Departing Gig Harbor. Why does the water look so calm? Maybe because there was NO wind.
The skipper in control of the helm.
Our view of Colvos Passage.
Blake Island, our destination for the evening.
Point Vashon and a couple ferries gettin' jiggy with it.
Southern tip of Blake Island.
Our approach to the jetty and our ultimate moorage.
Moorage at Blake Island is limited to seven consecutive nights. I wish we had more time to explore but that will have to wait till summer.
The trading post and gift shop. You can get a salmon dinner during their posted schedule.
Sue is showing the proper technique for paying for moorage.
Our baby all tied up for the evening.
Malcolm standing in front of the the trading post. I have nothing to trade and they were not open to turn me down.
Trading post
The entrance to Blake Islands' moorage. A fairly narrow channel into the marina. This is a very shallow approach so stay inside the channel markers.
Sue outside the trading post. They are closed. We are broke. It all works out in the end. There were a number of people exiting the building as we arrived. Some were carrying tin-foil covered salmon and returning to the GoodTimes II for departure.
Another view of the channel markers. Seattle is in the background.
The GoodTimes II departing the island.
A "witch tree"
A piece of the untouched northern shoreline.
The beginning of the hiking trails on Blake Island. For those of you with good knees, this is a great place to start your island trek.
Our C25 as yet unnamed, preparing for a -4 tide this evening. Seattle in the background.
I'll be your tour guide. Stay on the trails, keep off the grass. Pack it in, pack it out. Pay within thirty minutes of arriving. Pick up after your dog.
One of many views that could only be photographed and not explained. Sure, it's a tree and some clouds.
The southeast bulkhead of the park.
After the parks department sees this picture, they may very well want to hire me to "oversee" this portion of the island.
Looking to the southeastern tip of the island.
I always did like Madrona trees.
One of two fire pits. Be sure when walking that you pay close attention to all the goose deposits on the grass, everywhere!
Seattle
Looking towards the west at Sinclair Inlet.
Northern end of Vashon Island
Seattle
Sue was able to find this specimen. The only one of its' kind on the island.
Here I am with one of Sues' home-made corn muffins and I am being hipnotised by a piece of line.
I figured that this was good time to repair some wiring projects.
A -4 tide looks like this from the docks. I was checking the bottom where we moored. We were in about 4.5' of water and drawing 3'6".