San Juan Island

Aidan Murphy joined us for a few days at an AirBNB on San Juan Island. Day trips included English Camp in the northwest corner of the island, an orca viewing boat, and American Camp in the southwest corner of the island.
img_20170809_104222572 Scrambling around while waiting for the ferry to arrive.
Scrambling around while waiting for the ferry to arrive.
img_20170809_153015917_hdr Relaxing in our pretty AirBNB.
Relaxing in our pretty AirBNB.
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img_4152 Looking out from the formal garden out towards where the main part of the camp used to be. There are only a few buildings left standing.
Looking out from the formal garden out towards where the main part of the camp used to be. There are only a few buildings left standing.
img_4155 Bye Zoe
Bye Zoe
img_4160 Hi HalfZoe
Hi HalfZoe
img_4168 Zoe and Martin wandering the edge of the big field.
Zoe and Martin wandering the edge of the big field.
img_4169 Zoe, Gavin and Aidan talking about whatever teens talk about.
Zoe, Gavin and Aidan talking about whatever teens talk about.
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img_4173 Time to head out to find some killer whales since we up to this point in the trip we didn't have any luck spotting them from shore. This changed big time when a...
Time to head out to find some killer whales since we up to this point in the trip we didn't have any luck spotting them from shore. This changed big time when a…
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img_4180 Zoe's not so sure how good idea this was. Not sure why, but we have exactly zero pictures of the killer whales though Kathryn and Zoe said they saw many.
Zoe's not so sure how good idea this was. Not sure why, but we have exactly zero pictures of the killer whales though Kathryn and Zoe said they saw many.
img_4183 A huge meadow at American Camp.
A huge meadow at American Camp.
img_4186 The lonely remaining structures at American Camp. This camp was pretty wind-swept due to it's position atop a hill. English Camp, which was nestled in a...
The lonely remaining structures at American Camp. This camp was pretty wind-swept due to it's position atop a hill. English Camp, which was nestled in a…
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img_4193 Looking southwest towards Puget Sound.
Looking southwest towards Puget Sound.
img_4198 Find out way towards Puget Sound while hunting for scattered blackberries.
Find out way towards Puget Sound while hunting for scattered blackberries.
img_4200 Glacial erratice left atop the hill.
Glacial erratice left atop the hill.
img_4202 Aha! Finally spotted out beach destination.
Aha! Finally spotted out beach destination.
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Little dog Zilly having fun on the trails.
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Martin looking like he's going to jump into the ocean.
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Zilly tracking Zoe.
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Time to tackle everybodys' favorite beach project - driftwood shelter construction
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The hired help brining in the big logs.
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Pretty beach
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The driftwood shelter is the small triangle in the middle of the beach.
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Fini! Turned out really nicely with plenty of room to sit inside. Thankfully it was such a nice day we were all happy outside.
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Snuggles
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Heading up and away from the beach after several hours of fun.
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Ummm...Gavin!
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Somebody stole Zoe's head.
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Should I suck or blow?
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Good choice to blow...of course I'm not so sure helping dandelions spread is such a good choice.