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Once we (From left to right) Jacob, Joey, Gray, and Madelyn\u00a0on the boat to Yellow Island\u00a0 arrived near the island we had to anchor and row boats to shore as there was no dock. Photo by Kika.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n It took a bit of rowing back and forth but eventually we all made it ashore. We were introduced to the islands\u2019 steward, Matt Axling<\/a>. Then, we continued on through a trail onto a rocky outcropping on the other side of Yellow Island. There, we searched for Pisaster (sea stars). We found eleven of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Instead of walking through the lovely terrain and extremely friendly thorns we had before, we trekked back the long way. On the trails, we wandered through the twelve acre island, seeing the bright orange and green madronas stand out amongst the rather unvarying land, pale yellow prairie flowing in the breeze, and Joey even saw a bald eagle swoop down from a tall tree where the land met the sea. Once we made it to the small cabin where we had originally left all of our things, we carried our cooler to a picnic table that looked out over the channel. Some of us sat in the grass, leaning on the old rickety fence that directed trail walkers, while others talked at the picnic table, admiring the view. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Yellow Island cabin and view, Photo by Madelyn<\/em> Crist.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Slowly, but surely we loaded all of our things and ourselves into the two dinghies. It took several trips back and forth to get everyone to the boat and some of them may or may not have struggled getting in and out of the boats and rowing them across the blue, green waters from the shore. We rocked back and forth as the waves battered the boat\u2019s sides; the sun warmed the seats and the roof, making for a really nice place to take a break and watch the various islands pass by from the top of the boat, where we all were sitting and talking. Written by Jacob and Madelyn Today we got to sleep in, which was amazing! Then we all got up and had breakfast. After breakfast we headed over to the couch and the surrounding chairs where we recapped the week and thought back to what we had done in the first couple of days. After this reminisce we packed our bags and headed down to the dock to embark on a journey towards Yellow Island. On the boat ride we kept changing positions from sitting on the back, then going up to the front of the boat, and finally finding a comfortable spot on the roof. It seemed to pass very … Continue reading ![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/21OG8DmN_l0_UmSULQxc2XjZQ8paa18aAuv2_c3fjU7TBINheuuB0vyXS7OpX8dZ64PukUi-YgztEgj1lqur5iF3uMaVMJhxpDMAO_Iyy0b7pNaHSBjwMKmDUL8Y6pzaiP51betU\")
When we got back to San Juan Island, we docked the boat and grabbed our things to stroll up to Spring Street. Derek met us in the living room and we all gathered on the couch to learn about website building and owning domains. We were all helping Miranda own a sea star domain and were figuring out the undertaking ourselves in the process. After a while we ended up with the perfect domain: www.pisaster.org<\/a>. Gray and Kika then started making our delicious pasta, broccoli, \u201cchicken,\u201d and vegan sausage dinner, while the rest of us took a break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"