Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-10-20
SAN JUAN ISLANDS.
\ FAIRY LAND FOR TOURISTS AND PLEAS
URE SEEKERS.

San Juan Hrrbor was reached at y.
m, and anchored 10 little rock bount
bay with gravel teach and deep water.
| We went ashore, built ii fire, cooked our
/ supper. consisting ct nam ard c"ifec, and
with bread AMI butter besides, made n
meal, which with salt mir for sauce, was
hard u beat We then went on TO rd
our schooner and spent the rest OF the
long glorious July twilight enjoying the
rest from the shaking up OF the past
twelve hours, the scenery, and our pipes
until bed time, hen the ladies' AMI chill
| dren sought sleep IN the cabin, aud The
males stretched out on the deck, rolled
| up in our blankets and covered with the
malnsail. On the following morning We
sailed up to Friday H4rbor, where our
host, Hon E ID. Warhass, was on the
look ont tor Us, having, with his well
known hospitality, invited us to max"
his house our headqu rtCrs and center
during pur vacation Now be. an the act
i've enjoyment of the trip Pitching
our tcu,s around his house. on low
point, with deep water on three sides,
which projected into the harbor, we un-
packed our outfit, hung our guns, tishing
tackle, etc, on the lanres winch shaded
this beautiful knoll, went up to the store,
half mile off, laid in supply OF grocer
les and returned to camp to tind fine
buck, the < tt a two bna'men who had
passed in our absence. hargihg by the
heels on n branch Ot one OF our iaurels,
disemboweled, ready Tor the spit or iryin.
pan. From this time to the end at our
visit the laurels wore constantly similar
ornaments, of our own shooting. With
Mr.. w. for our guide and captain, VIZ hid
no lack OF sport. Snmetim(s We would
take a large. commodinus boat. provided
by his ihoughtiul kindness, and troll Tor
salmon or fish lur cod. both abundant;
or with "nr guns and dog strike out in>
land, shooting quail Che mountain quail
OF california. first placed on the island Ivy
our beet in 1850 with which the woods
a.. alive; or pui the hounds into the TIM
h,r, or IN some small woIdtd island, aud
.uAu q er ont into the water where hal
dozen guns IN the boat made version II
sure thing; buying nothing iut groceries.
which We found good and cheap at the
stores herr, trusting to tue woods and
water Tor our meat and fish, and To the
beach Tor clans and ciaos. One OF us
was an adept ut frying bacon, another
! made coffee that wns bard TO beat. Such
Shippers as we had after our days tram ),
Aud when tired of field and water
sports, there w,re the long walks
on the gravel beaches, AMI bathing in tie
smooth, still water; or lying in tie III ide
listening Ia the hum OF insects, the cav
ing of the crows, the scarcely audible
plash of the waveets among the pcbbh )
On the beach; or watching the varied pro-
flies of the island duplicated upside down
in the CLASSY water, with Mt Baker push
ing his Whine head W. into tie sky bnck
IF the Chuckanut range; or sleeping the
lumber born of the jroNsy atmosphere
and sootlied by good digestion; nothing
to worry, no office hours, no duties, no
work hut to COOK our ample meals such
happy. lazy, glorious time never lad be-
fore. Fancy sal iug around among the
hundreds OF islands between Tacoma and
Gnlf of Georgia. each a gem of beauty.
aud each one different from the others;
the bold promontories of hasalt, bare ar
wooded, dotted with huge boulders of
white granite dropped 10y the glaciers in
their seuthwari migra'ions in ages lorg
agc; steep escarpmcnts Of the gravel
bluffs, hundreds OF feet high. regular as
the roof of a house, their bases dashed hy
the tides which carry their agates. and
pebbles of jasper, carnelian, porphyry and
| chalcedony, of many colors, along the
shore line. forming glistening beaches
from one to two hundred yards wide and
miles in length; the little bays, land lock-
ed. with water from five to ten fathoms
deep, clear as crystal, through which the
I
! eye reaches the submarine landscape.
where fish and crabs or the octopus devil
fish,, sea anemo mes and star fish OF MANY
points abound in the jungle of k.lp,
grasses and sea weeds. with here and
there piece OF green or red sponge or
coral; strange looking world under
water. And at night. camping on the
beach, the moon making a blazing track
across the water. the curious dark trends
ut the cedars hanging still or gently wav-
ing, no sound but the scornful chuIkle of
the looms or the "cls -ha-ya, cla-ha-ya" ct
the species of wild duck called the "old
squnws." Fancy, il yen can. month IN
such scenes, the weather always good.
very little smoke compared To Oregon;
none of the annoyances so common Mt
many resorts; no getting up at stated
hours Tor fear ot losing our breakfast, hut
sleeping as late as We pleased; no cram
ming with hash aud potat0es at n cast OF
| 80 to So so per day, but !easting on game
| and fish, onr entire mess hill not costing
more than forty cents per day each; no
pnisy crowd Of strangers at every turn,