Weekend on the Boat

Our friends who moved away a few years ago were back visiting family in the San Juan islands, so Jason and I though it’d be cool to take the boat up there to hang out for a day or 2 and see them. We’ve only had our little boat up to the San Juans once, but this time we were planning on spending the night in Roche Harbor. She’s not a particularly luxurious vessel…

Were making good time until we saw a pod of Orca. Had to stop and get pictures and then try to make sure we were well away from them before going up on plane again. The hippies are real particular about those whales… 😉

We were staying the night in Roche Harbor. The only thing in Roche Harbor is the harbor, the historical Haro Hotel, a few luxury condos, and the restaurant. Which is nice, but the lattes were a wee bit overpriced.

We met up with Randy and Lisa and cruised up to Eastsound for the best Gelato we’ve ever had. Turned out they were closed by the time we got there… (dangit!) so we had mexican for dinner instead. (this makes sense, ok?) We showed them the Rosario Resort.

Rosario Resort Info. Built by Robert Moran over 100 years ago. He owned a shipyard in Seattle and obviously had a ton of money. Apparently one day he was diagnosed with an illness and they told him he only had a few years left, so he builds this giant mansion to live out his days but ends up living like 30 more years. Figures. Either way, gorgeous place.

Sunset wasn’t too shabby either.

I want a boat cat! My current ones won't do.... — I want a boat cat! My current ones won’t do….

The weekend wasn’t just all sightseeing and pretending to be rich people in the marina. (we lost our little 22′ fishing boat a few times between the yacts. slept in the v-berth. it was “cozy”. ) We headed out to Zip San Juan to play on the zip lines through the trees! Probably the best zip line I’ve been on so far. The guys were super cool and we learned a lot about how the lines work. Tons of fun. I got going pretty fast on a few of them.