Huge turnout in Anacortes for No Kings. Maybe 1000 if not more. #AnacortesWA #SanJuanIslands #nokings

Today's the day I finally get the boat out on the water (off the dock, that is). I'm just waiting for the sun to finish drying the rug I washed yesterday before I put it back on board. Hoping to get out of here by 8 AM. With luck, my pups and I will be hiking on Sucia Island at noon. #boating #SanJuanIslands #PNW

If anyone is interested in joining me and just one other student (so far) for a 5-day powerboat "Learn and Cruise" around the San Juan Islands, you can learn more here: https://sanjuanyachting.com/instruction-power/power-cruising-and-seamanship.html

The class I'm teaching starts May 15. It'll cover all the basics of boat handling, navigation, trip planning, etc. What a great way to learn about boating while cruising the amazing San Juan Islands! #boating #SanJuanIslands

#Washington state: February 5, 2025 Community responds to ramping ICE arrests | Salish Current #bellinghamwa #whatcom #skagit #SanJuanIslands
https://salish-current.org/2025/02/13/community-responds-to-ramping-ice-arrests/

Well, I’m at Deer Harbor Marina on Orcas Island. Surprisingly affordable (off season) and very pleasant. In a little while, I’ll make the 1/2 mile walk up to the local BBQ place for dinner.

This is my last free day before I join the Desolation Sound flotilla tomorrow. If the weather is this good even half the days, I’ll be thrilled.

Bonus: A #seaplane just landed in the adjacent channel. Looks like he’s taxiing past.

My neighbors, in the fog. #boating #BoatLife #sailing #SanJuanIslands #wx #weather #fog

Tonight’s mooring ball is a wee bit exposed for my taste, but it’s been pretty smooth so far — except on the rare occasion when a boat speeds by in Bellingham Channel. I took my pups for a hike on shore. Some folks in a small fishing boat set up a camp on shore and are now out fishing nearby. I’ve got one of my crab traps out. It’s nice here. #boating #BoatLife #SanJuanIslands

Interesting morning weather. It's crazy clear where I started about 8 miles back, but there are low clouds much closer to the mainland. The one shown here is Cypress Island which is partially obscured by multiple layers of clouds. I've got the current in my favor and should get to my destination by 9:30 AM. I had a very rushed departure when I realized that there was only about a foot of water under my running gear and the tide was still going out. #boating #BoatLife #SanJuanIslands

Well, it looks like I either caught lunch or dinner. Both of these are about a quarter inch larger than the minimum and both male so they're both keepers. Oddly, they were the only crabs on board when I pulled them in; the last few times the trap has been full. #boating #crabbing #BoatLife #SanJuanIslands

Out my port side cabin window right now. #boating #BoatLife #PNW #SanJuanIslands

#RoyalRoadsUniversity recently unveiled its new #Indigenous #MedicineGarden – a project designed to give #students and #community members a chance to learn about #plants that the #Lekwungen speaking peoples have used since time immemorial.

Solara Goldwynn, Royal Roads' farm and #FoodSystems lead, and Kenneth Elliot, #EthnoBotanist and #CowichanElder, chose the garden’s colourful mix of plants, most of which grow naturally in the traditional territories of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples (southern #VancouverIsland and the #SanJuanIslands and #GulfIslands

https://www.sookenewsmirror.com/local-news/new-indigenous-medicine-garden-blooms-at-royal-roads-university-7473608

Freshly baked snickerdoodles with local smoked sugar! #sanjuanislands #pnw #homemade

San Juan Island - Orcas Island - Lopez Island
A Disabled Hikers Guide to the San Juans
https://www.visitsanjuans.com/accessible-san-juans-hiking-guide
#Hikers #Hiking #SanJuanIslands #PacificNorthwest #PNW #DisabledHikers

This appears to be an actual flight path flown from #BellinghamWA to #FridayHarbor in the #SanJuanIslands on Monday. #ADSB #GPS #SalishSea #orca
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a204f3&lat=48.598&lon=-122.889&zoom=11.2&showTrace=2023-09-18&timestamp=1695066526

Beautiful #map of the #bathymetry of the #SanJuanIslands made by Gerry Gabrisch, GIS Manager at #LummiNation. Created completely with the #OpenSource software program #QGIS (@qgis).

#SalishSea #SanJuans #WashingtonState #Cascadia #PugetSound #GIS #Lummi #SanJuanIsland #OrcasIsland #VictoriaBC #maps #cartography

Original post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gerry-gabrisch-gisp-2aa3263b_linkedin-often-features-memes-that-mock-qgis-activity-7102411473771003904-b8A1

San Juan Islands, Puget Sound, Washington:

Happy #silentSunday from the #SanJuanIslands

Rosario Beach, #WA on the way to #SanJuanIslands via #Anacortes ferry June 2022