San Juan Islands Sea Kayaking from Anacortes

Last weekend was the annual gathering of the gang from Yakima. Each spring Ryan Hopkins (see our guides page) and his clan drive over from the dry side of the state for an extended weekend of sea kayaking, camping, and general revelry in the San Juan Islands. Luckily for our son Taiga there is a young lady, Ruby Duke Hopkins, who is about the same age and gets along great with him.
We loaded our gear onto the Island Express along with a couple of adults who accompanied the little ones. Because of a less than perfect wind forecast we opted not to paddle them out to the island. After the boat departed the rest of us headed across to Guemes Island and launched our sea kayaks under cloudy skies. The wind was predicted to get pretty nasty that afternoon so we bee-lined it to Pelican Beach on Cypress Island. When we arrived camp had already been set up, and better still, the winds were calm.
We decided to make the most of a beautiful afternoon by gearing up the kayaks for a fishing trip off of Towhead Island, just north of Cypress. Luck was on our side and in a short time we had dinner.
On Saturday the wind finally arrived. We took the opportunity to hike along some of Cypress Islands 40 miles of trails. What a gorgeous place! We were reaffirmed that our kayak camping trips this summer were going to be a great experience for our guests. Even without being in a sea kayak Cypress Island is still one of the best places to explore in the San Juan Islands.

On Sunday we enjoyed a leisurely breakfast before loading up our kayaks and heading back home.
With our "batteries" recharged we are excited for the coming months when we can show so many other people our favorite places in the San Juan Islands.