Going to the San Juans Tomorrow

[jwishart]

The Admiral and I are headed up to Sucia tomorrow after work. Anyone else up in the San Juans this weekend?

[Nehalennia]

If we go it will only be a day trip.
One Kid has pictures for dance Sat and the Other has Football on Sunday.
Maybe we can get out Saturday afternoon for an overnighter and come back Sunday AM.
It'd be nice to see Sucia again....it's been years.
I'll talk to the Admiral.

[jwishart]

If we go it will only be a day trip.
One Kid has pictures for dance Sat and the Other has Football on Sunday.
Maybe we can get out Saturday afternoon for an overnighter and come back Sunday AM.
It'd be nice to see Sucia again....it's been years.
I'll talk to the Admiral.

It would be great to meet you guys up there.

[Nehalennia]

Jw
You trailer up or remind me, are you at Dagmars?

[jwishart]

Jw
You trailer up or remind me, are you at Dagmars?

I trailer.

[Nehalennia]

I trailer.

Where are you planning of dumping in?
I was looking at the run from Twin Bridges Skagit launch where I have a pass. That's only 27 miles from Sucia, an hour run.

[jwishart]

Where are you planning of dumping in?
I was looking at the run from Twin Bridges Skagit launch where I have a pass. That's only 27 miles from Sucia, an hour run.

I dump in at Coronet Bay. I usually can get up there in a little over an hour.

[Nehalennia]

I dump in at Coronet Bay. I usually can get up there in a little over an hour.

That's right. I recall now that you dump in there

[jwishart]

The San Juans were kick ***** last week.

Our goal was to make it up to Sucia Island Thursday after work. But, we were slowed down with a massive power outage that took out all of the traffic lights in Anacortes. Some people do no understand to treat it like a 4 way stop.

We ended up launching the boat around 7:30pm at Coronet Bay. The water was flat and no other boats except the ferry were on it. The admiral and I were both tired, so we just ended up tying up to a buoy at Spencer Spit. Still, no other boats or people were out there. We felt like we had the entire San Juans to ourselves!

The next day, we woke up at 6am and headed off to Sucia. The water was flat, no boats, and blue skies. Once up to Sucia, we headed around the island to see how many boats were up there.

Fossil Bay: 2 boats
Echo Bay: 1 boat
Shallow Bay: 1 Boat
Fox Cove: 0 boats
Snoring Bay: 0 boats

By Friday night the main dock was filled in Fossil bay, and the second dock had a couple of boats on it. Saturday, is when the place started filling up.

The weather was perfect the entire time up there.

I will post pics when I get a chance to pull them off of my camera.

[Nehalennia]

The San Juans were kick ***** last week.

Our goal was to make it up to Sucia Island Thursday after work. But, we were slowed down with a massive power outage that took out all of the traffic lights in Anacortes. Some people do no understand to treat it like a 4 way stop.

We ended up launching the boat around 7:30pm at Coronet Bay. The water was flat and no other boats except the ferry were on it. The admiral and I were both tired, so we just ended up tying up to a buoy at Spencer Spit. Still, no other boats or people were out there. We felt like we had the entire San Juans to ourselves!

The next day, we woke up at 6am and headed off to Sucia. The water was flat, no boats, and blue skies. Once up to Sucia, we headed around the island to see how many boats were up there.

Fossil Bay: 2 boats
Echo Bay: 1 boat
Shallow Bay: 1 Boat
Fox Cove: 0 boats
Snoring Bay: 0 boats

By Friday night the main dock was filled in Fossil bay, and the second dock had a couple of boats on it. Saturday, is when the place started filling up.

The weather was perfect the entire time up there.

I will post pics when I get a chance to pull them off of my camera.

Would love to see the pics JW.
I had the boat out front of the house all weekend polishing.
I'd like to see what it looks like up there; it's been so long.

[jwishart]

Would love to see the pics JW.
I had the boat out front of the house all weekend polishing.
I'd like to see what it looks like up there; it's been so long.

I will post them tonight when I get home. I let the admiral take most of the pictures (so I hope they turned out), while I shot all of the video.

[jwishart]

Here are some pics from the Weekend at Sucia.

Shallow Bay

http://cdn-3-service.phanfare.com/images/2524026_3705943_67363512_Web_3/Image-2524026-67363512-2-Web_0_b9c8ec889b95a5cf4386ea42b168c83e_1

Echo Bay

http://cdn-3-service.phanfare.com/images/2524026_3705943_67363502_Web_3/Image-2524026-67363502-2-Web_0_b2ed48541e014aab3bb34b6a1fbb53c3_1

Fossil Bay

http://cdn-3-service.phanfare.com/images/2524026_3705943_67363503_Web_3/Image-2524026-67363503-2-Web_0_22c8bed20cb8bb1222a6b87401b308f7_1

Fossil Bay

http://cdn-3-service.phanfare.com/images/2524026_3705943_67363504_Web_3/Image-2524026-67363504-2-Web_0_747e7613fd9be68290768f6346980623_1

Fox Cove

http://cdn-3-service.phanfare.com/images/2524026_3705943_67363509_Web_3/Image-2524026-67363509-2-Web_0_473bd9cf21d2238d2b124327368a1a8e_1

Fox Cove

http://cdn-3-service.phanfare.com/images/2524026_3705943_67363510_Web_3/Image-2524026-67363510-2-Web_0_9c879679bca06200984e4cf640d0eb92_1

Fox Cove

http://cdn-3-service.phanfare.com/images/2524026_3705943_67363513_Web_3/Image-2524026-67363513-2-Web_0_43719219bda5c8ff839971f083e6b005_1

Karma zapped from a long day

http://cdn-3-service.phanfare.com/images/2524026_3705943_67363511_WebSmall_3/Image-2524026-67363511-2-WebSmall_0_70ed6806f8671a5e676fbb75c1ec3ccd_1

The tides were too low to retrieve the boat in Coronet Bay. So, we waited at the floating dock in Bowman Bay

http://cdn-3-service.phanfare.com/images/2524026_3705943_67363501_Web_3/Image-2524026-67363501-2-Web_0_bd71c4c06fbb3d40ef55c24409e497cc_1

[Nehalennia]

Those are great pics. Thanks for sharing. Now I definitely need to get the kids up there.

[Go Aweigh2452]

Shallow bay is my favorite for the mid summer sunsets... Nice photos!

[jwishart]

It was a nice relaxing trip. Now is the time to go and beat the crowds. We will be back out next weekend. The admiral wants to do some lake fishing this weekend.

[Nehalennia]

Come on down to DesMoines?

[jwishart]

Come on down to DesMoines?

Where do you put the boat in at for the trip down?

[SomeSailor]

Why not Everett?

[jwishart]

I am going to have to make some adjustments on my trailer before I can tow the boat that far. I don't have enough weight on the tongue and it is causing my rear tires to spin when I step on the gas. I need to pull the boat off the trailer and saw a few inches off the bunks.

[Nehalennia]

Where do you put the boat in at for the trip down?


Why not Everett?


I am going to have to make some adjustments on my trailer before I can tow the boat that far. I don't have enough weight on the tongue and it is causing my rear tires to spin when I step on the gas. I need to pull the boat off the trailer and saw a few inches off the bunks.

We'll be leaving Everett on Friday evening around 6:30. It should a nice calm run down there(about 1 1/2hours). Let's cruise together.

[voyager]

Why is everyone going to Des Moines?

[Play N Hookie II]

Why is everyone going to Des Moines?

something about a pig?

[Go Aweigh2452]

Why is everyone going to Des Moines?

Because We heard you were going to the SJ's... :eek:




Actually, Eagle Lady stepped up to host a cruise to Des Moines (their backyard marina). Theme is Luau... Come on down and have some fun. Might even let you fish in the fish pen there... :rolleyes:

[jwishart]

We'll be leaving Everett on Friday evening around 6:30. It should a nice calm run down there(about 1 1/2hours). Let's cruise together.

Sounds like it would be a blast, but I could not get the boat from Anacortes down to Everett in time. :cry: I will meet up on another one in the future.

Thanks for the invite though! :lol:

[Nehalennia]

Sounds like it would be a blast, but I could not get the boat from Anacortes down to Everett in time. :cry: I will meet up on another one in the future.

Thanks for the invite though! :lol:

Oh do you store it on the trailer up there then?

[jwishart]

Oh do you store it on the trailer up there then?

Yes we do.

[Eagle Lady]

Why is everyone going to Des Moines?

We wanted to make reservations somewhere south to mid-sound so that IBoaters from the that part of Puget Sound could make it; Gig Harbor-Arabella's, Dock Street in Tacoma and a others were full for each weekend we checked.

While IBNW was at the Boat Show in January we found the "Des Moines Marina" booth and asked about available dates....they had openings and that's how Des Moines was chosen. Granted there aren't alot of activities such as the Farmer's Market right now (opens June 1st) but it's a nice quaint calm marina with a park and beachcombing nearby, hot showers, several restaurants from fast food to elegant, wifi, fuel, pumpout, and good people. It isn't the San Juans but that'll come later...

We do hope you can join us for "How the HULA are you?"! Look for the tent on the dock - that's where our reserved slips are. ;)