{"id":330,"date":"2013-08-04T21:22:37","date_gmt":"2013-08-04T21:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/?p=330"},"modified":"2013-08-14T21:40:59","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T21:40:59","slug":"day-8-the-longboat-voyage-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/day-8-the-longboat-voyage-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 8: The Longboat Voyage Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is a beautiful Sunday morning and the van has been in the ferry line since 6 am in anticipation of the trip to Anacortes to meet up with “Sockeye” and the beautifully crafted replica of the longboats used by Captain Vancouver’s crew to chart the Salish Sea during the summers of 1792-1794. Happily the van is stocked with all kinds of food for sleepy program participants to find when their hunger is piqued.<\/p>\n

They walk on the ferry at 7:45 am and they’re off for a 6 day \/ 5 night adventure!<\/p>\n

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Once in Anacortes, they work together to help stock the boat with supplies and pack all the gear in dry bags.<\/p>\n

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By mid-afternoon they take their first strokes at the oars and head to Saddleback Island where they rest on their first night of camping under stars and in tents. The sea laps lazily at the shore and the sunset is glorious.<\/p>\n

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It is a beautiful Sunday morning and the van has been in the ferry line since 6 am in anticipation of the trip to Anacortes to meet up with “Sockeye” and the beautifully crafted replica of the longboats used by Captain Vancouver’s crew to chart the Salish Sea during the summers of 1792-1794. Happily the van is stocked with all kinds of food for sleepy program participants to find when their hunger is piqued. They walk on the ferry at 7:45 am and they’re off for a 6 day \/ 5 night adventure! Once in Anacortes, they work together to help stock the boat with supplies and pack all the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":360,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions\/360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}