The Beaches of Camano: Camp Grande (I)
Camp Grande is hidden treasure on Camano, tucked away at the end of a road, and with the lore of salmon fishing and the mystique of a private community around it. I remember dad and …
The Beaches of Camano: Sound Water Stewards
In my research of Camano Island’s beaches I’ve had opportunities to meet many amazing people who love and care for our beaches. Two of those were David and Linda Burbaker. David taught in the Biology …
The Big News about Barnum Point
I knocked on the door of the Inn at Barnum Point. Although I grew up on Camano Island, I had never visited this distinctive but set apart point of Camano Island. An elderly but spry …
Jed Dorsey Workshop offered at Sunnyshore Studio, November 3-5
Jed Dorsey is leading a three day workshop in acrylic painting at Sunnyshore Studio on Camano Island, Thursday – Saturday, November 3-5. This workshop is for all artists 18 years and older of any level. …
Beaches of Camano: Mabana Beach
This is part of a series on the beaches of Camano. Our goal is to celebrate Camano’s Beaches and to help visitors to our Island enjoy them too. The Beaches of Camano Project will culminate …
How to build a bulkhead for less than $300 in 10 easy steps
A few times during some of the more exasperating moments of the buiding-of-the-bulkhead my interns asked me if I actually had a plan for building the bulkhead before beginning. I told them that it was a …
Beaches of Camano Project: Pebble Beach
Last week I interviewed long-time Pebble Beach resident Amy Whitmarsh who was born in 1933 has a long and fascinating history of her family’s connection to Pebble Beach. Amy told me that in the late …