San Juan Islands Chart
1st day-blue; 2nd day-red; 3rd day-green; 4th day-purple;
Start point: Guemes Island County Park. My kayak is blue one in fore ground
Start point on Guemes Island
Making crossing from Guemes Island to The Cone Islands
One of the three Cone Islands
Byron at one of the Cone Islands
Susan at one of the Cone Islands
Star fish at one of the Cone Islands
From The Cone Islands to Cypress Island
Landing at Pelican Beach Campsite on Cypress Island
First night's dinner: Lasagna in the Dutch Oven and Ceaser Salad.
Morning of the second day on Pelican Beach
Morning of second day
Sunrise on the second day
Pelican Beach Campsite, home for the next three days
Pelican Beach Campsite, Cypress Island
Hole in a rock, heading to Cypress Head on the second day
Approaching Cypress Head
Landing at Cypress Head
Looking out from beach at Cypress Head
My boat at Cypress Head
The landing at Cypress Head
Madrona tree on Cypress Head
Ismuth connecting Cypress Head to main body of Cypress Island
View from Cypress Head
Looking back toward the connecting ismuth from Cypress Head
View from the connecting ismuth
driftwood on ismuth
looking at boat through driftwood
We made it back to camp just minutes before the rain started. Chicken fajitas for dinner of the second day.
Second night, rain all night.
Morning of the third day
Rain stopped in early morning
Line of clouds & rain and blue skies
Blue skies are coming
Turning into a sunny day
The shore as we head north, beginning our circumnavigation of Cypress Island
Looking at Towhead Island
Sea between Cypress Island and Towhead Island
Looking back at the space between Towhead Island and Cypress Island
Susan
Eagle Head on north side of Cypress Island. Later today, I climb to top and take photos of sunset over Orcas island.
In the shadow of Eagle Head
Winding through the rocks
John waiting to go through the slot
Waiting to go through the slot. Notice the purple starfish on the rocks.
Around the point, starting to head south
Doug
Looking back at Eagle Head
Blue Leader (guide) Dave
Looking back at Eagle Head (again)
Stephan
Eagle Head
Red Leader (guide) Nick
John and Charlene
Heading to Strawberry Island
Landing on Strawberry Island
Waiting for my turn to land
Boats on Strawberry Island
View looking from Strawberry Island towards Cypress Island
The narrow landing beach on Strawberry Island
Madrona tree on Strawberry Island
Top of Strawberry Island
Looking from Strawberry Island towards Blakely and Orcas Islands
Leaving Strawberry Island
Waiting for everyone to get off the island
Bull Kelp off Strawberry Island
Birds on rock off Strawberry Island
West side of Cypress Island
Small cave formations on west side of Cypress Island
Movie- west side of Cypress Island
Movie- west side of Cypress Island near caves
Landing for lunch on south side of Cypress Island
Water droplett on lens :-(
Movie-lunch beach on south side of Cypress Island
Movie-south side of Cypress, beach where we ate lunch
Heading around the southern point
Hole in a rock as we head north up the east side. We were here the day before going the opposite direction.
Hiking up to Eagle Head.
Looking up to Eagle Head from the island side.
Sunset from Eagle Head looking toward Blakley Island and Orcas Island
Looking down from Eagle Head. We paddled by here earlier.
Looking back the other direction from Eagle Head
Moonrise from Eagle Head
Moon rise from Eagle Head, looking opposite direction of sunset
Sunset through plant on Eagle Head
Starfish on Cypress Island near campsite
Sea Anemone near campsite
Tide pool near campsite
Loking from tide pool towards Towhead Island
Sinclair Island as we head back to Guemes Island on the fourth day
Old farm or ranch on Sinclair Island
Approaching west side of Vendovi Island as we continue back to Guemes Island
House on north side of Vendovi Island
Madronas on Vendovi Island
East side of Vendovi Island
Three seals off Vendovi Island
Rounding south side of Vendovi Island
Heading to Guemes island from Vendovi
The gear
