!!! This trip is in the planning stage and is open for kayakers of all abilities !!!
Aug 26 - 27, 2006 -- Kayak Trip, San Juan Islands
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Trip time...how about a 2-3 day kayak trip to San Juan Islands sound?
Same details as past trips - Depart Seattle either Friday morning, or after work
September 15th (depending if you want a 3 or 2 day trip).
If you can only tak off the weekend (and can not get Friday off) you would drive
up to Anacortis, WA Friday eveing for a party in the town campground there.
Then get up early Saturday morning, rent the kayak at Eddyline and kayak all
Sat & Sun, camping over on a small island Sat night.
The plan now is to head for James Island (the SE corner of the
san juans) should be the campsite, and an easy paddle
from lopez. all sorts of other options in the area.
The deal is this:
get to Anacortes on Saturday morning, Aug 26.
(alternatively, go later on Friday with whoever goes
then)
load kayaks rented from Eddyline.
get on Ferry, getting off on Lopez (1st stop).
drive down a few miles to Spencer Park and launch.
paddle to James Island (under 4 miles), make camp.
THEN DO WHATEVER THE HELL YOU WANT. There are a couple
of beaches on the island, plus you can paddle to the
other islands nearby (Blakely, Decatur, Orcas, Lopez,
plus teeny weeny ones.) Some people choose to watch
the sun rise, set, and drink...refreshments. The
island is a park, so you have nothing to fight outside
of raccoons (I'm putting my money on the raccoons, by
the way.)
On Aug 27, paddle back to Lopez to catch a ferry back
to Anacortes and then Eddyline.
What you have to do: RENT a kayak from Eddyline or
BRING your own. Eddyline will do rentals of doubles
for $65 1st day and $45 2nd day+. Or singles at
$45/$35 (for singles you have to know how to do
self-rescue). you need some means for transporting the
kayaks to the ferry and then the park. LET ME KNOW you
wanna go to deal with logistics later.
This is an easy paddle, or one that you can turn into
your very own man vs. nature event if you so desire.
(Here's one way - paddle directly from the Eddyline
shop across Rosario Strait to James Island. Could be
easy - or not.)
Eddyline can be reached at 360-299-2300. They take a
deposit of $25 (non-ref, but applied toward your
rental). Book kayaks under "DAVE RYAN GROUP" - we will
get a group rate and 10% discount if there are 6 or
more rentals.
We will return the kayak
Sunday afternoon around 6pm, and drive back to Seattle, getting home around 10 pm.
!!! Trip is still open. This is a great trip for novice and advanced Kayakers !!!
*** Please call if interested as I need a headcount ***
The San Juan Islands are awesome - details below.
Very simular to other northwest trips we have taken, only closser. See the pictures
from the Desolation Sound trip.
We had 10 last time which worked great and a perfect size group.
For those coming from the California, it's a complete no-brainer to fly from SFO or LA
to Seattle - couple of hours and inexpensive. I have no idea of the exact trip cost
at this time - last time it I think it worked out to about $60 each incl.,
kayak rental, food etc. maybe less! That is cheaper than staying at home.
(The links below are for other trips, but still give you an idea of what to expect)
Barkley Sound and the "Broken Group Islands"
is a group of scattered islands off
the West Coast of Vancouver Island, where the
islands meets the world's biggest ocean; rugged, untamed, unspoiled, and unforgettable!
Rolling surf, clear, endless beaches, and ever-changing skies mean that a cloudy
morning can quickly give way to a glorious afternoon. Rocky points and small cliffs
make ideal places to view gray whales on their northbound migration when they come
in close to shore to feed, often popping up in the coves, bays and inlets along the
coast. Barkley Sound, with its "Broken Group" of scattered islands, is ideal for
kayaking, canoeing and sailing. In Ucluelet, nearby shipwrecks offer some of the
best scuba diving in the world. Many hiking trails of varying degrees of difficulty
in the Pacific Rim National Park and long stretches of beach where the mighty Pacific
breakers wash debris far up the beach, making this a haven for beachcombers.
