To accomplish this, our family trip is starting off as guys
only trip. Two friends; Marty, a
vegetarian from Long Beach CA “city boy” and Scott who shoots/hooks just about
anything for food, will join me for a 5 day adventure up to Nanaimo BC.
Once we arrive in Nanaimo Julie and the kids will floatplane
in while the guys do the same back to Seattle.
Our trip started off with the 3 of us arriving at the boat
around 8pm on July 25th to pack it up and stay the night for a
5:30am departure. You would have thought
the world was ending with the amount of food we were able to pack on the
boat.
With a 5:11am departure we were off for Sucia Island in the
San Juans. It was a beautiful morning
with the sunrise over Mt Rainier. We had
a smooth although long (12 hour) cruise up the inside route via Swinomish
Channel. Our plan was to take Admiralty
Inlet into Juan De Fuca Straight to save a little time but gale force winds
were forecasted in the afternoon so we avoided that route.
On a Friday night at 5pm we were lucky enough to get a buoy
after dropping 2 crab pots at the entrance to Echo Bay. We took the dinghy to shore for a little hike
then picked up the pots for one keeper.
Getting Marty out on a hike in the wilderness was fun, but from now on
for his sake we’ll just call it a “walk”.
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| Marty and Scott |
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| Early morning up Colvos Passage |
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| Seattle in the distance |
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