Romancing the Seas
The following is a (mostly) true story from my time in the early 2000s as a sea kayak guide in the San Juan Islands. This story appears in the Summer 2021 edition of The Mount Baker Experience. Martine was dead … Continued
The Ambivalent Archipelago: First Impressions of the San Juan Islands
I’m currently working on my book, The Kayak Chronicles, about kayaking in the San Juan Islands, and from time to time I’ll share little bits of my writing via this blog. I don’t know if these pieces will end up … Continued
Days 27-28: Stuart Island
“WHALES!!!” “ORCAS!!!” “WHALES!!!” Giovannina was shouting as she ran in her flip flops along the rocky edge of Jones Island. We had been packing up after a lovely breakfast with Gretchen, Noel and Odin when, seemingly out of nowhere, there … Continued