Saturday evening I attended My Fair Lady at the San Juan Island Community Theatre.
Was I pleasantly surprised! I was expecting well, not what I got. I was delightful: costumes, acting and singing voices. If you are going to be on island, I would most definatly include this performance in your plans.
$18 and well worth it.
I had an appointment off island yesterday and was observing folks, dogs, ferriess and cormorants at the Anacortes ferry landing.
Great weather yesterday, today too and suppose to be the same for tomorrow - Mother Days (you remembered her, right?)
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Here is a family walking the beach with their dog
Ferry
Coming
or
Going?
Hope the family with the dog finds this
Cormorants. Ya gotta love them.
I noticed SO MANY cormorants carrying sea weed and eel grass to their
nests...
Capt. Mike and I saved the day aboard the M/V Sea Lion today. There have been no orca sightings for several days despite all of the companies being out and scouring the watery countryside. We were taking our place amongst them and heading out on a northwest wildlife tour when out of the blue, literally, popped an orca fin! What, an orca fin?! Yes, an orca fin!! I, maintaining professionalism and decorum at all times, proceeded to run around the boat yelling and effusing. San...
Here we are in the San Juan Safaris office overlooking Friday Harbor and another beautiful day. The ceiling of rolling clouds let bursts of sunlight through before carrying them away to other honored spots. Breezes are quiet, with just enough movement in the air to make the pennants and leaves flutter, and to encourage the birds to take to wing. Orcas have been spotted in the area off-and-on this week and hopefully they will make an appearance for us today. I am anxious to see...
5/5 Associated Press Washington transfers historic San Juan Island land by Associated Press OLYMPIA (AP) â The state Board of Natural Resources approved the transfer of 320 acres on San Juan Island to be included in the San Juan Island National Historic Park. The state land is adjacent to historic English Camp and includes a road used by British and American troops who jointly occupied the area until 1872. The Department of Natural Resources says the state will receive $3.1 million...
It is GORGEOUS here this morning. We will be pulling away from the docks at 1:00 from now until October 2. June 12 starts our additional "Sunset Orca Whale Watching Tour" at 5:30 pm. At that time of the year it stays light until 10 PM.
No official orca report YET today, but J pod of orca whales have been in the area recently, so we are feeling pretty good about today's tour.
Stay tuned for the naturalists report this evening. Over and out for now, Colleen
The weather was beautiful- sunny AND warm. Unfortunately, there was a raging wind. We had to cancel our trip and the ferries were either canceled or delayed. The weather tomorrow looks much better and we are running our scheduled 1pm trip.
Naturalist, Lauren Sands
What a first day back on the job! This is my third season working for San Juan Safaris. At the beginning of every season I can't wait to get back out on the water. Today was my first day back on the boat and I couldn't have asked for a more perfect welcome back! We departed Friday Harbor having heard word that the Southern Resident Killer Whales were off the coast of Victoria headed eastbound. Captain Craig informed me that rough seas might make an encounter with the orcas a no-go...
We had a small group today. Only 3 families and it felt like a private charter. I love our small groups even when the days are gray because I can connect to everyone and give people individualized attention. One family from Seattle had two adorable and well behaved girls.
We traveled north, past Speiden Island to Stuart Island. We timidly stuck our nose into Haro Strait along the west side of San Juan Island because we'd heard that the waves were building. They were so large off the...
