I’m telling you about this now so you can sign up early, dive fans – here’s more from Peggy at Naknek Charters and Diving: Naknek Charters and Diving and SeaDoc Society Presents REEF Fish ID Weekend Join us for a fun filled weekend in the beautiful San Juan Islands and learn how to identify over  Continue Reading

Robin from the San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau has news: San Juan Islands Scenic Byway Project Included in National Scenic Byway Award Fourteen Washington Byways collaborate to receive prestigious award at recent ceremony during the National Scenic Byways 2009 Conference in Denver, Colorado. Denver, CO – The “Revisiting Washington CD and Website Project” received the  Continue Reading

My music buddy Dave Calhoun dropped me a note ’cause he’s playing in town this weekend AND he made the movie above about releasing an L pod killer whale from a prison called the Miami Seaquarium (here’s more about THAT)…the scoop at a glance: Hi Ian! Just a quick note to let you know that  Continue Reading

Just got this note from Cindy at 4-H, and posted a pdf for you & me & her so you could see who all the winners are: Hey Ian, This is a big one! I have a list of names and awards that were won by all our San Juan County 4-H exhibitors. We are  Continue Reading

Every so often, I like to share good writing from around the island…here’s a series of essays from San Juan Preservation Trust’s photography intern Jane Fox, who has lived in the islands this summer. Here’s round three (did you see Part One & Part Two?): A Tourist in Disguise III America is unapologetically dependant on  Continue Reading

  Cindy from the Whale Museum has a lecture scheduled tonight: The Whale Museum’s 2009 Lecture Series continues on Wednesday, September 2nd at 7:00 pm with Dawn Noren, PhD from NOAA NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center. Noren will be discussing her study on ‘Behavioral and Bioenergetic Impacts of Vessel Presence in Southern Resident Killer Whales’.  Continue Reading

  Cindy from the Whale Museum has a lecture scheduled tonight: The Whale Museum’s 2009 Lecture Series continues on Wednesday, September 2nd at 7:00 pm with Dawn Noren, PhD from NOAA NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center. Noren will be discussing her study on ‘Behavioral and Bioenergetic Impacts of Vessel Presence in Southern Resident Killer Whales’.  Continue Reading

He used to run summer soccer camps & events before he an Missy moved to the island. Now he’s moved up to the top spot for Skagit Valley College on the island, replacing departed director Denise King. Islanders first got to know Randy Martin as the FHHS girls soccer coach in 2000, and during that  Continue Reading

Hey, I was gonna tell you about my favorite blogger, Derek Sivers, and tell ya you oughta sign up for his e-mail updates. But I decided to go one better, and show you a bit of his writing, and let you decide for yourself, and THEN go sign up for his e-mail list. Here’s the  Continue Reading

Vic & Monique have been doing this workshop & people tell me they really get a lot out of it – here’s more: Hey Ian, Monique and I are facilitating two Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage video conferences in the San Juans this fall. One in Friday Harbor, Fri. Sept. 11 and Sat.  Continue Reading