^Very nice Bugs, very nice!^
Washington state has the 2nd largest ferry system on this planet... Istanbul is bigger based on peeps floated hither and yawn.
The San Juan Islands are only a couple hours away including the hour plus ferry ride. I've only been out to them 3 times in the last 50 years for some odd reason... I/we go to Whidbey Island several times a year, it's an easy and scenic drive over Deception Pass, so we do.
It's been on my rolling list of destinations for ever, wife and I decided it would be a good option for a couple night 35 year wingding celebration.
It was, albeit cold and windy the first day, less so the 2nd.
Stayed just above Friday Harbor blocks from the ferry dock in a small complex.
The mighty Yakama- that native word apparently means a number of things
Vessel Information
Class: Super Type: Auto/Passenger Ferry
Length: 382' 2" Engines: 4
Beam: 73' 2" Horsepower: 8,000
Draft: 18' 6" Speed in Knots: 17
Max Passengers: 2000 Propulsion: DIESEL-ELECTRIC (DC)
Max Vehicles: 144 Displacement (weight in long tons): 3634
Tall Deck Space: 30 City Built: San Diego, CA
Auto Deck Clearance: 15' 6" Year Built / Re-built: 1967 / 2000
Meaning of Yakima: From the Yakama language, "Yakima" has many meanings: "to become peopled; black bears; runaway; and/or people of the narrow river." A city, county and river are also named after the English spelling of the tribe, Yakima.
View from the digs
Cattle Point lighthouse
Such a trooper!
Next day, same beach at 5 pm we were down a layer or so and no wind- a good 3 miles of beach one way, can't get to the lighthouse unless you ascend the bluff
South Beach
Fox chasing hundreds and hundreds of rabbits- neither are native to the islands, Foxes were brought to help control the rabbit explosion
Lime Kiln Lighthouse
San Juan's are quit a bit dryer than the mainland-evidence of that phenomenon
