The entrance into Kilisut Harbor isn’t the easiest to navigate. It winds and snakes between sandbars and shoals before opening up into a large waterway between two islands that are connected by a dirt causeway at the end. Your efforts don’t go unrewarded, however, or at least ours didn’t. We chose Scow Bay at the southern end of the inlet as our anchorage and had the place to...
We had an amazing time in Coon Bay with Jeff and Karry. They're an incredible couple and went above and beyond the call of duty to make us feel welcome. While we were there, we had the opportunity to visit some of the places in the area that we'd only seen from the water - Point No Point Lighthouse and Port Gamble - but more importantly, to enjoy their company....
We finally ran out of excuses – the new pump’s installed, the watermaker’s flushed, the final provisions are bought, the laundry’s done, the truck’s in storage – so there’s nothing left for us to do but up anchor and head north. Once again, we found ourselves in a position where it was difficult to say good-bye. We met a lot of wonderful people over the past few months...
Gig Harbor was all right but not the type of place you’d want to stay four days as we did. We didn’t do much while we were there. It was very warm this past week with temperatures reaching 95 degrees on land and 88 inside the boat, so we spent most of our time relaxing in the shade or in search of ice cream. There’s a nice historic...
