Being spectacularly lucky folks we managed to get out on another charter boat in 2011, and of course there is copious image and video documentation to go along with Brig’s narratives.
We’ll try to get a post out a day, but seeing as it took us a month to even get started it probably won’t happen ;-)
This trip we were lucky enough to travel to the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest, as close as “home” water gets for us here in Idaho.
The drive from Boise to Seattle was a fast one. We arrived to a beautiful day in Seattle, clear blue skies and a good breeze on Lake Union. Our room at Silver Cloud overlooks the lake and many marinas. The view from our hotel room is pure delight for us and immediately we move our loveseat so it faces the action on the lake. And there’s plenty of action, sailboats of all sizes, a Mississippi style water wheel tour boat, ski boats, cruising yachts, kayakers, stand on top paddlers and even sea planes landing and taking off. It’s mesmerizing. We relaxed a bit, watched the lake and headed out to an Irish pub for dinner.
Our second travel day started with the obligatory spendy trip to West Marine for some foul weather gear not required by our first charter destination in the British Virgin Islands. Then a quick hop up to Anacortes, a walk on the docks and a relaxing night “in” with Thai food in our room at the Cap Sante Inn, a nice enough spot to rest up for the coming adventure.
The next day would involve some pre trip planning and our charter check out starting the next afternoon… stay tuned!
B&B,
We love the Silver Cloud! Great people, good access and wonderful views. They have a pretty good rewards program too!