Winging It West Archive

Sunrise Over San Juan

Susan and I were up bright and early to watch the sunrise. We were down on the beach around 5:30 AM.

Here it comes...

The tide was going out, so we were able to look for some sea creatures. There were lots of Ochre Sea Stars

Under this rock was a Sea Star and a Sunflower Star.

The Sunflower Star has more than 20 legs.

It seemed everywhere you looked or stepped there was a purple sea star.

This is where we are staying while we are on San Juan Island.

Back on the Beach

Once the kids woke up they were down on the beach to explore low tide, after breakfast they were back down there. Claudia and Jesse collecting some kelp.

I pretty sure that Jesse wasn't to keen on picking this stuff up, but Claudia made him help her, because they were going to make seafood wraps.

Gillian and Angela fishing for some seaweed.

We found an eel like thing under a rock.

As well as lots of crabs.

The morning ferry going from Sidney BC to Friday Harbour.

Jesse relaxing on the beach.

The girls rock people.

I think they were only about 2ft from the shore.

English Camp

We headed back into Roche Harbor this afternoon to buy some crabs and prawns for dinner.

The prawns were live when we bought them and the kids were making friends with them.

Claudia practising for dinner.

Gillian and Pepe the Prawn.

Even Jesse held one.

After Roche Harbor we went to English Camp. During the mid-1800's there was almost a war over a dead pig, for close to 12 years there was both an English and American camp on the island ready to go to war. It was known as the Pig War.

We didn't get a chance to go down to the American camp.