It’s a Monday and the weather is great. Should we take some vacation to meet up with friends and go flying? YES! We meet up with our friends the Birdies at S50 and pick where to go! Since the weather is nice in the whole area its game since the weather is 10 and clear. We decide to fly to lunch at Roche Harbor. Roche Harbor is one of 2 airports on San Juan Island. The airplane is the only way to go. Before we had the plane, a trip to the San Juan’s from Seattle could be a 5 hour trip, driving to the ferry, waiting for the ferry, riding the ferry…. Its 30 minutes in the plane. Roche Harbor airport is across the street from Roche Harbor Resort including a: marina, hotel and a few restaurants. The San Juan’s are a very popular summer destination, especially for weddings, but in the off season it is almost a ghost town. We has a great quick flight and land to the north ad taxi the airplane to park on the grass and wonder over to the Lime Kiln Cafe. It is the only restaurant open. Counter service but the food was great at the portions huge! We could have shared! We wonder the property there are some lime kilns left behind from the lime factory, a church and a few shops. We loaded back up after our exploring and took off to the north. The marina and bay is not too far off the end, but off we went. We decided to do a few loops around deception pass and contacted Whidbey Approach for approval. We enjoyed our short flight and were back to S50 in no time.
