Images of Our 2025 Timeline

Male Hooded Merganser in breeding plumage tootling about in the shallows of Ludlow Bay with his mate. The Mergansers migrate from up North, arrive in late fall or early winter and spend several months in the local waters.
The midsection of one of our favorite Port Ludlow hiking trails: The Osprey. It is a robust hill climb with many sections of log steps starting just above sea level and ending up 427 feet higher than the start. It is a part of our wintering exercise plan.
Blair’s world famous Huevos Rancheros. Brunch of champions best washed down with a tot of cab…
The Turn Point Lighthouse on Stuart Island. The apex of a 6.2 mile hike that we are quite fond of.
A beaver dam on upper Ludlow Creek.

And… Les has been knitting:

Warm Gloves
More Warm Gloves
A new sweater
A brioche style hat in the raw
A finished brioche hat
Fancy hat pattern
C complicated knobby sweater
a purple sweater
Flap hat
Woolly Sock mania
Great Northern resting at the Port Browning Marina dock on North Pender Island.
After years of painstaking search we finally found Yonder during a walk on North Pender Island.
April 10th, the day after open heart surgery to repair a regurgitating atrial valve and a dilated aortic root. A minor 2025 diversion…
6 days later… out for a walk with Leo and Les.
6 more days, 11 days post op. The smile is back… on a half mile walk along Ludlow creek. I had several post-op goals. Hiking the Ludlow creek trail was the first of many. The 6.2; mile trail to the Turn Point Lighthouse on Stuart Island, and the vertically challenging romp up Young Hill on San Juan Island are two others. Nuffa dat, eh?
April winds bring down trees at Fort Flagler. Leo likes to run along them and assumes they are nothing more than a little dog highway provided just for his enjoyment.
Found this petrified Red Alder leaf embedded in stone. Just a sitting there bold as brass on the Southeast beach at Fort Flagler State Park.
May 23rd. Eriksen Farm on Stuart Island. Prevost Bay in the background. f/or more about Stuart Island see previous blog: https://boatingongreatnorthern.org/2025/05/31/prevost-harbor-stuart-island-5-2025/
Two of the girls on the Eriksen Farm. American Yaks…
Ant condominium association, just to the West of the Stuart Island International Airport, North. Yes… there is a South airport.
The International Airport parking lot.
Fueling station at Stuart Island’s North International Airport.
Although this looks hauntingly like a giant frogs head embedded in a tree… it is actually a bracket fungus with green moss on the top.
May 25th. Post op day 45. Leo and I after our 4 mile hike from the Prevost Harbor Community Pier to Turn Point Lighthouse and back.
May 27th. An image of the Turn Point Lighthouse on Stuart Island. On that day we sauntered from the Prevost Harbor dock, through the State Park, to the Schoolhouse, to the Point and back. 6.2 miles… I think I’m recovering nicely…
Reflections. May 31. Anchored in South Roche Harbor.
The view of Garrison Bay and Haro Strait from the top of Young Hill. A mere 650 foot hill does not sound so exciting as far as adventurous mountaineers are concerned. But this hill is a massive exception. Hiking to the top is a bit of a slog. Reaching 650 feet in elevation gain in one mile is not a trifle for peeps in their early 70’s. The180 degree panoramic views of Garrison Bay, a favorite anchorage, the western edge of the San Juan Islands, Haro Straight and Vancouver Island in the distance are worth the push to the top.
June 30th. Looking out our anchorage in North Prevost Harbor. The view through the gap is of Haro Strait and in the ruddy distance: South Pender Island, Canada.
Just before civil twilight, Adventuress ghosted into the Harbor and anchored nearby. For more about this storied ship visit this post: https://boatingongreatnorthern.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=7101&action=edit
Early on the morning of August 5th they arrived. Cliff Swallows. Lots of them resting in Port Ludlow Marina on their migration towards parts South,,, They migrate all the way to Eastern South America. Tiz a long perilous voyage that many do not return from.
Up close and personal…
August 31st: Burgoyne Bay with our view to the West. Intense hiking abounds in the surrounds… For more about Burgoyne Bay, see this earlier blog entry: https://boatingongreatnorthern.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=7237&action=edit
The head of Burgoyne Bay and the few that anchor here year around at the head of the bay.
Civil twilight veering towards Nautical twilight. Burgoyne Bay view from our stern, looking to the West…
August 20th, Prevost Harbor
August 30th, 8:02pm. Long Harbor, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada.
August 31st Morning light. Long Harbor, Salt Spring Island.
A baby Banana slug just trying to avoid bootstrap mashers…
September 18th: Sunrise at a beach South of Campbell River, Vancouver Island. Visited during a road Trip to check out the marina for winter moorage.
October 6th. Back at Stuart Island. Mount Baker view taken over the Eriksen Farm.
October 18th… an odd forest of Aspen near Sidney, BC
October 26th. A magnificent key lime pie…
October 26th: Our view from the North Sanich Yach Club dock in Sidney, BC.
October 27th… French onion soup for two…
Post Delta Marine work om our heater systems… Mount Baker in the far distance on 0ur passage back to the U.S.
Halloween Torture…
Mount Constance in the Eastern Olympics. Sunset view from the dock where we moor Great Northern in winter.
Meet Bliss… the newest member of our pack. Born in Nova Scotia. Raised in Sidney. Canadian princess through and through….
Ludlow Falls on one of our favorite short hiking trails.
Twill be interesting New Year for all, and to all a good night… day… year, eh… That is some of what we experienced during our 2025th. What were your experiences?
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