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Best Island Vacation In Washington On San Juan Island
The Seattle Puget Sound region of the country offers so many vacation spots it's hard to decide where to go and what to see first. However, if you want to experience the best vacation spot in the Seattle area, check out San Juan Island.
San Juan Island is one of the San Juan Islands located just west of Anacortes in the northern part of the state. There are more than 11 islands but the 11 largest are the ones most people talk about when speaking of the islands.
San Juan Island is only reachable by the Washington State Ferries system, private boat, charter boat, seaplane or plane but it is well worth the effort to take a trip to this beautiful place.
San Juan is the second largest of the San Juan Islands and the most populated but the other islands are well worth a vacation trip as well. San Juan Island offers unique recreational activities as well as many different tours. There are also many other amenities for anyone to enjoy and if you're looking for a relaxing and memorable vacation, a trip to Friday Harbor on San Juan Island is the ticket.
Let's take a look at the island and the many things there are to do on San Juan Island. We'll also get a flavor of the other 10 larger islands as well just for future reference!
San Juan Island History
San Juan Island was actually named after the expedition by Francisco de Eliza in 1791 but was named and renamed several times as several other explorers discovered and rediscovered it. The Spanish name finally became its permanent name as it was listed on the British charts as San Juan.
On San Juan Island, there are 2 abandoned military camps; the American Camp on the south side of the island and the English Camp on the north side of the island. These camps came to be as the result of the so-called Pig War.
There was a discrepancy in the English boundary for the San Juan Islands and the American version of that boundary. Tensions began to rise over the boundary and the 2 factions almost came to blows over it though the border dispute ended up being tabled while each country held its ground.
However, the incident came to a head when a US settler shot a pig that was raiding his garden. The pig happened to belong to the Hudson's Bay Company and although the man offered to pay for the pig, this set off the infamous Pig War and lead to the establishment of the 2 camps in 1859.
Although there were the American and the English camps, nothing came of the conflict except a few skirmishes here and there (and the squabble over how much the pig was actually worth because he was of such good breeding stock). The British abandoned their camp in November 1872 while the Americans left theirs in July 1874.
The boundary was finally settled in October 1872 after the US and Britain signed the Treaty of Washington in 1871. Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany ruled on the matter and decided in favor of the United States, establishing the boundary through Haro Strait. San Juan became an American territory and the boundary between Canada and the United States was set.
Now the American and English Camps are a US National Park, their history being that they were occupied for 12 years in the 1800s. The English Camp has formal gardens and is very well maintained while the American Camp at the south end of the island is beautifully open, more windswept and has more of a beach atmosphere.
Both camps have wonderful hiking trails and were designated national historic landmarks in 1961, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. Both are fascinating places to visit and ripe with history of the island. You can also occasionally find an archeological dig in progress as well.
About the San Juan Islands
The San Juan Islands are a group of many islands but 11 main islands make up most of what is known as the San Juan Islands. Some of the tiniest of islands are named as well.
The San Juan Islands make up San Juan County which encompasses the very northwestern tip of Washington State. There are really 4 major islands that are vacation destinations, though you can visit the other islands by charter or private boat and some do have landing strips.
- Orcas Island is the largest of the San Juan Islands at 147 square miles
- San Juan Island is the second largest at 143 square miles
- Lopez Island is the third largest and is roughly 29 square miles
- Shaw Island is the smallest of the most traveled islands at almost 20 square miles
The rest of the San Juan Islands can best be characterized as being mainly off the beaten track and not as popular when it comes to tourism, although some of these smaller, less traveled islands have their draw as well.
- Stuart Island is generally reached only by charter or private boat and has no ferry service
- Waldron Island is also reached by charter or by private boat and no ferry service
- Lummi Island is part of an Indian reservation and has a small 22-car ferry that runs at scheduled times. It also has several bed and breakfast places, a cafe and a store
- Cypress Island has no ferry service - it is a natural preserve but has 2 camping sites
- Blakely Island likewise has no ferry service and is accessible also only by private boat
- Guemes Island does have ferry service and a very rustic resort. The population there is just over 500 and the island is mainly devoted to agriculture
- Decatur Island is accessible only by boat or plane and boasts about 50 residents and a golf course
The Other Most Notable San Juan Islands
Regular ferry service through Washington State Ferries system
Regular ferry service through Washington State Ferries system
Ferry service through Whatcom County Ferries system - 22 car ferry from dock on the Lummi Indian Reservation
Ferry service through Skagit County Ferries system from Anacortes
Regular ferry services through Washington State Ferries system
No ferry service - reachable by plane, private boat or charter
No ferry service available - accessible by private boat, plane or charter
No ferry service available - limited development - accessible by boat or charter
No ferry service available - accessible by boat, plane or charter or 4-mile kayak trip
No ferry service available - accessible by private boat or charter
Getting There
In my opinion, getting to San Juan Island is half the fun. My entire family has always loved the fun of taking ferry rides and ferry rides in the Puget Sound region are some of the best around. The Washington State Ferries system is great about being on time and as many times as we've traveled on the ferries, we've never had any problem getting to and from our destination as planned.
That being said, it is important to note that the Washington State Ferries system advises that you arrive at the ferry dock and get in line one hour before the ferry is set to sail, especially in peak seasons such as summertime. We always took things like a Frisbee, balls, crafts or something to occupy the time while we were in line. Once you park your car in the ferry line, you can get out of the car and go inside to the terminal and eat, use the facilities, or just beach-comb while waiting for the ferry to dock.
I always look at the ferry ride as the prelude to my vacation or time away at the island. It's a time to spend reflecting on what you want to do when you get to the island and it's also a great time to start decompressing and lull yourself into 'island time' or relaxed mode.
Likewise, I've found the ferry ride itself to be very relaxing. The ferry from Anacortes is the usual ferry route to take to San Juan Island, although you can take an inter-land ferry from the other islands. You also can take a ferry from Sidney, British Columbia into Friday Harbor on San Juan Island.
The ferry trip from Anacortes is just over an hour but you won't be bored. The views are spectacular and the pace so relaxed that you can't help but be calm and serene when you reach the island. If you leave from Anacortes, your ticket is actually one-way but it includes your round trip passage back.
The Anacortes ferry terminal is about 80 miles from Seattle by way of I-5 or 405. Anacortes is a great little town to explore as well. There are multiple departures daily for San Juan Island and the place to check is Washington State Ferries.
A ferry ride isn't the only way that you can get to the island though! You can fly in by booking with companies such as Kenmore Air, Northwest Sky Ferry or Westwind Aviation.
The Victoria Clipper also sails from downtown Seattle and is a great way to go. We traveled to Victoria, British Columbia on the Clipper and it was wonderfully relaxing with no worries about traffic or getting to the ferry terminal on time.
Amtrak also has passage available to Mt. Vernon which is the closest train station to Anacortes. You can arrange to take the train, grab a shuttle to the ferry terminal complete with tickets and off you go.
Even Greyhound Bus Lines goes from Seattle to Mt. Vernon. There, you can transfer to the Skagit Transit system and route yourself to the Anacortes ferry terminal.
For inter-island travel, there are also water taxis and charter planes or boats available for hire on the islands.
Last but not least, you can sail your own boat from just about anywhere and arrive at any of the island docks.
If you plan on seeing Canada as well (because they are just across the strait), make sure you travel with your passport. There is an international ferry and you can see 2 countries instead of one!
Accommodations on San Juan Island
Accommodations on San Juan Island are a dream come true. Perhaps that is one of the reasons that it's such a popular destination vacation spot. In peak seasons (from about May to September), it is recommended that you always have reservations booked ahead because it is sometimes tough to find 'room at the inn' even at the campgrounds as they can be booked up to months to a year in advance!
Luckily, though there are many ways to stay on San Juan Island and it's simply a matter of finding what kind of accommodations most fit your budget and your lifestyle. You can go from the low end such as camping to the high end such as staying at Roche Harbor and other venues on San Juan Island or Rosario's located on nearby Orcas Island.
Lakedale Campground is a great place to stay and they have just about every type of accommodation you can imagine available. Located on the east side of the island, we've camped at Lakedale Resort as well as spent many days at the 3 lakes contained on the property fishing and boating. The campsites are spacious and the shower facilities are wonderful.
Since we've been to Lakedale, they have also moved to the next level and now offer 'glamping' which is the latest rage in camping. Instead of using your own tents, you can rent a canvas tent that comes with a queen-sized bed and pull-out sofa sleeper along with other comforts of home such as more furniture!
There is also the Lodge which was rated as Best of Northwest Escapes in the Evening Magazine 2010 contest. You can also rent a 3-bedroom house if you have a large group coming and enjoy all the comforts of home with all the amenities.
We rented a cabin at Lakedale for my sister's birthday and it was absolutely beautiful. It was right on the lake and had its own little veranda outside as well as a full kitchen, 2 separate bedrooms and baths and a pull-out in the living room. It was more than enough room for all of us and it was such a nice and cozy way to spend a weekend! The cabins are even dog friendly and they permit up to 2 dogs per cabin.
There is no restaurant on premises at Lakedale, however, so in-town is your best bet for dining out unless you have full cooking facilities such as in the cabins or the private house for rent. They do offer continental breakfasts though and in the cabins, you can have them delivered right to your door.
On our first trip to San Juan Island, we stayed at the Mar Vista Cabins which is on the west side of the island. It too had a full kitchen and 2 bedrooms with a pull-out in the living room. We stayed for a week and had a marvelous time being so close to the west side of the island where the Orcas most usually are seen. We also tried our hand at fishing though it was rather treacherous and would recommend sticking to the lake or a quieter beach! There was a marvelous path that went from the cabins right down to the beach and the week was one we'll not soon forget.
Further up at the top of the island you will find Roche Harbor, which is a world unto itself. Roche Harbor is a sheltered harbor on the far northwest side of San Juan Island and is a beautiful resort. Roche Harbor even has its own small airport and the marina is a port of entry for pleasure boats. It is considered to be one of the best marinas in the Western United States.
Roche Harbor has all manner of accommodations from condos to the beautiful Hotel de Haro, which is the centerpiece of the resort. It was built in 1886, is listed on the National Register of Historical Sites, and is a must see even if you aren't staying at the resort. There are also cottages and units called Village Homes with fully equipped gourmet kitchens and lots of space for families.
For dining, check out McMillin's, the Madrona Grill or the Lime Kiln Cafe all right at Roche Harbor. Again, worth a trip in just to have a snack, breakfast, lunch or dinner!
In addition to the above, there are countless B&B's, private rental vacation homes on both sides of the island as well as mid island, and there are condos and suites available right at the ferry landing that are gorgeous and well appointed. You can pretty much stay anywhere your budget allows and find something that is topnotch and just what you need to enjoy your time on the island.
Shopping on San Juan Island
If you're looking for chain stores, you won't find any on the island. In fact, it's always wise to think ahead as to what you need to bring though the island is not by any means lacking in places to buy supplies. You just won't have as much variety probably as the island is a contained community and they can't compete with large chain stores.
In town, there is a marvelous market with just about everything you could want or imagine called the Kings Market. That is usually where we do all of our shopping, even when we come over on a day trip. There are several other small markets and some markets on Orcas, Lopez and Shaw as well.
From May until October, check out the Farmer's Market for the freshest in produce on San Juan Island as well as things like herbs, homemade goodies, etc. There is an herb farm outside of town on the island.
There are bakeries in town and you might want to stock up on goodies for a picnic or back at the campsite or cabin!
Many artists live on the San Juan Islands and all of the islands are famous for their wonderful artwork and crafts. There are plenty of little stores and shops to keep you busy for days browsing for those special mementos you want to take home.
We always leave San Juan Island with many whale mementos because we are all partial to the Orcas. You can buy things from tee shirts to carvings to artwork. A particular favorite of the kids on-island for a visit are the Orca whale stuffed animals. My daughter still has hers from a billion years ago.
You can buy toys and games at a couple of the local stores to keep the kids and yourself busy and you can also buy a kite to go fly on the beach.
There is also a pet store in town so if you have Fido with you and need supplies, you're set.
Clothing and shoes are not a problem if you find yourself in need. There are plenty of stores in Friday Harbor to keep you outfitted for your trip.
Bookstores and video rental places are also abundant for such a small community. There is also one newspaper available called the San Juan Islander where you can read all the local news.
While San Juan Island is not a huge place and Friday Harbor is not exactly a metropolis, you'll find all you could need in this little isolated vacation spot and not have to fight the crowds to do it.
San Juan Island
Ferry service through Washington State Ferries system
Washington State Ferries system terminal
Things to Do on San Juan Island
There are so many things you can do on San Juan Island, it's hard to list them all but I'll give you some ideas.
Whale Watching
I only mention this first because it is one of the main reasons people flock to San Juan Island and why it is one of the most popular spots among the islands. San Juan Island is home to 3 pods of Orca and minke whales. They usually can predictably be seen with great regularity on the west side of San Juan Island from May through September.
You can view the whales many different ways. You can go out on guided boat tours that are available right in Friday Harbor or on one of the other islands or you can go out on a kayak tour. People go out in their own private boats and kayaks as well. Just have a care as I know from experience that a sea lion can look like a giant sea monster up close and not sure how I'd react if I had actually seen a whale while I was kayaking.
You can also take air tours and see the pods from an aerial perspective. There is also a wonderful park called Lime Kiln Point on the west side of the island which offers the best viewing of the Orcas, though my family and I discovered a place just south of that on a rocky outcrop and that is where we've gone for years to see our 'friends'.
Wherever you go to see the Orcas, it is a life-changing experience. I think the combination of their beauty and magic is enhanced by the wide open strait that you see them in and if I think really hard, I can almost bring back that sound of their breathing into the ocean. It is mystical.
Some tours will even give you a coupon to return on another day if you didn't get to see the whales! Make sure though that you read up on the protocol for whale watching as it has been documented that noise and activity does stress dolphins and whales.
There are several museums on the island and most notable is the Whale Museum. You can even adopt a whale here which we have done. It is chock full of information and exhibits and is a bargain to go visit.
There are also the great exhibits at the American Camp and the English Camp on the southern and northern ends of the islands respectively.
Although Mt. Constitution is the highest of the mountains on the San Juan Islands (located on Orcas Island), Mt. Young is a climb! We've taken that hike and it is well worth it for the gorgeous view from the top looking out over the islands.
As well as Mt. Young, you can hike on beautiful trails all over the island but some of the most notable are part of the American Camp and the English Camp. The American Camp trails will lead you down to a beautiful sandy beach where in nice warm weather, you can swim and then sit on the beach and just admire all that beauty.
Bicycling is a huge favorite on all the San Juan Islands because of the slow pace. You can rent bikes on any of the islands and go for hours on roads that take you through some of the most beautiful countryside around. You'll see bald eagles swooping into freshly cut hay fields and you'll see cows lazily ambling over to the fence to stare at you. There is no end to the beauty on this island and the others.
Camping on San Juan Island, we've met lots of people who were doing biking tours of the San Juans and take several weeks to see everything. It's a great way to see the islands.
Kayaking is a huge activity in the San Juan Islands. You can rent kayaks if you didn't bring your own and if you need to rent them, you can get lessons and then go on tours to see the whales or just kayak between several of the islands. It's a beautiful part of the country to see by kayak and the whale sightings are breathtaking.
Scuba Diving and Snorkeling
This is another super popular activity on the islands. The water off San Juan Island is roughly about 40-45 degrees so it is advised that you take precautions when diving around the islands when snorkeling or scuba diving and always dive with a partner.
San Juan Island has incredible underwater caves and reefs to explore and also boasts its resident The Pacific who is the World's Largest Octopus!
Even in inclement weather (which usually is very short-lived on San Juan Island), the camping is a great experience. We've camped several times on San Juan and loved it. The nights are not too cold and the days are just perfect, usually hovering in the 70s to 80 degrees. There are many sites spread over the islands but our favorite has always been Lakedale Campground.
You can purchase camping equipment on the island as it is a very popular pastime on the islands but best to bring your own and have reservations if you plan on camping out. RV camping is also very popular on the island but again, reservations are always recommended.
You can pretty much do any kind of fishing you'd like on San Juan Island, from fishing on the beaches as we did while the salmon are running to fishing in the lakes that are on the island.
You can also go out on fishing tours or charters and learn all about fishing and most likely, you'll be assured of catching something that way.
For the folks that just can't get enough of golf, San Juan Island even has a golf course and a beautiful one at that. It's a 9-hole links style golf course that is set in the beauty that is San Juan Island. It doesn't get much better than this! It has a new clubhouse and is a great way to spend a few hours on a sunny day.
Tennis and Picnics
There are tennis courts for public use at the high school and there are lots of great areas for picnics throughout the island. Some of the best are at Lakedale and some are at the local parks and beaches such as Cattle Point, Jackson Beach, Sportsman Lake and Eagle Cove Beach.
Movies and Performing Arts
San Juan Island even has its own movie theater. The Royal is a double screen theater.
The San Juan Community Theatre is the performing arts center for the island.
Many bars also have entertainment or karaoke.
Photography and Wildlife Viewing
The Orca whales are by far the most talked about wildlife on San Juan Island and even some of the other islands because occasionally they do make an appearance there. The San Juan Islands have the K pod of Orcas which has roughly 17 whales and they also have the L pod which boasts about 50 or so. There are at least 15 minke whales that are resident to the area and gray whales are also known to pass through.
Bald eagles are in great supply in San Juan County and in fact, there are estimated to be 89 pairs of them always in residence in the county, making it the most bald eagle populated county in the state. The state of Washington is also known for having the most bald eagles in the 48 states.
Besides Orcas and eagles, on any given day, you'll see blue herons, rabbits, red foxes, deer, wild turkeys, golden eagles, ospreys, peregrine falcons, trumpeter swans and more. There are dozens of species of birds all over the islands. Out to sea, you'll see seals, porpoises, sea lions and otters.
San Juan Island is a photographer's paradise and a bird watcher's dream come true. Don't forget your binoculars, your cameras, and your wildlife guides!
Tours and Events
Check on line if you are looking to do special events or bike tours. REI for instance has a great whale watching, kayaking, hiking and biking tour that you won't want to miss. The San Juan Islands are such a popular vacation/recreation spot that there are always special events springing up that are great to participate in while seeing one of the most beautiful scenery in the Northwest.
Services on San Juan Island
Dining and Food Services
You won't go hungry on San Juan Island! Friday Harbor House is a great place to eat right in the heart of downtown Friday Harbor and The Place Bar and Grill.
Duck Soup Inn is a favorite of anyone who has ever eaten there and also a favorite of locals. The Front Street Cafe is a great stop-in experience and the Front Street Ale House is one of our favorites. There are many places to eat such as the restaurants at Roche Harbor and in-town. For a quick fix, try the San Juan Donut Shop or Felicitations Bakery.
There are coffee shops and Internet cafes to choose from. There are Italian and Mexican restaurants if that suits your fancy. There are pizza and sub places if you're thinking quick and easy and there are delicious seafood choices.
For an island, there are a tremendous number of dining and food services to please even the most discriminating palate!
Spa Services
If a spa date is what you think of when you think of vacation, while you're enjoying the beauty that is San Juan Island, you will get your wish! The Afterglow Spa at Roche Harbor offers full spa services and there are also other local spas to meet your needs.
Lavendera Day Spa and Spa D Bune can be found in Friday Harbor and for something out of the ordinary, check out Earthbox Motel and Spa. This is where spa meets a quirky San Juan Islands Hotel. You can lounge in their heated indoor pool year round, book spa services, and schedule moped rentals, do yoga, and sign up for wildlife tours or sea kayaking. Kind of a multipurpose spa and hotel!
Pet Services
If you've brought Fido with you on your jaunt to San Juan Island, make sure that the accommodations are pet friendly, though many are on the island, including Earthbox. You can even take your well-mannered pet on the bus with you on San Juan Island. There are also many pet-friendly restaurants and cafes in town. Just always remember to check first.
If not, you can kennel man's best friend at several of the local boarding facilities or dog sitting facilities such as Downtown Dog with its Bow Wow Bus (carrying dogs to a field on the other side of the island for a good romp). Or check out the Animal Inn which offers boarding including day boarding, grooming and medical care. Also for vet services, Islands Veterinary Clinic is a great place to take your pet.
Medical Services
You can obtain medical services (emergency or non-emergency) at the Inter Island Medical Center on San Juan Island and there is Air Flight service available to the nearest hospital which is in Anacortes.
There are also medical facilities available on Lopez and Orcas Islands.
Worship Services
There are churches of many faiths on San Juan Island from Baptist to Catholic to Jehovah's Witness. Check the link above for listings and phone numbers.
Weather on San Juan Island
The San Juan Islands are part of the greater Seattle environs though the San Juan Islands just like Whidbey Island, Sequim and Port Townsend, Washington all enjoy this remarkable little enhancement to their weather called a rain shadow.
You can bet on these statistics while the folks in Seattle and surrounding area are complaining about the rain. The San Juan Islands have roughly twice as many sunny days as Seattle and about half the amount of rainfall!
That makes San Juan Islands an incredibly lucrative place to go on vacation just about any time of the year to get away from the constant rain if you happen not to enjoy it and especially if you live in the Seattle area.
Daytime temperatures are usually in the 70s in the summertime and goes down to the 40s in the wintertime.
the San Juan Islands have been known to be hit by a couple of
incredible storms such as in 1996 where it snowed so bad that travelers
were stuck on the island, most often you can count on the San Juan
weather to be just what you need to enjoy a great vacation, that being warm and
Things to Do Off San Juan Island
If you get a hankering to check out the other islands, great trips are adventures on Orcas, Lopez and Shaw islands.
Or you can charter a boat or plane trip to the other islands and do a bit of island hopping to see all that is out there to see.
No matter where you go on the islands though, you can't help but enjoy the beauty of your surroundings and the peace and quiet of island life.
Orcas and the other 2 islands are very well known for their camping sites and also are popular spots for biking and hiking. Each of these 3 other islands has much to offer and are as wonderful to visit as San Juan Island.
Many local artists have shops and things for sale on these other islands as well so it is well worth a jaunt to one of the other islands for at least a day trip.
There are also great places to eat on these islands and great places to stay like the Orcas Hotel and the Rosario Resort.
Best Island Destination Vacation in Washington - San Juan Island
San Juan Island is a magical vacation destination. You won't ever see the same thing twice and you'll always feel like you had a truly relaxing and wonderfully peaceful vacation.
Some people like to stay at many places and see a lot of things when they go on vacation while many other people like to go to one place and just stay there for the duration of their vacation.
Whatever kind of vacation traveler you are, you won't be disappointed in this fantastic part of the great Pacific Northwest. Whether you are looking for a quiet peaceful spot to spend a week or a weekend, or you're looking to do a tour of Canada and a bit of the Pacific Northwest and you don't mind picking up and moving every day, this is the spot you'll want to visit. There is nothing quite like the San Juan Islands and San Juan Island has it all.
We have taken many day trips to San Juan Island and would do it in a heartbeat. Our drive was a bit further because we lived 45 minutes south of Seattle so we had a several hour drive, then a 1-hour ferry ride before we arrived on the island. We've taken everyone who has ever visited us to see the island and the Orcas because it is one of those experiences you just never forget!
Wishing you a wonderful trip to one of the most wonderful places the Northwest has to offer and hoping with all my heart you get to see my favorite creatures - the Orca whales!
Tour of the San Juan Islands
Sailing the San Juan Islands
Orcas in the San Juans
OMG Audrey, you have out done yourself here! What an awesome and comprehensive travel hub. I love the way you made the stunning photos into post cards and collages.
This definitely sounds like my idea of a great vacation. I really do have to explore the Pacific Coast one day, especially in the Northern Region.
Voted up across the board except for funny.
Thanks for the info.! Very informative... I will be moving out to the Seattle area soon, and this is definitely something I'm excited about!
Thank you for this journey to the San Juan Islands. I enjoyed it and you were quite thorough.
You are such a traveler! I'm just an old stick in the mud, and usually happy about it. You make me want to see new places. Good writing.
I love to see this place in person. What a beautiful Island. There are so much fun in this Island, even I can't mention this one by one. I really enjoy all the pictures and the video. I don't have much word to say, because this is so beautiful. Good work, Audrey. Vote up as always.
..the best vacation destinations are your hubs - and quite a few of them make my hungary too - the best idea might be to turn them into a bed and breakfast - because you're a wonderful gracious host!
You are so good at these travel hubs! Go GIRL! The Orcas Island must have some Orcas around. Poked those buttons up! Thank you Ma'am!
All those years that I lived in the great Northwest. I had never been to San Juan Island. Beautiful area and hub.
WOW, I love the frames on your photos, Awesome. San Juan Island sounds like the place for me, Thanks for the great facts, details and information on Best Island Destination vacation in Washington, an island is always a favorite and treasured spot to spend some down time :)
Beautiful - there are guide books out there that don't do anywhere as thorough and nice a job as this. I really love the San Juans and though its far from Central Oregon now, my family lives in Seattle. We've got to get the kids out there again soon. Orcas is a gem, and Friday Harbor is just too much fun.
Big thumbs up for another beautiful hub!
You have enlarged my world, Audrea, with this magnificent hub. Until I read the above, the only San Juan I was acquainted with was the Caribbean one in Puerto Rico.
You might want to consider a second career as a travel counselor at some time in the future. Your descriptions of the delights and attractions of SJ are inviting and alluring. Like their creator.
What a gorgeous place. I believe it's not very far from where an old friend of mine lives. Next time I give him a visit, I might ask him to take a trip to this island with me. Love all your photos. Rating this awesome. :)
I have wanted to go there ever sice I watched Sleepless in Seattle. Sigh......
Wow, I'd love to visit San Juan Island someday! Fantastic photos, and very useful info!
That must have been some pig!:-)
Audrey, great hub, as usual. This looks so inviting. Wish I could still take trips like this. I used to, but now I'm more into lying on the beach.
akirchner - You did an amazing job with this hub. You covered every aspect of what to see and do in this beautiful vacation resort. Your love for the San Juan Island in Washington shines through, througout this entire hub. If I ever get out to Washington I will be sure to check it out.
Great job, Sage
this is a fascinating hub about somewhere I never even knew existed... very cool !!!!
A really nice place that I'd like to spend a week holidays on. The photo "whale watching spot just south of Lime Kiln Point" looked like a painted art. Great hub!


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The retina is a delicate nervous membrane, inner lining othe eyeball, upon which the images of external objects are received.
Its outer surface is in contact with the choroid; its inner with the hyaloid membrane of the vitreous body.
Behind, it is continuous with the optic nerve; it gradually diminishes in thickness from behind forward, and extends nearly as far as the ciliary body, where it appears to end in a jagged margin, the ora serrata. Here the nervous tissues of the retina end, but a thin prolongation of the membrane extends forward over the back of the ciliary processes and iris, forming the pars ciliaris retinæ and pars iridica retinæ already referred to. This forward prolongation consists of the pigmentary layer of the retina together with a stratum of columnar epithelium.
The retina is soft, semitransparent, and of a purple tint in the fresh state, owing to the presence of a coloring material named rhodopsin or visual purple; but it soon becomes clouded, opaque, and bleached when exposed to sunlight.
Exactly in the center of the posterior part of the retina, corresponding to the axis of the eye, and at a point in which the sense of vision is most perfect, is an oval yellowish area, the macula lutea; in the macula is a central depression, the fovea centralis. At the fovea centralis the retina is exceedingly thin, and the dark color of the choroid is distinctly seen through it.
About 3 mm. to the nasal side of the macula lutæ is the entrance of the optic nerve (optic disk), the circumference of which is slightly raised to form an eminence (colliculus nervi optici); the arteria centralis retinæ pierces the center of the disk. This is the only part of the surface of the retina which is insensitive to light, and it is termed the blind spot.
Structure —The retina consists of an outer pigmented layer and an inner nervous stratum or retina proper.
The pigmented layer consists of a single stratum of cells. When viewed from the outer surface these cells are smooth and hexagonal in shape; when seen in section each cell consists of an outer non-pigmented part containing a large oval nucleus and an inner pigmented portion which extends as a series of straight thread-like processes between the rods, this being especially the case when the eye is exposed to light. In the eyes of albinos the cells of this layer are destitute of pigment.
Retina Proper.—The nervous structures of the retina proper are supported by a series of nonnervous or sustentacular fibers, and, when examined microscopically by means of sections made perpendicularly to the surface of the retina, are found to consist of seven layers, named from within outward as follows:
1. Stratum opticum.
2. Ganglionic layer.
3. Inner plexiform layer.
4. Inner nuclear layer, or layer of inner granules.
5. Outer plexiform layer.
6. Outer nuclear layer, or layer of outer granules.
7. Layer of rods and cones
Supporting Frame-work of the Retina.—The nervous layers of the retina are connected together by a supporting frame-work, formed by the sustentacular fibers of Müller; these fibers pass through all the nervous layers, except that of the rods and cones. Each begins on the inner surface of the retina by an expanded, often forked base, which sometimes contains a spheroidal body staining deeply with hematoxylin, the edges of the bases of adjoining fibers being united to form the membrana limitans interna. As the fibers pass through the nerve fiber and ganglionic layers they give off a few lateral branches; in the inner nuclear layer they give off numerous lateral processes for the support of the bipolar cells, while in the outer nuclear layer they form a network around the rod- and cone-fibrils, and unite to form the membrana limitans externa at the bases of the rods and cones. At the level of the inner nuclear layer each sustentacular fiber contains a clear oval nucleus.
Macula Lutea and Fovea Centralis.—In the macula lutea the nerve fibers are wanting as a continuous layer, the ganglionic layer consists of several strata of cells, there are no rods, but only cones, which are longer and narrower than in other parts, and in the outer nuclear layer there are only cone-granules, the processes of which are very long and arranged in curved lines. In the fovea centralis the only parts present are (1) the cones; (2) the outer nuclear layer, the cone-fibers of which are almost horizontal in direction; (3) an exceedingly thin inner plexiform layer. The pigmented layer is thicker and its pigment more pronounced than elsewhere. The color of the macula seems to imbue all the layers except that of the rods and cones; it is of a rich yellow, deepest toward the center of the macula, and does not appear to be due to pigment cells, but simply to a staining of the constituent parts.
At the ora serrata the nervous layers of the retina end abruptly, and the retina is continued onward as a single layer of columnar cells covered by the pigmented layer. This double layer is known as the pars ciliaris retinæ, and can be traced forward from the ciliary processes on to the back of the iris, where it is termed the pars iridica retinæ or uvea.
The arteria centralis retinæ and its accompanying vein pierce the optic nerve, and enter the bulb of the eye through the porus opticus. The artery immediately bifurcates into an upper and a lower branch, and each of these again divides into a medial or nasal and a lateral or temporal branch, which at first run between the hyaloid membrane and the nervous layer; but they soon enter the latter, and pass forward, dividing dichotomously. From these branches a minute capillary plexus is given off, which does not extend beyond the inner nuclear layer. The macula receives two small branches (superior and inferior macular arteries) from the temporal branches and small twigs directly from the central artery; these do not, however, reach as far as the fovea centralis, which has no bloodvessels. The branches of the arteria centralis retinæ do not anastomose with each other—in other words they are terminal arteries. In the fetus, a small vessel, the arteria hyaloidea, passes forward as a continuation of the arteria centralis retinæ through the vitreous humor to the posterior surface of the capsule of the lens.


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At USGIF's GEOINT 2017 Symposium in San Antonio earlier this month, I listened to Lt. General Shanahan's Keynote about where the Pentagon is going with Project Maven, a Department of Defense initiative reforming its artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning processes from top down. Here at DigitalGlobe, we work daily with the broad topics of artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning because they enable us to see beyond the pixels in our satellite imagery. Deep learning has become a staple in our organization because its power surpasses armies of analysts manually interpreting imagery, allowing our customers to make decisions with confidence. We are now processing hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of satellite imagery in a fraction of the time it had previously taken thanks to the latest advancements in compute power via high speed GPUs, machine learning frameworks and programmable computer interfaces. Additionally, this power can be harnessed and run in the AWS cloud, allowing processing to run at unprecedented scale and power.
In his speech, Lt. Gen. Shanahan called out five critical areas that we as a machine learning community need to focus on to keep moving state-of-the-art AI forward:
- Data Labeling: Teach the computer how to identify objects. This aspect of machine learning is paramount to achieving high levels of accuracy in the end result sets.
- Neural Nets: The core algorithms behind deep learning. There are many available, and more seem to be popping up every day. Google, Microsoft, Amazon and academia are investing millions into their respective projects to find the smartest and fastest way to answer questions. After all, time is money! By looking at the average salary from these companies on Glassdoor and the amount of committers they have listed on GitHub, we estimate there is approximately $50 million invested in the development of these open source projects. Google seems to have taken the lead with the most APIs, examples and documentation.
- Compute: The GPU hardware needed to both train and inference. NVIDIA is the world leader in the hardware behind this movement and has spent a lot of resources developing it simply based on market demand.
- Program of Record Integration: Use the output from these algorithms to alert, analyze and provide a common operating picture.
- User Engagement: Provide a solid mechanism to allow end users to achieve their objectives. We have an infinite amount of possibilities.
These are core areas we must pay attention to and embrace. At the end of his keynote speech, Lt. Gen. Shanahan commented that AI and deep learning are getting a lot of attention right now from the government and industry. He uses a series of simple questions to evaluate a new AI or deep learning solution. I answered Lt. Gen. Shanahan's questions from DigitalGlobe's perspective below because we have big data and deep learning playing together like peanut butter and jelly.
Question 1: How much data do you have?
It takes a tractor trailer truck to move our data. We are the first customer to use the AWS Snowmobile (seen above with DigitalGlobe Founder and Executive Vice President Dr. Walter Scott) to transfer 100 PB of data into Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).
Question 2: How much of your data has been labeled?
Several DigitalGlobe projects are working to deliver high-fidelity training data for anyone to use. SpaceNet, a deep learning data challenge sponsored by NVIDIA, DigitalGlobe and CosmiQ Works, provides a massive corpus of open source, labeled training data. We are also working with other partners to provide multi-object training datasets that allow the research community to provide more contextual learning in their algorithms. Finally, low-shot and one-shot learning are relatively new techniques where you train a high precision and recall network with less data; we are actively researching how to do this better so we can help our customers make mission-critical decisions. Our government partners are showing tremendous interest in doing more with less training data so low-shot learning and being able to augment real training data with synthetic data is a key research area for us.
Question 3: Where are your GPUs, what does your GPU stack look like and are you using them for training or inference?
We maximize GPU usage in both AWS and locally on servers located in our own data centers to train and iterate on our neural networks. To do any of this at scale, you must have access to a lot of computing power, so multiple options are necessary. Model training is computationally intensive and using the parallelization capability of a GPU shortens the training cycle immensely.
To train our deep learning models, we use a variety of different technologies. This includes harnessing the power of the crowd via our crowdsourcing platform, Tomnod. We leverage Tomnod to create new training samples of objects that can be found in satellite imagery and validate the results from our models. We are grateful for Tomnod because it provides the opportunity for humans to do some of the more strenuous labeling, such as object segmentation.
On the inference side, we developed a highly optimized Software Development Kit (SDK) called DeepCore that scales across as many GPUs and geographies as we need. DeepCore is written in modern C++ for speed and scalability with a fair amount of effort put into capturing performance metrics. There are even Python bindings coming soon to empower those data scientists who may not know C++! We deploy applications built on DeepCore within GBDX, as well as on other platforms within the government spaces, depending on the use case. GBDX is DigitalGlobe's platform within AWS where we run our own algorithms at scale. It is actually a marketplace of consumers and producers where third parties can bring their own algorithms and data into GBDX as well.
Question 4: What kind of algorithms are you using?
We use a variety of algorithms including AlexNet, DetectNet, fully convolutional networks and Yolo9000, all trained on Caffe and TensorFlow with support for CNTK and DLIB in the works. This variety enables us to customize and ensemble the network to the source data, such as multispectral imagery or synthetic aperture radar (SAR). This allows for greater precision and better results from the neural network. We have achieved good results in the past few years and have even patented some of the methodologies:
- Broad area geospatial object detection using autogenerated deep learning models
- Synthesizing training data for broad area geospatial object detection
With the convergence of government and commercial/Silicon Valley innovations, the Hollywood vision of artificial intelligence is not too far away. Lt. Gen. Shanahan said when he gets answers to the above questions, he realizes most of the solutions coming to him are small and not able to scale to Department of Defense size. With the help of cloud computing and GPU processing, we aim to scale infinitely to support complex missions and enable critical decision making. For more information on DeepCore, please feel free to reach out to us via email at email@example.com or log a GitHub Issue here.


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WHEN I was a child taking piano lessons, one of my favorite recordings was ''Rubinstein Plays Grieg.'' The longest selection was the stormy 15-minute Ballade in G Minor. The rest of the album offered a dozen of Grieg's numerous Lyric Pieces, short works that evoked the character of his native land. To me it was the most beautiful, yet saddest, music imaginable. ''Shepherd Boy,'' which I especially loved, was downright tragic. Even sprightly pieces with happy titles, like ''Spring Dance'' and ''Little Bird,'' were tinged with sorrow.
What made even Grieg's cheerful works so wistful? Why were Norwegian shepherd boys so sad? I was determined to go to Norway some day and see the rugged countryside that inspired such poignant music. Last summer I finally got there. And now I think I better understand why for all his international success Grieg remained attached to his western Norway homeland with its ''magnificent and melancholic'' mountains, as he put it, why a letter from a close colleague would cause Grieg to well up with ''the pain of friendship,'' why he loved his country's plaintive folk songs, and why he once wryly commented that his music had ''the taste of codfish in it.''
There are many ways to tour the fjord country of western Norway. But to get a sense of how that misty Nordic terrain has long affected its people, you can do no better than visit the sites of Grieg's life and travel through the spectacular southwestern area.
A good starting point is Bergen, where Grieg was born in 1843. Norway's second-largest city (population 225,000), Bergen is tucked between mountain ranges and bounded by fjords. Its harbor is crowded with tall sailboats, occasional tankers (Norway is an oil-rich country) and the cruise ships that take tourists on coastal trips.
Yet with its wood-framed houses and cobbled streets, Bergen still retains the character of the medieval port it once was, the northern outpost of the Hanseatic League of merchants who traded dried cod, grain and salt. The city boasts colorful hotels, like the inviting Clarion Admiral, where my partner, Ben, and I stayed, a place originally built in 1906 as a warehouse. Rooms on the water side offer views across Vagen, the central harbor, to the oldest part of town, Bryggen, where a visit to the Hanseatic Museum, a well-preserved house of thick, creaky wood, suggests what life was like in the early 1700's. Not far from there you can ride the funicular to the top of Mount Floien (1,050 feet), one of the seven mountains that surround the city. It offers an overview of the environs and a pleasant cafe.
Though Bergen is a walkable city, its clean and efficient buses take you anywhere easily. Seemingly everybody, including the merchants at the central fish market who sell fresh and smoked salmon and all manner of shellfish, speaks English.
Grieg was born in a house, long gone, on a main street of Nordnes, the city's central peninsula. As a center of fishing and trade, Bergen was a cosmopolitan melting pot. Grieg's father, a prosperous merchant and the respected British consul, was of Scottish ancestry. His mother, a gifted pianist and Edvard's first teacher, was of Norwegian and Danish descent. To get a sense of Bergen's grim medieval past visit the Domkirken, a starkly handsome, brown-stoned cathedral originally built in the 13th century. There I was touched to hear an all-female choir singing chants and hymns on a rainy Sunday morning.
Ah yes, rain. Bergen, like most of western Norway, gets a lot of it. But it's not like, say, Seattle's rain, which settles in and hangs low in the sky. Bergen's rain seems to come from passing clouds high above. Though the resulting mists may dampen your mood, they seldom obscure the vistas. When you start becoming used to the weather, which you will, you'll feel like a native. And remember, in June in this near-Artic clime, you'll have 20 hours of sun a day.
Grieg's family moved to the outskirts of town when he was a child, which necessitated his commuting to school every day from essentially a rural area. At 15, already an impressive pianist and budding composer, Edvard was sent by his family to Leipzig Conservatory in Germany to complete his musical education. He later claimed that he learned little there, hated the place and managed only to contract a form of pleurisy that collapsed his left lung, rendering him weak on one side, short of breath and prone to illness for the rest of his life.
By his 30's Grieg was acclaimed as the composer of an already popular piano concerto, as well as numerous shorter works and songs that captured the Norwegian spirit. For most his life he was in constant demand as a conductor and pianist. Recital tours with his wife, Nina Hagerup (his cousin, by the way), a fine soprano, took the couple across Europe during the concert season. Their home base was in Christiania (today Oslo).
In 1885, Edvard and Nina, who yearned for natural beauty, moved to a Swiss-style wooden house of their own design on a lakeside hill about four miles south of Bergen. Called Troldhaugen (Mountain of the Trolls), this two-story house, with its ornate tower and large veranda, was the couple's residence from late spring through summer every year until Grieg's death, in 1907. Today it is part of the Grieg Museum.
The central room is a rustic, wood-paneled salon filled with plush Victorian furniture (some of it original) and the composer's ebony Steinway grand piano. Concerts are sometimes held there as part of the regionwide Bergen International Music Festival in May and early June. Among the jumble of manuscripts and photographs on the walls are numerous portraits of Grieg, who in later life, with his short stature, white mane and bushy mustache, looked rather like Albert Einstein. The most touching photographs are those of Alexandra, the couple's only child, who was born in 1868 and died of meningitis 13 months later.
From the front yard you see the distant mountains and a placid lake. A winding walk to the dock takes you past the joint tomb of Edvard and Nina, blasted out of a rocky cliff. The complex includes a modern museum with exhibits and films, and a small recital hall with a sod roof that blends so discreetly into the hillside it could be the mysterious hideaway of some mountain troll. There I heard a recital by Ryu Goto, a violinist, then 14, the younger brother of Midori, accompanied by a British pianist, Michael Dussek, in a varied program that prominently offered Grieg's Violin Sonata No. 3.
Despite the ill effects of Bergen's weather on his respiratory problems, Grieg loved Troldhaugen, for only there could he work with concentration. A walk down the path from the house takes you to the small red wooden hut near the lake where he went to compose in solitude, playing on an upright piano.
Grieg grew defensive whenever critics, especially German ones, assumed that he incorporated folk songs into his works. Norwegian folk life, sagas, history and, above all, nature, he once wrote, deeply influenced his music. But only later in life did he explore Norwegian folk song, sometimes on mountain trips with his closest friend, Frants Beyer.
The best way to explore that countryside yourself, especially with limited time, is Norway in a Nutshell, a hokey name for a thrilling, well-coordinated 12-hour round-trip excursion by trains, ferry and bus.
You leave from Bergen's railway station in the morning for a two-hour trip on one of Norway's speedy, modern trains, and pass through magnificent mountains. In Myrdal you board the Flam Railway train, an engineering marvel that stops briefly at a roaring waterfall, then winds downward through mountain tunnels and sheer cliffs. From on high you see the valley below, your destination, while the adhesion train, as it is called, descends a steep 3,000 feet in just 12 miles. In Flam you get a three-hour lunch break. The only place to eat is the restaurant at the Fretheim, the town's sole hotel, which offers, among many items, thick soups and spicy Norwegian meat cakes. But leave enough time to take a walk in this mountainous farming area.
Next, you board a ferry for a stunning two-hour cruise northward through the inland Aurlands Fjord, then southward through the even narrower Naeroy Fjord. Waterfalls seem to spout from every mountain. Some are cascading downpours, others trickles that wind their way to the sea below. Every so often you spot a farm, a dock, a group of houses on shore and wonder: Who are these remote inland people? What are their lives like? Grieg's letters frequently express admiration for the hardy souls who lived amid such rugged natural beauty.
Nothing captured the Norwegian mix of magnificence and melancholia more than the most meaningful event of my trip. It took place on that visit to the Grieg house, where, after explaining to the security guards that I was a music critic for The Times, I was graciously allowed to try the master's piano.
So, glancing out the window to the misty lake and gazing on the picture of composer's infant daughter in her baptism gown, I played ''Cradle Song,'' music at once tender and sad, in that Edvard Grieg way.
A Grieg smorgasbord
Tourist Information, Bryggen 7, (47) 55-32-14-80, is a helpful, well-staffed office near the open market in the center of town.
The bustling Clarion Hotel Admiral, Christian Sundtsgate 9, (47) 55-23-64-00, fax (47) 55-23-64-64, www.admiral.no, originally built as a warehouse in 1906, has 210 modern, smallish but comfortable rooms, many overlooking the Vagen Fjord and the mountains to the north. Doubles range from $155 to $243 (calculated at 7.4 kroner to the dollar).
Bryggeloftet & Stuene, Bryggen 11, (47) 55-31-06-30, is an affordable harbor-front restaurant not far from the Hanseatic Museum in the Bryggen section of the city. Upstairs the main dining room has high ceilings, carved wood paneling and a wide range of fish. Or try the roast pork with Norwegian sour cabbage. There is also a bountiful lunch smorgasbord. Main courses are about $15 to $18; the lunch smorgasbord is about $7 to $10.
Naboen Pub and Restaurant, Sigurdsgate 4, (47) 55-90-02-90, is a moderately priced, relaxing restaurant that features Swedish fare and a lively downstairs pub. Dinner for two, with wine, about $135.
Hanseatic Museum, Finnegaardsgaten 1A, (47) 55-31-41-89, is open daily from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. from September to May; June to August hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission: $4.45 ($2.80 in off-season); children free.
Outside Bergen
Edvard Grieg Museum at Troldhaugen, Troldhaugen 65, Hop, (47) 55-92-29-92, www.troldhaugen.com, easily accessible by bus from several points in Bergen, is open from October through April (except in December, when it is closed) 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays, noon to 4 p.m. weekends; between May and September, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Admission: $5.50; $2.20 children
The Norway in a Nutshell trip is $62.15 round trip, $31.10 for children. Get your ticket in advance; the tourist office near the Bergen fish market, (47) 55-32-14-80, can handle everything. The tour stops for a lunch break in Flam, before you switch from the train to the ferry.
The Heimly Pension Restaurant, N-5742 Flam, (47) 57-63-23-00, www.heimly.no, essentially the only place to eat in town, offers a large, airy and inviting dining hall in an attractive, modern hotel. The lunches are excellent, especially the hardy soups. Try the Norwegian meatballs for a main course. Lunch for two, with wine, is about $50. ANTHONY TOMMASINI


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Uzi ben Avi writes:
As the old Middle Eastern saying goes ,"when the cow stumbles, the butchers run" .
Woe to a nation who has no regard for their citizens' lives and honor. Bring in the boys from Belfast, as clearly they know how to handle the job.
70% of the so called "Jews" living in Israel are clearly impostors, and not from the seed of Yaaqov. IT IS SO CLEAR, that the events THAT HAVE UNFOLDED are A CHILUL HASHEM. Prophecy will be fulfilled, and those nice gentlemen with short hair cuts would have taken out KUNTAR and his bastard off-spring women and children in an instant.
Meanwhile like lambs to slaughter the population awaits the butcher's knife.
May the Living G-D of Yisrael preserve those of the seed of Yaaqov , both in the Land of Yisrael and in the Galuth.
For G-D and Zion.
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Dan Shaughnessy loves to revel in the failures of Boston area sports teams. There is plenty of evidence this is true. Here. Here. Here. And here. So when the Red Sox are struggling he just can't help himself but to rub it in just a little bit and bash the team for even considering they could be a contending team. He's looked stupid in the past when he's bashed the Red Sox and then the team turned out to win the World Series that same year. I'm not sure if that will be the case for the 2015 season, but his trolling and asshole-ish glee at watching the Red Sox fail, all while holding the team to a ridiculous standard by acting like their recent success isn't impressive, is very much annoying to read. His disdain for common sense and hiding behind his telling "the truth" is just one of the many journalistic crimes he commits. Jay Mariotti likes Dan Shaughnessy, so that tells me all I need to know even if I didn't ever read Dan's writing.
So here he is reveling at the myth that the Red Sox are a contending team. You can feel his joy at being able to bash them dripping off the computer screen. He bashed them here on June 2, then the Red Sox starting winning games so he jumped back on the bandwagon, then they started losing games and he bashed them again.
The Red Sox are a myth,
The entire franchise. It doesn't exist. The Red Sox are the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus of professional sports, just created to give fans in the Boston area something to cheer for during the summer.
The myth of the Sox is that they are some kind of perennial playoff contender.
This isn't a myth. Over the last 20 years the Red Sox have made the playoffs 10 times. 50% of the time over the last 20 years the Red Sox have made the playoffs. That's a pretty impressive run of making the playoffs. It could be better, but it could also be worse. The bottom line is going into each season, the Red Sox are contenders to make the playoffs. Dan can argue this is ridiculous based on the eventual outcome of a season, but his protests don't make the fact the Red Sox are consistently playoff contenders false.
You know . . . three championships in 10 years.
The only team that can say they have three championships in the last 10 years is the Giants. Before that, it would be the Yankees. Before that, it would be Oakland Athletics in the early 1970's. So the snide, "swell" is misinformed and needless. Three championships in 10 years is impressive, no matter how much Dan wants to downplay it.
But despite the hype, the highest prices in baseball, and the
$200 million payroll, the Sox are no longer legitimate contenders. They
are not a good team and they have not been a good team for quite some
"For quite some time." They won the 2013 World Series. The Red Sox have won 90+ games 11 times in the past 20 years. They have had 3 seasons with a losing record in the last 20 years. All this while playing in a division (the AL East) which had a team from that division make the World Series 13 times since 1990. But yeah, the Red Sox haven't been good for "for quite some time."
Simply because Dan recites a lie doesn't mean this lie becomes the truth.
"When you look at this team — and I tell you we've analyzed this team —
this is a strong team," said Henry. "They've just played not up to their
What else would the owner say? Would he say he doesn't think they put a good team together? Perhaps after the season is over the owner may say this, but of course he will think the team is strong prior to the season starting and during the season. This quote isn't the result of a delusion, but the result of Henry really believing the Red Sox put a good team together.
The Red Sox bottled some lightning in 2013, but clearly that was an
outlier season, one that contributes to the ongoing phony narrative that
the cutting-edge Sox are ahead of the curve and loaded with talent
throughout the organization.
Ah yes, go ahead and crap on the World Series title in order to make it seem more significant than it was. Dan would really have freaked out if he covered the Red Sox from 1919-1945 when they didn't make the World Series once. The playoff set up was much different then, but the Red Sox were mostly terrible during that time. I imagine how bad Dan would flipped out believing the Red Sox wasted the golden years of Ted Williams' career. He would have gotten off so much bashing them in his column.
Wake up, people. Your baseball team is not smarter than all the other teams. Your farm system is not the best in the majors.
I'm not sure "people" think the Red Sox are smarter than other teams. They just try to use different methods of player evaluation from other teams. It's not them thinking they are smarter. Taking a different road to reach a destination doesn't necessarily mean the road you have chosen is the faster path (you can find that on a fortune cookie somewhere). The Red Sox having faith in the players in their farm system, and not wanting to trade players from that system, is a reflection that they like their own players. It doesn't mean the organization or fans think the Red Sox have the best farm system in the majors.
Your Red Sox are an aggregate 31 games under .500 (267-298) since Sept. 1, 2011. According to the Providence Journal,
the 2015 Red Sox entered Tuesday as Boston's worst baseball team since
1960 in the area of run differential — minus-48 after 51 games.
It's so weird how Dan Shaughnessy uses September 1, 2011 as the cut-off date. I really do believe many of these sportswriters needed to take more statistics courses in college. September 1 is a sort of random cut-off date that intentionally tries to mislead the reader on the Red Sox record during the 2011 season prior to September 1. The 2015 Red Sox aren't a very good team. It doesn't mean the entire organization is fatally flawed.
Despite these inconvenient truths, folks at the top continue to say that
all is well. And rest assured the Sox soon will be OK because . . . you
know . . . they are loaded with prospects.
Yet another contention by Dan that the Red Sox believe themselves to be "loaded" with prospects, but amazingly he can't seem to include a quote from the Red Sox that supports this belief. It's almost like Dan is exaggerating (or at best, misinterpreting) the Red Sox expectations for their prospects in order to make his point seem stronger.
Asked to characterize the state of his franchise, Henry answered, "From
my perspective, it's never been better. I think we're as strong
throughout the organization as we've ever been.''
Henry says they are "strong throughout the organization," he didn't say they are "loaded with prospects."
"We have a strong commitment to winning,'' added chairman Tom Werner.
"We play for championships . . . It is our intention to play baseball in
October every year.''
Yep, nothing about prospects in that quote. Nothing about having a "loaded" system. The idea the Red Sox organization constantly talks about their loaded system is a fantasy that Dan tells himself in order to make his lies and deceptions seem more real.
Increasingly invisible Sox CEO Larry Lucchino (now "busy" with Rhode
Island's Triple A team and Boston's 2024 Olympics bid) chimed in with,
"We're in it to win it, to win championships. If that means this kind of
manic-depressive kind of course, maybe that's not so terrible . . .
We're well prepared to be a successful franchise in the next several
Again, there is nothing said here about being "loaded" with prospects. It's just talk about where Lucchino wants the franchise to go and where he thinks the franchise currently is.
National media folks gushed about the new Red Sox lineup and predicted
another worst-to-first season for Boston. Sports Illustrated and USA
Today picked the Sox to finish first in the AL East — which, of course,
is still possible in the toxic landfill that the division has become.
And when have national experts ever been wrong about anything? Just check out the ESPN experts' predictions for the 2014 season to see how wrong these "experts" were about the World Series participants. Expecting experts to be correct all the time, when that's not close to being the case, and then basing criticism of the Red Sox on not meeting the expectations of "experts" is ridiculous.
Sox starting pitchers mocked the naysayers, wearing T-shirts that
said, "He's the ace,'' and after Clay Buchholz outpitched Philadelphia's
Cole Hamels on Opening Day, Henry noted to a reporter that the Sox did
indeed have an ace starter.
Outpitching Cole Hamels is now turned into a bad thing, because it wasn't a sign of things to come for the entire season.
And now here we are again. Worst-to-first has become worst-to-worst.
Yes, here the Red Sox are "again." The last time they finished in last place of the AL East in consecutive seasons was 1993-1994 and the Detroit Tigers were in the AL East at that point. But yeah, "again" the Red Sox are going to be in last place of the AL East in consecutive seasons. It happens all the time, just as long the fact it hasn't happened in over 20 years gets ignored.
But many of the Red Sox' current problems are still rooted in arrogance,
NESN ratings (Messrs. Sandoval and Ramirez are looking like Crawford
and Gonzalez from 2011), an insistence that an ace pitcher is not a good
value, and a system philosophy that relies heavily on new metrics.
Except Sandoval and Ramirez are signed to smaller contracts than Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez were signed to, so Ramirez and Sandoval are not quite the burden Crawford and Gonzalez were on the Red Sox payroll. The new metrics have paid off for the Red Sox in the past ten years.
Turning their backs on arcane thinking (and 130 years of baseball
history), the Sox are out to prove that a team does not need a true No. 1
starter. Instead, the organization chooses to live on the cutting edge
of WAR, VORP, BABIP, DIPS, EqAS, and UZR.
So what? Other teams use these metrics and have success. At no point has any front office that uses advanced metrics stated these metrics are the end-all be-all to determine whether a player is successful or not. This is a constant misinterpretation baseball writers like Dan Shaughnessy (and Steve Dilbeck, Murray Chass, Jerry Green, Terence Moore) have, which is front offices that heavily use advanced metrics still factor in they need good players to be successful. They are simply using different metrics to evaluate players, along with the traditional player evaluation metrics.
Alex Speier's feature on Mookie Betts in the Globe in
February informed us that the Red Sox partnered with a technology
company to measure how fast a baseball brain works. They developed a
proprietary SAT-like testing system to tell them who the good hitters
might be. One of the Sox draftees who crushed the neuroscouting tests
was Jackie Bradley Jr., who has batted .192 over parts of three big
league seasons.
This is compared to human baseball scouts who haven't missed on a prospect over the past 130 years, right? Human scouts are allowed to miss all of the time, but when new technology is used to scout or gather information about a prospect then it has to be correct 100% of the time or else it's considered absolutely useless. So the neuroscouting test didn't accurately show Jackie Bradley's skill level. Real human scouts use metrics that don't correctly evaluate a player's skill all the time.
A lot of big contracts have been given to the wrong people, and it might
be time for the Sox-loving world to stop perpetuating the fallacy of
Boston's amazing scouting and player development.
They screw up sometimes. Yes, the Red Sox have missed on players who received big contracts.
There's a nationwide insistence that no Sox minor leaguers can be dealt
to the Phillies for Hamels because the Sox are just too gosh-darned
loaded with great prospects.
Well, plus Hamels is a 30+ year old pitcher who is making a lot of money per year. He could end up being one of those big contracts the Red Sox have taken on which continue to perpetuate the fallacy of Boston's amazing scouting. Of course Dan complains the Red Sox have too many underachieving, expensive players and then bemoans they won't trade their prospects for a 30+ year old pitcher who has a large contract. I wouldn't expect him to be consistent in his criticism though.
the sad fact is that the Red Sox have not drafted and developed a big
league starting pitcher or an All-Star position player since Buchholz
and Jacoby Ellsbury were drafted by Theo Epstein 10 years ago.
What about Anthony Rizzo? (ducks as Red Sox fans throw things at me)
Another question. Shouldn't Hanley Ramirez and Justin Masterson count? They were both considered (and proved to be) ready for the majors when the Red Sox traded them and now they are back on the Red Sox team. I would probably count them both as players the Red Sox developed. Justin Masterson is a big league pitcher while Hanley Ramirez has made an All-Star team.
It's fitting that the Minnesota Twins are in town this week. The
Twins share Fort Myers with the Red Sox, and we feel sorry for them all
spring. The Red Sox get all the attention and have all the fans and are
nationally acclaimed as the brilliant, big-money franchise, always ahead
of everybody else. The poor Twins have no payroll, no star power, and
no national following.
They also have a first-place team with the third-best record in the American League.
This is absolutely laughable. With no sense of irony, in a column where Dan Shaughnessy bemoans that the Red Sox are "again" in last place in the AL East, he starts talking about the Twins coming to town. This is the same Twins team that has been last in the AL Central 6 times in the last 20 years. They have been next-to-last in the AL Central 4 times in the last 20 years. They have made zero World Series and one ALCS in that time, along with having a losing record in 11 of those seasons. THIS is the team he talks about as the antithesis of the Red Sox. Why? Because the Twins are currently in first place in the AL Central. Dan pays studious attention to the Red Sox recent history in an attempt to paint them as a failed franchise, while dismissing their successes, yet he pays attention to the Twins record this season and dismisses their recent history by simply not acknowledging it. He's the worst. This is what to expect from Dan Shaughnessy though. He's incapable of being a good writer when it comes to making a point outside of his trolling opinion.
We have the Red Sox.
We have the myth.
The biggest myth overall is that the Red Sox are a failing organization. They may not be succeeding right now, but they have the resources to improve quickly. Of course, when that improvement comes, and it will, Dan is going to forget entirely that he wrote this column. Just like he forgets the variety of other columns he's written bashing the Red Sox. Dan's only purpose as a writer is to serve as a troll and be negative. It gets him attention, which is mostly what he craves. He's horrible.
To add to the hilarity, Dan wrote this column on June 2 and then on June 8 he changed his tune about these Red Sox team. All of a sudden, after a few wins the myth of the Red Sox being contenders may not be a myth. I will have Dan's contradictory column about the Red Sox in my next post. He's the worst. Just the worst. He can't even troll consistently.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
2 comments Dan Shaughnessy Gleefully Takes a Piss All Over the Red Sox; Exposes Them For the Failures They Are
Posted by Bengoodfella at 6:00 PM
Labels: classiness, dan shaughnessy, its all lies, minnesota twins, Red Sox, trolling
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"Despite these inconvenient truths, folks at the top continue to say that is all well."
Because having John Farrell come out and say everybody panic it's like the Titanic but it's the Red Sox would make the fans feel much better. Between Shaughnessy and Simmons I can't stand some of the Boston fanbase. Oh no we've only one 3 championships in 10 years. Our team sucks!
- June 16, 2015 at 10:35 PM
- Bengoodfella said...
Chris, those three titles were all aberrations though. They won those titles, but they don't count because the Red Sox weren't a dynasty and missed the playoffs a few times. So they don't count due to that.
Plus, Dan just wants to continue to live in his own fantasy world that the Red Sox won't be competing for the immediate future.
- June 17, 2015 at 12:42 PM
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Race Walking at Tonbridge AC
Tom Bosworth
Tom Bosworth's selection for the Rio Olympics follows 12/13 years of hard training and dedication.
He joined Tonbridge AC in 2003 and following in the footsteps of sister Emily took part in a walking race; from that he progressed to training sessions with a very active squad and was soon part of team which on six occasions won the National Grand Prix title.
By the time he was 18 Tom started to put in some very good national performances and his efforts won him a place at Leeds Beckett (Carnegie) University where a race walking academy had been set up by international walker and coach Andi Drake. Within two years Tom was selected to represent England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games 20k walk in Delhi. After that he continued to make either the England or GB team on a regular basis. He appeared in the 2014 European Championships in Zurich and 2015 World Championships in Beijing. In the last three years he has virtually re-written the UK record book and holds the best times at 3k 5k 10k and 20k. Click here to read more from Tom
Guy Thomas
Guy Thomas who is just 19 has also had an exceptional 18 months. Out of action for most of 2014 he set a very quick 10k PB in January 2015 knocking nearly nine minutes off of his previous best by winning both U20 and Senior Southern 10k walks. His performances over the rest of the season were impressive including a new U20 Kent County record for 3k and into this year he maintained the momentum. Guy was rewarded with selection for the junior GB team at the World Team Walking Championships in Rome where along with Callum Wilkinson (who recently won World Junior Track 10k Title) and Kent training partner Cameron Curbishley took fifth team place the best ever by GB juniors.
In the world junior trials Guy just missed qualification for the championships in Poland but was invited to attend and train with Tom Bosworth and others at the pre Olympic Camp at Font Remoy where he gained valuable experience. Guy took part in his first walking event when aged only 9.
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Both Tom and Guy trained for many years at Tonbridge track or the roads nearby. They were with a number of race walkers of all standards and still appear when in the area. Tom is now based in Leeds and Guy in Cirencester but they loyally retain their TAC memberships.
Race Walking History
Tonbridge Athletic Club have a proud tradition of producing top class race walkers. In the 1970s John Nye and Ted Ardley were two of the faster walkers in the UK. Freddie Baker was a 100 miles specialist.
The club had success in the junior championships in the 1980 s and a product of a very good team coached by Bill Collins (for whom the club promote a commemorative race every year) was Tim Berrett who eventually moved to Canada and competed for that country in may international including Olympics. Tim won medals in the Commonwealth Games. He too retained membership of TAC.
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