From Anderson Island to Eagle Island

Took the ferry to Anderson Island, along with our kayaks, spent the night in a rental, then got up early the next morning for our adventure.

Starting point at the Riviera Community Marina

The old boat ramp

Kayaks off loaded and ready to go

And we're off, heading north toward the ferry dock

The ferry dock

Eagle Island coming in to view, as we enter Balch passage

Keith in his kayak, with MacNeil Island in the background

Getting closer

Almost there

But first, we paddled around the island

Coming around

And around

And around

Then landing on Eagle Island

Pretty little beach

You can actually see the current starting to race through Balch passage

We navigated across it with no problems, the wind was a bigger hassle than the current, trying to blow us backward

Eventually we found a nice deserted beach to stop for lunch

 The view from our lunch spot

Maidenhair fern and Pacific ninebark right where we were sitting.

Then back to the marina

"Threw" the kayaks on to the Rav4 and we were good to go

This was about a 7 mile round trip paddle, lasting close to four hours.  It was great fun.  We can add this to the list of Puget Sound Islands that we have kayaked and circumnavigated:  Tanglewood, Raft, Cutt's, Fox, Heron, Maury, McMikkon, Indian, Hope, and Ketron