Cruising the Pacific Northwest

For Labor Day weekend, Sea Eagle headed to Cutts Island State Park in Carr Inlet. This small, boat only island is located very near Kopachuck State Park (scuba diving park) west of Gig Harbor.

We anchored South of the Island for some protection from the predicted North Wind and then spent an interesting afternoon being waked and buzzed by hundreds of small boats, jet skis, tubers and wake boarders. There is a very nice, sandy beach on the North Spit of Cutts Island and in the afternoons there were thirty or forty boats beached and partying!

We then explored Horsehead Bay, which is lined with beautiful homes and contains an interesting dock with an alligator statue on the dock and a large red pig statue/BBQ in the yard.

Fortunately, most of the boats appeared to be local, so there wasn’t a lot of load music, just people enjoying the beach. When darkness fell, the boats left, the wind calmed and we had a beautiful evening in a very lovely setting.

The next day, we took the dingy and did some exploring. In the bay South of Raft Island, near the All Saints Camp, we found this really interesting tree, standing out in the bay (like it had grown there). The tree is obviously dead, but still stands and someone even put a string of Christmas Lights in the branches (with a solar panel) to light it up at night. Interesting yard art? 😉

On the way back around the West side of Cutts Island, we spotted these poor souls, who had obviously beached their boat at high tide and not realized what would happen as the tide went out! Oops! Her body language said it all, hands on hips, frustrated and not having a good time. I felt sorry for them.

Eventually, when the tide came back in many hours later. They were able to refloat the boat and head back home. I’m sure they were embarrassed and will not be making that mistake again!