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Launching with the small boat hoist at Cap Sante Marina, Anacortes
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Anchoring in the northern cove of Saddlebag Island for our first night
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LIBERTY on a downwind run up Bellingham Channel with the fooding current, heading for Cypress Head
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17-08-12 Saddlebag to Cypress Head
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Anchored in Cypress Head after a good 15-mile day
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setting off from Cypress Head, to cross Rosario Strait
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Almost at the entrance of Thatcher Pass, with the third reef in to handle the big gusts... looking north up Rosario Strait
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In the lee of James Island, we rowed into the eastern cove for the night
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17-08-13 Cypress Head to James Island, crossing Rosario
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It blew up pretty strong from the west in the evening, but we didn't feel a thing in this beautiful little cove on James Island
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I wonder what sort of birds are nesting on these cliffs in Shoal Bay (Lopez Island)?
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17-08-14 James Island to Odlin County Park, Lopez Island
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Anchored off Odlin County Park, Lopez Island, for our 3rd night
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this anchorage is on Upright Channel, which has a ton of traffic, but we still slept soundly (that's a ferry going by, viewed from under our boom tent)
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dawn brought us patches of fog
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at times the horizon disappeared
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fog drifting through Odlin County Park, Lopez Island
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an otter family feeding on chicken pieces that the crabbers were using for bait
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LUNA with her boom tent, anchored in just enough water to float at low tide
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we waited until the fog lifted, and then rowed for about three hours before some wind filled in
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looking back towards Upright Head
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17-08-15 Odlin Park to Obstruction Pass
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arrival at Obstruction Pass Park, our anchorage for the 4th night of the cruise
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it feels good to be landing on Orcas Island
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this State Park is a beautiful little bay on the south-eastern tip of the entrance to East Sound, Orcas Island
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looking up East Sound, Orcas Island
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panoramic view from Obstruction Pass Park
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we can laugh about all that rowing... now
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the view from our little boat is calm as the sun sets...
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... and the morning is sunny, as we prepare to set off back across Rosario Strait
