The San Juan Islands are an archipelago in the state of Washington known for their lovely pastoral landscapes, lush forests and wildlife. Horseshoe-shaped Orcas Island, one of the main islands, is home to Rosario Resort built by Robert Moran, a Seattle shipbuilder, around 1906. San Juan Island is distinguished by the lively seaside town of Friday Harbor and Lime Kiln Point State Park, an orca-whale lookout. We did not, however, see any whales!
Our Family Reunion
This was a family gathering that we had started planning since we were in Hawaii. Our main goal, as we left the islands of Hawaii, was to meet our sons in Washington State at the end of August. So onward we sailed with this in our minds as we headed north to Sitka, Alaska, then south through the Inside Passage and through British Columbia to finally reach Anacortes, Washington where we met them on August 22nd. It had been more than two years since we had spent time together as a family and we cherished every moment!
Rosario Resort, Orcas Island
We visited Rosario Resort and the bay of West Sound on Orcas Island. In each place we set our crab pots and enjoyed the fresh crabs we caught nearly every day.
Roche Harbor and Hotel De Haro
After stopping for a walk around Roche Harbor in the afternoon, we continued south along its west coast into the Haro Strait looking for whales.
Friday Harbor, San Juan Island
We spent 2 nights in Friday Harbor where we celebrated Jade’s birthday! We rented bicycles and rode nearly 20 miles to a Pelindaba Lavender Farm and down to the Cattle Point Lighthouse on the southern coast of the island.
Happy Birthday Jade!
Heading Back to Shore
Our last night at anchor we returned to Orcas Island and anchored on the east coast near Doe Bay. We had spent a week enjoying each other’s company: playing games, fishing and eating crabs, riding bikes and sailing when there was wind. The next afternoon we headed back to Cap Sante Harbor in Anacortes so that they could all return back to their daily lives the next morning.
It was so very sad to see them go.
The Adventures of SV JAN 
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Hello Lesly and Steve, hopefully we will meet soon in Jackson!
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How wonderful! Loved seeing all the pics of family! arna
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Thank you Arna!
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Lovely pictures of the family!
I should have some pictures of us from Catherine’s wedding this past weekend. Will send to you as soon as I get them. Rose Sent from my iPad
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Ciao Giorgio, sono Stefano Liguori e ieri Alessio mi ha parlato della vostra chat in ricordo della straorzata durante la Cagliari Serpentara!!!
Tu stai realizzando il sogno che ho sempre avuto e che spero un giorno di potere realizzare!
Se dovessi tornare a Cagliari incontriamoci ! Mi farebbe tanto piacere ascoltare le vostre avventure ed imparare da te a come preparare al meglio il giro de lmondo.
Buon vento
Stefano
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Ciao Stefano, mi farebbe un piacere enorme incontrarti e parlare di barche ed altre cose! Quello che facciamo non è poi cosi difficile. Hai bisogno di una barca seria, come quelle del tuo papa’ Roberto, e di tanta passione. Una compagna giusta è poi la candelina sulla torta.
Giorgio
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