by Rachel | Jan 18, 2020 | Cruiser's Review, Mosaic Voyage Blog
We visited Jones Island State Park in the San Juan Islands twice in the Fall of 2019. First for a night in September, and then we visited again for a short day trip in October. Jones Island is really cool for several reasons. The entire island is a protected marine...
by Rachel | Dec 7, 2019 | Cruiser's Review, Mosaic Voyage Blog
In September 2019, we got to take a week’s vacation and visit some of the more remote islands in the San Juans in Northern Puget Sound. We enjoyed a fantastic sail from Stuart Island to Sucia Island and picked up a mooring ball for the night in Shallow Bay....
by Rachel | Dec 1, 2019 | Cruiser's Review, Mosaic Voyage Blog
Now that we’re all settled in for the winter, I am hoping to get caught up on our marina and anchorage reviews from all the places we visited this past summer and fall. Deer Harbor, Orcas Island in the San Juans We visited Deer Harbor in the San Juans twice this...
by Rachel | Aug 16, 2019 | Cruiser's Review, Mosaic Voyage Blog
Swantown Marina in Olympia has sort of become our home away from home. We spent a week there at the end of June and then ended up spending nearly 3 weeks there from the end of July on into August. Swantown is a very nice marina and, in fact, is/was our number one...
by Rachel | Aug 14, 2019 | Cruiser's Review, Mosaic Voyage Blog
We spent a weekend anchored in Oro Bay on Anderson Island in the south sound in June 2019. The inner part of Oro Bay is very well sheltered and offers good holding for anchorage. I guess this inner bay is also known as Vega Bay. The channel to get into the inner bay...
by Rachel | Aug 12, 2019 | Cruiser's Review, Mosaic Voyage Blog
We stayed at Breakwater Marina in Tacoma for a few nights after our stay at Blake Island. We had tried to get a slip reservation to go hang out with our friends at Foss Harbor Marina, but they didn’t have any slips available. As it was, the slip that we got at...
