South Beach

February was just one sunny weekend after another! On Sunday, three weeks ago, M and I headed up to San Juan Island for the day. Tough day. ...

Friday Harbor

The University of Washington's Friday Harbor Laboratory has been perched here on the point north of the town for most of the last centu...

Eagle Cove

If you take a rocky coastline and add a little sand and gravel, you'll get pocket beaches and there are no shortage of them here on the...

South Beach

The south end of San Juan Island is why you can't categorize Puget Sound beaches in any simple way. It's the same ocean, and the ...

Jakle's Lagoon

The north and south sides of the peninsula that ends in Cattle Point couldn't be much different. The south side is high grassy bluffs ...

Cattle Point

Cattle Point is a rocky headland at the south east end of San Juan Island, jutting out into the eastern end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. ...

Iceberg Point

There's not much beach along this spectacular stretch of rocky coast at the south end of Lopez Island, but there sure is a great view in...

Spencer Spit

This year, we wrapped up the beaches class with a trip down to Spencer Spit. We really didn't have enough time to do it justice, given ...

Deer Harbor

The west side of Deer Harbor on Orcas Island is rocky, but the east side collects sandy sediment transported north along the shoreline from ...

English Camp

English Camp is located on the shores of Garrison Bay, near Roche Harbor on San Juan Island. It was established in the 1860s during efforts...