Washington Kayak Club 'Round Shaw Island' trip
report...
Rhonda, Chris, Z, Jon, Marty, Beth, Rob and Bill left Oldin
Park on the northwest corner of Lopez Island under beautiful, sunny blue skies
at 9:30 am for a counterclockwise paddle around Shaw Island. First stop on the
trip was a quick tour of Blind Island and the WWTA site complete with
state-O-the-art rest stop accommodations. After a snack and rest break we
headed west towards Wasp Passage where we encountered a barge carrying a float plane on its deck, an
unusual site to see..
Stopped at a small, sunny,
oyster covered pocket beach along Wasp Passage for lunch and a snooze. Thanks
Marty for the fresh baked raspberry pie, it's really, really tough roughing it
out here in the San Juan's!
Back on the water we round Neck Point and turn
southeast for the final leg of the
journey. Eddy hopping in and out of the Madrona tree lined bays and inlets
along the west side of the island. Some fun tide races to play in as we passed
by Hicks Bay and Hoffman Cove before rounding the southernmost point of Shaw
Island into Upright Channel on our way to Flat Point on the Lopez side of the
channel and our home base at Oldin. Arrived 'home' around 3:30pm unpacked and
headed to town for a good dinner at the
Galley followed by another fire on the beach...
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