Marina Moorings, Port of Skagit

The smoke from fires across the western U.S. and Canada is across the sky, and with it we have people coming in who cannot get home due to the fires in their home areas. We have had a family from Maui here as well, and they are wondering not just “when” they can go back but “if.” Everyone else we have spoken with is waiting for either Highway 20 to reopen or one of the Canadian fires to die down enough they can pass through the affected areas.

We had the largest vessel of the year put in yesterday, at 114 feet long. It was really impressive to watch it turn around in the channel! I know it was...