Yep, it's cold cold cold here on Orcas Island now that those winds have shifted from South winds to North winds. Early this morning as predicted (known gale warning), we awoke to the sounds of being on a pirate ship in a storm. We both got up and went out…
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Thanksgiving dinner up at the Mansion Restaurant last night was really good (a fairly typical, traditional Thanksgiving dinner buffet). We hit the spa before dinner (hot tub for a bit and then swam in the indoor saltwater pool after that to cool down). Remember how I said that for our…
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We got up this morning and left Port Townsend by about 8:30am (and not at the "crack of dawn" as we'd planned). The wind was from the south and had been blowing pretty good all night, but by morning it had subsided quite a bit. We never saw the 2-4…
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Later this afternoon we took the boat out for a little cruise out toward Fort Worden and Point Wilson just for fun. It was 3pm when we left, so it was a short one, since sunset is at like 2pm these days! (Okay 4:23pm. Still.) Heron on the way out…
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This afternoon we took off and wandered around Port Townsend some more. We took the steps at the Haller Fountain up to the upper cliff and explored around up there a bit. Port Townsend is considered one of the finest examples of a Victorian Seaport in the United States…so much…
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It was a gorgeous foggy morning in Port Townsend early this morning. Now, it's just all purple and silver. (iPhone photo, no filter, taken from the boat at Point Hudson Marina and RV Park) We're working while breakfast is in the oven, and later today we'll probably go wander around town…
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This morning we got up early and worked a bunch, had some breakfast, and then decided to take one more quick walk up the hill into town before heading for Port Townsend. Langley is such a cute town, even in the drizzly gray. On the way out of the marina,…
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This morning we got up early and after a shower and a quick breakfast we said goodbye to LaConner (above) and headed toward Coupeville, a small wharf town in Penn Cove on Whidbey Island. Crumpled shack on the way out of the Swinomish Channel: Bald eagle hanging out on a…
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We got up this morning and headed out to grab breakfast, a few things at West Marine, and then some crab and seafood pâté at Black Rock Seafood in Anacortes. Breakfast was delicious — at Dad's Diner a Go Go. We ordered the highly recommended biscuits and gravy (they make…
2 CommentsKevin took his quadcopter up from a couple spots on Sucia Island yesterday morning. What a gorgeous place this is! Related articles Hiking Around Sucia Island We're at Sucia Island Today on Sucia Island Orcas Island: Rosario Resort & Spa San Juans: Rosario, (Humpbacks!!), Matia, Sucia Patos Island to Friday…
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