{"id":824,"date":"2017-06-15T21:43:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T04:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/creatures\/?p=824"},"modified":"2026-01-05T19:51:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:51:35","slug":"eagle-harbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/?p=824","title":{"rendered":"Eagle Harbor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bainbridge Island accounts for a good bit of the shoreline visible from our\u00a0window, by dint of its ten mile north-south length. It’s one of those islands you could\u00a0drive to, in theory;\u00a0but from Seattle\u00a0that trip would\u00a0mean going south\u00a0to Tacoma, then north through Bremerton and all the way up to Poulsbo, then back south over\u00a0the bridge at\u00a0Agate Pass. The ferry, by contrast, takes you from downtown Seattle\u00a0to Eagle Harbor in about half an hour. \u00a0Once there, you can drive a few blocks to the downtown Waterfront Park — or walk, so you don’t have to bring a car at all.<\/p>\n

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The park has a lot of\u00a0attractions for boaters, with launching and nearby parking for those who trailer or hand-carry. There’s not just a restroom but a shower room too, and sometimes an outside spray for rinsing off equipment and bathers. \u00a0A boat house next door with rowing shells means that the facilities are busy at some times, in the morning and at\u00a0the end of the school day, and parking could be a block away. \u00a0But the boat launch itself is in a pretty setting, right across the street from a community center. In fact,\u00a0a better picture would be the one from the top of the ramp, through the graceful arch of the trees, framing convenient picnic tables etc.<\/p>\n

I first launched here in mid-October 2016, on a trip to\u00a0Blakely Harbor<\/a>. I was back early the following May to paddle to Murden Cove, halfway up the island.<\/p>\n

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Eagle Harbor is where the vessels of the Washington State Ferry System gather when they’re not in use. Here’s the current gallery — I’m sure I’ve been aboard all of these at one time or another. On this trip I encountered the ferry Tacoma<\/em> four times. \u00a0Snowball<\/a> and I had passage aboard her coming and going, for one thing. \u00a0Then, by the time I got ready and was outbound on my way north, I saw her\u00a0rounding Bill Point, the south end of the harbor, just after I started\u00a0across the channel. I made it across with time to spare, but I did feel a bit rushed.\u00a0 On my way back from Murden cove I waited for her just outside Wing Point instead. \u00a0A clear day like that one gives the harbor a nice mountain backdrop.<\/p>\n

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Bainbridge Island accounts for a good bit of the shoreline visible from our\u00a0window, by dint of its ten mile north-south length. It’s one of those islands you could\u00a0drive to, in theory;\u00a0but from Seattle\u00a0that trip would\u00a0mean going south\u00a0to Tacoma, then north … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=824"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1558,"href":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions\/1558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}