October 3, 2019 – What a special day shared with friends, new and old. Unbelievable skies, good winds for sailing with occasional heart pumping gusts close to Orcas Island shoreline as we made our way up Presidents Channel towards Lovers Cove. Many bald eagles and a peregrine falcon watched us sail by.
We didn’t see Mickey Mouse at Pt Disney but we looked. Rain began to fall from the nearby clouds moving in from the west and we changed course to sail to Flattop Island and back toward home. Zipping in-between the rain clouds we managed to stay dry just about the entire sail. This was a perfect half day October sail.
Route Map 10-3-19
Young deer on the hillside
Harbor seal on Low Island
Train station, McConnell Island
Bald eagle
Another bald eagle
Sunshine poking through the clouds
Sailing up Presidents Channel
Sailing along the north side of Orcas Island
Gorgeous forest on Orcas Island
Great blue heron
Sailing across towards Waldron Island
Sailing to Pt Disney
Sailing under San Juan Island skyscape
Peregrine Falcon perched high on the cliff
Looking up towards Stuart Island
Sailing wing on wing
Dramatic skies – rain on the horizon
Pt Disney, Waldron Island
Sailing under stormy skies
A large bait ball – we were hoping to find a minke whale near the action
Dramatic skies – rain approaching
Dramatic skies – curtain of rain
Dark clouds over White Rock
Harbor seal on Flattop Island
Bald eagle and harbor seals on Low Island