English Camp escapade and the bright warm light

For the first time in all our travels around San Juan Island, we actually sailed from Friday Harbor around Roche Harbor and through Mosquito Pass to Garrison Bay at English Camp. It was both odd and wonderful. When we lived on San Juan I used to take our boys to English camp several times a week to walk around lovely Bell Point. It is a place utterly familiar to us from land, and yet we had never approached her from the sea. And the moods of the sea, always changing, provide a wholly different view of this lovely place.

Approaching Mosquito Pass from Roche Harbor

Leaving Friday Harbor we sailed up north toward Spieden Chanel and then motored around the rest of the way. Mosquito Pass is lovely, and if it weren't for all the homes crammed along the shore of San Juan and Henry it would be truly magical. Alas, it is still lovely in a depreciated sort of way. Anchoring in Garrison Bay was a bit tricky because there were a maze of crab floats present. Finding a spot large enough to swing at anchor without fouling  a line was rather challenging. There were two other sailboats lying at anchor when we arrived. As usual, we had no sooner dropped the hook than we jumped into the dinghy and rowed to shore.