning

Cabin at Smugglers cove on Cypress

Pelican Beach

Matia's true owner

Float at Matia, Sucia in background

minus tide at Matia

alien moss like plant

more cool moss

creepy stuff

Shallow Bay  (Sucia) gets a negative dinghy beach rating

 China Caves on Sucia

True Love

Mothers nightmare

What's red and green with rocks all around?

 New dock at Jones Island

Easy hiking on Jones

playing with expensive self inflating jacket

Otter lives under  James Island float

James Island float

 Deception Pass

 Friday Harbor

 begging for a hand out

 Rosario

 Haro Strait

 Rosario

Butchart Gardens

Butchart Garden

Inner Harbor at Victoria

Butchart Garden

 Butchart Garden

Jelly fish

Butchart Garden

Government building, Victoria

checking the oil level

high grounded

Mt Baker

 Cap Sante - Anacortes

 Sea Bird condominiums

 Lazy times

 18 mph

 James Island

say cheese (summit of James Island)

Wind Song (before the infamous fire)

 Kayakers campground on James

Watch out these guys are bold

Coming around the corner at Lopez

Odlin County Park

favorite knot

 County dock at Eastsound

 good times

Skull Island Park in Massacre Bay  (West Sound)

Tame pygmy deer on Jones

Same Deer

picking overhead apples the teamwork way

meeting new friends  (Jones for sure)

 out for a walk along the shoreline trail (Jones I think)

heading for the dinghy docks at Roche Harbor

4th of July dinghy balloon contest

164 foot Eileen steals show and view of fireworks on 4th of July at Friday Harbor (2016)

Wind Song fire caused by extension cord plug overheated and shorted

Smoke damage caused boat to be totaled

San Juan area

 Rain forest?

 East cove Matia, Lummi Island in background

 small boats only

Hello!

 my favorite cove

Patos Island (beached parks boat)

 Maybe Sucia?

Maybe looking towards Saltspring Island from Montague Harbor area

 Oh boy, a boat full of kids coming in to quell the boredom!

 throwing rocks in the hole (low tide only)

only way to get to Clark Island (Barnes and Orcas in back)

 Doe Island float before storm damage (Orcas across channel)

 Little visited

 Cap Sante Marina from top of Cap Sante

 Looking north from top of Cap Sante  (Saddlebag is 3rd from right)

Pacific Madrone

Anacortes deer are much bigger than little ones on Jones Island

Bowman Bay at Deception Pass Park  (Sharpe Cove float removed for winter)

Maiden of Deception Pass (at Sharpe Cove)

Find this marker at Stuart Island Lighthouse

Fort Whitman on Goat Island

Aqua Buses at Granville Island - False Creek in Vancouver BC

Malibu  Rapids outbound

Malibu Rapids inbound

Princess Louisa Inlet

View of Chatterbox Falls from float in Princess Louisa Inlet