The tugboat “Hunter” prepares for a Port of Anacortes stop, as seen between two other vessels moored at Pier 1 on the Guemes Channel.
The Guemes Channel is a highway for many whose work is on the water, including this tug crew heading west from Seattle with barge in tow. In the foreground are birds gathered on a decrepit dock adjacent to Curtis Wharf.
I was treated Monday afternoon on my way to Oak Harbor to this scene at Deception Pass: a team of tugs pulling logs under the bridge. This activity, coupled with the fact that the weather was so beautiful, drew a crowd to the railings of the bridge.
This tug, the “Ocean Ranger,” was making pretty good time on its way up the Guemes Channel the other day. I spotted it from 4th and Commercial and drove up to Randy’s Pier 61 restaurant for a photo. Got there just in time. The colorful tug was pulling a barge, likely bound for one of […]
Clouds hung low along the hills of the local islands Wednesday morning. This photograph of the tug “Pacific” was taken from the parking lot of the Guemes Island ferry.