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

#SanJuanIslands people: there looks to be a Friday Harbor event scheduled. Definitely worth checking out.

From: @indivisibleteam
https://mastodon.social/@indivisibleteam/114185936119438784

Location of 4.5 #earthquake today in the #SanJuanIslands of Washington State.
#OrcasIsland

Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=48.567954,-122.866992&zoom=10&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=Plate_boundary,Fault_-_National_database,Recent_quake_2.5_or_more,Significant_earthquake&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/earthquake_fault.txt

#PNW #SanJuanIslands

Former Californian so I'm used to them but haven't felt an earthquake since I left.

Having one centered just down the road was quite surprising!

Vote for your favorite NW Washington business! www.votecascades.com #BellinghamWA #Whatcom #Salishsea #MtVernonWA #Skagit #Sanjuanislands etc...

#pnw #seattle #sanjuanislands #nature

https://www.discoverthepnw.com/islands-near-seattle-for-a-getaway/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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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

Tired: having to go to the mainland for a doctor's appointment.
Wired: coming home in style.

#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

#SanJuanIslands TIL local news & videos, now a non-profit. They will get my support.

https://cnl2.com/donate

Also, related:

If you're of a certain literary sort, you've likely read Jonathon Livingston Seagull. I think of the book when I'm near the sea and seagulls glide effortlessly above the calm waters, dipping and diving. These two seagulls are near the Coupeville Wharf in #Washington in the #PNW

Prints available. Free shipping to the US/Canada.

https://www.pictorem.com/2020492/Pacific%20Northwest%20Serenity%20in%20B&W.html?iframe=1

Watmough Bay #LopezIsland #SanJuanIslands Best.Staycation.Ever

Just went for groceries in #Eastsound. Seems that the weekend guests have arrived.

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