08 Sep Wordless Wednesday? Not Exactly – Lopez Island
Vacation always ends too soon – our end of summer trip to Lopez Island
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- Ferry Landing & Mt. Baker
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- The dogs on the dock in Mud Bay
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- Arbutus menziesii, the Pacific Madrone tree on a small island off of the Paul Allen Estate
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- South end of Lopez Island
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- Mt Baker from Mud Bay
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- My 13 year old puppy dog Malakhi loving the San Juans
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- A pod of Orcas appeared while we were fishing off of Eagle Point- San Juan Island
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- Castle Rock (easily 70′ tall) – SE of Lopez
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- Dungeness Crab – Before
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Dungeness Crab - After
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- Another Madrone Tree on Cypress Island
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Check out that Madrona's compartmentalization!
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- Last, but certainly not least: Sedum spathulifolium a native stonecrop