June 24, 2021 – After cutting through the pass behind Turn Island we sailed on the rips of the flood tide to Flat Point, Lopez. Biggs/transient orcas, T77C, T77D, T36 with T36B’s, were just ahead of us and we met them as we sailed close to shore at Upright Head. The two males, T125A and T128, left the others to head into East Sound, and we sailed alongside T77C and T77D with the others ahead. From Frost Island to Thatcher Pass we caught up with the T36’s. When the whales headed for Anacortes we went north along the shoreline of Blakely Island admiring the forest and the bald eagles. Coming in through Peavine Pass we sailed back to Upright Head and enjoyed an amazing sunset as we sailed the shoreline of Shaw Island back to Friday Harbor.
Mt Baker
Upright Head
T77C and T77D with Mt Baker
Siblings T77C and T77D
T36B1
T36B with T36B3
T36 with T36B2
T36B with T36B3
T36B with T36B2
Sailing with orcas
Sailing whale watching
Orcas with backlit blows
Orca with backlit blows
Sailing in Rosario Strait
Harbor seals in the water
Dramatic coastline of Blakely Island
Bald eagle
Bald eagle
Bald eagle in the forest
Dramatic coastline of Blakely Island
Sailing around Blakely
Sailing around Blakely
Juvenile bald eagle
Juvenile bald eagle
Mt Baker
Islands and the forest
Looking towards Orcas Island
Bald eagle nest at Upright Head
Sailboat shadow
Upright Head in evening light
Sunset behind Shaw Island
Sailing during the sunset
Sailing during the sunset
Sailing during the sunset
Pink clouds
Friday Harbor after sundown
Route Map 6-24-21-pm