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Being there has not been an exactly overwhelming response to our Blake Island outing this Saturday April 20th,the event will be rescheduled at a later date with maybe better weather .Only one person has said they would be coming if the weather was decent. Chuck
It's about that time again. Ok, We need to start a list of the people that will be attending this Sat April 20th. The weather looks like it will be a whole lot better than this past weekend. We will meet up at the Northwest end of the Blake Island on April 20th around 11-11:30am to have lunch ( "brown bag" ) and if you would like to explore the island (Tillicum Village) there would be time for that. You can pull your boat up on the nice beach ( no big rocks ! ) or anchor just offshore. Being the island is centrally located in Puget Sound ,you can launch your boat just about from any place on the Sound like, Everett,Edmonds,Kingston,Winslow ( Bainbridge Island),Bremerton, Seattle,Tacoma,Gig Harbor,etc. Below is some information on the Island. I included some pictures from earlier events at Blake. You can used a Buddy Anchor ( it like a big rubber band that you throw out just before you come to the shore line so your boat stays out a little in the water ) or just any anchor on the stern to more or less keep your boat straight from not going sideways onto the beach. The tides that day will be 1:46 am 10.2 feet at 8:26 am 4.9 feet and start coming in and at 1:30pm it will, be 7.9 feet then going back out till 7:30 pm will be 2.7 feet. All you need to do is keep a eye on your boat.
Hope to see you there !
Nestled between Bainbridge Island and Vashon Island, the 476-acre island once was privately owned and then in 1974 became Blake Island State Park.Blake Island is a favorite location for kayaking, bird watching and year-round camping or stopping off and watching the world go by. The popular Northwest attraction and tour, Tillicum Village, is located at the north end of the Island and is a daytime cultural attraction for visitors during the summer.The island's proximity to nearby Bremerton, Seattle, Tacoma and other surrounding cities makes it a stop off destination for daytime and overnight trips.Blake Island, which can only be reached by boat, has 15 miles of hiking and bike trails, three campgrounds and approximately 1700 feet of saltwater shoreline. The Island has views of the Olympic Mountains, Puget Sound and the Seattle skyline.
Chuck
It's about that time again. Ok, We need to start a list of the people that will be attending this Sat April 20th. The weather looks like it will be a whole lot better than this past weekend. We will meet up at the Northwest end of the Blake Island on April 20th around 11-11:30am to have lunch ( "brown bag" ) and if you would like to explore the island (Tillicum Village) there would be time for that. You can pull your boat up on the nice beach ( no big rocks ! ) or anchor just offshore. Being the island is centrally located in Puget Sound ,you can launch your boat just about from any place on the Sound like, Everett,Edmonds,Kingston,Winslow ( Bainbridge Island),Bremerton, Seattle,Tacoma,Gig Harbor,etc. Below is some information on the Island. I included some pictures from earlier events at Blake. You can used a Buddy Anchor ( it like a big rubber band that you throw out just before you come to the shore line so your boat stays out a little in the water ) or just any anchor on the stern to more or less keep your boat straight from not going sideways onto the beach. The tides that day will be 1:46 am 10.2 feet at 8:26 am 4.9 feet and start coming in and at 1:30pm it will, be 7.9 feet then going back out till 7:30 pm will be 2.7 feet. All you need to do is keep a eye on your boat.
Hope to see you there !
Nestled between Bainbridge Island and Vashon Island, the 476-acre island once was privately owned and then in 1974 became Blake Island State Park.Blake Island is a favorite location for kayaking, bird watching and year-round camping or stopping off and watching the world go by. The popular Northwest attraction and tour, Tillicum Village, is located at the north end of the Island and is a daytime cultural attraction for visitors during the summer.The island's proximity to nearby Bremerton, Seattle, Tacoma and other surrounding cities makes it a stop off destination for daytime and overnight trips.Blake Island, which can only be reached by boat, has 15 miles of hiking and bike trails, three campgrounds and approximately 1700 feet of saltwater shoreline. The Island has views of the Olympic Mountains, Puget Sound and the Seattle skyline.
Chuck