Fairy Boat – Eskildoodle Photos and Feelings

Of Islands and Dinosaurs

In a past century and a past millennium, we anchored by Sucia Island in the waters of northern Washington. It offered splendid moorage in places with such enchanting names as Echo Bay, Shallow Bay, and Fossil Bay. The latter is well named for its rich fossil deposits from a past era, the Jurassic Period, overContinue reading “Of Islands and Dinosaurs”

John Day Dam

Over three decades ago we took the Fairy Boat, our 26-foot Bayliner, on a trip down the Columbia River from Kennewick, Washington, to Hood River, Oregon, which involved locking through three dams including the John Day Dam shown above. We had entered the upstream side of the lock 110 feet higher than we were whenContinue reading “John Day Dam”

Once Upon a Fairy Boat

Once upon a time we had a 26-foot Bayliner which cruised the waters of Flaming Gorge, Utah, the Columbia and Snake rivers, and finally Puget Sound and British Columbia. The last 10 years we had it, it was based in La Conner, Washington, near the Rainbow Bridge. The boat had been the idea my ofContinue reading “Once Upon a Fairy Boat”

Chuckanut Bay

Once upon a time we cruised the waters of northwest Washington in the Fairy Boat, a 26-foot Bayliner. One of our favorite places was Chuckanut Bay near Bellingham, where we would anchor to visit friends on the nearby shore. Though decades have passed since then, the memories are still bright and happy.

Princess Louisa Inlet

Chatterbox Falls is located at the end of a timeless fjord known as Princess Louisa Inlet in British Columbia. Its waters cascade from steep cliffs to make a final 80 foot plunge into seawater just beyond the docks in this photo. The entrance to the inlet is guarded by insanely dizzying tidal rapids that yieldContinue reading “Princess Louisa Inlet”