Some basic info: State Route 11, Length: 21 miles.
Drive Time: 35 minutes.
Unless you stop a lot along the way to take pictures! :-)
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Chuckanut Drive
Last weekend Lisa & Linda & Travis & I took a drive up Chuckanut Drive. If you're not familiar, it runs from roughly Burlington to Bellingham along the coast.
Some basic info: State Route 11, Length: 21 miles.
Drive Time: 35 minutes.
Unless you stop a lot along the way to take pictures! :-)
Some basic info: State Route 11, Length: 21 miles.
Drive Time: 35 minutes.
Unless you stop a lot along the way to take pictures! :-)
Otherwise Engaged
So, I haven't updated anything new in a while because quite honestly I haven't been exploring Seattle every weekend like I was at first. The last weekend in September I flew down south and spent the weekend at Disneyland. It is an annual trip a bunch of us make every year, you may have heard about it from me already. If not, suffice it to say that every year there are roughly 15 of us who get a block of rooms for the weekend and laugh and drink and carry on. This year was no exception. This time was also filled with a couple of really cool things -- exceptional experiences like riding in the Lilly Belle, and flag retreat with all of us, and a couple of our group members in particular, celebrating the repeal of DADT.
We stayed in the DVC section of the Grand Californian. Great views of California Adventure!
Two weekends ago I was in Sacramento on business. I went down a day early to hang out with friends. My hotel was very close to the Sacramento River so I got a chance to get some pics one morning before breakfast. (No, it wasn't THAT early. It was Sunday morning. Before breakfast. OK, OK, brunch.)
We stayed in the DVC section of the Grand Californian. Great views of California Adventure!
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Two weekends ago I was in Sacramento on business. I went down a day early to hang out with friends. My hotel was very close to the Sacramento River so I got a chance to get some pics one morning before breakfast. (No, it wasn't THAT early. It was Sunday morning. Before breakfast. OK, OK, brunch.)
Monday, September 26, 2011
I don't want to get kicked out of the state
I've been told I must discontinue posting pictures of blue skies and sunny days. So, here, for the record is a visual weather report for today:
Yep, it's raining!
Yep, it's raining!
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Friday Harbor
Friday Harbor. On Saturday.
Got up VERY early (for me). And maybe even early for some of you early risers. I set the alarm for 5:40. ON A SATURDAY. egads. Oh well. It was definitely worth it. I took almost 500 pictures. Don't worry, I won't post them all here.
I got to Lisa and Linda's around 7:00 a.m. We took Travis to the doggy day-camp for the day and then headed up the 5 towards Anacortes. Anacortes is actually not on the 5 -- if you check out a map you can see that. You have to head West on the 20, which we did, to catch the ferry out of Anecortes to Friday Harbor on San Juan Island. Cruising through the town of Anecortes, there were signs for the "Oyster Run". After a confusing conversation that caused me to have visions of oysters literally running down the street, we determined that it is a motorcycle run. Needless to say there were a lot of motorcycles in town.
We headed out on the ferry, I think around 9:15 for the hour+ trip to Friday Harbor. The sunrise was beautiful and since I love boats, I'm pretty sure I grinned the entire trip.
Arrived in Friday Harbor around 10:30 and trekked up and down the streets, checking out stores that were open, peering into windows of stores that were still closed, and made mental notes about which ones to come back to visit.
We cruised through a farmer's market:
And decided to stop for breakfast (more like brunch) at the Rocky Bay Cafe.
Following breakfast we headed back down toward the water and poked around the docks, the park, and cruised through the Whale Museum. Watched a fascinating documentary (or at least a part of it) about a whale nicknamed "Springer" who had been abandoned by her pod. NOAA made the decision to capture her and nurse her back to health and then return her to her pod. We HAD to find out how the story ended, so we sat and watched until they confirmed that she had indeed been returned to good health AND her pod.
We decided to head back towards the ferry depot, grab a snack, and wait for the return ferry. Found a place called Fridays Crabhouse and decided to try their beer on tap.
The one on the left is Alaskan Summer Ale, the one in the middle is Moose Drool, and the one on the right is Widmer. All three were really good. The Moose Drool was a lot lighter than I expected! I've had Widmer before--the Alaskan Summer Ale was new to me. It was really good too.
The ferry ride back was quieter than the ride there. Seemed a lot of folks either stayed on the island or had taken the earlier ferry back. The clouds had started rolling in so it made for some pretty impressive skies going back.
Here are a few more pics from the day:
Gollygosh I'm loving Washington!
We got back to Mukilteo around 6:30 or so. Rescued Travis from doggy day-camp. It had been a fairly long day--or so it felt--it started so darn early. My feet hurt; we actually did a lot of walking. Reading back about it here it doesn't seem like it, but my feet insisted that I had indeed been on them a lot. So I headed back home to my apartment to rest my soles.
Truly, it was a great day.
Got up VERY early (for me). And maybe even early for some of you early risers. I set the alarm for 5:40. ON A SATURDAY. egads. Oh well. It was definitely worth it. I took almost 500 pictures. Don't worry, I won't post them all here.
I got to Lisa and Linda's around 7:00 a.m. We took Travis to the doggy day-camp for the day and then headed up the 5 towards Anacortes. Anacortes is actually not on the 5 -- if you check out a map you can see that. You have to head West on the 20, which we did, to catch the ferry out of Anecortes to Friday Harbor on San Juan Island. Cruising through the town of Anecortes, there were signs for the "Oyster Run". After a confusing conversation that caused me to have visions of oysters literally running down the street, we determined that it is a motorcycle run. Needless to say there were a lot of motorcycles in town.
We headed out on the ferry, I think around 9:15 for the hour+ trip to Friday Harbor. The sunrise was beautiful and since I love boats, I'm pretty sure I grinned the entire trip.
Arrived in Friday Harbor around 10:30 and trekked up and down the streets, checking out stores that were open, peering into windows of stores that were still closed, and made mental notes about which ones to come back to visit.
We cruised through a farmer's market:
And decided to stop for breakfast (more like brunch) at the Rocky Bay Cafe.
Following breakfast we headed back down toward the water and poked around the docks, the park, and cruised through the Whale Museum. Watched a fascinating documentary (or at least a part of it) about a whale nicknamed "Springer" who had been abandoned by her pod. NOAA made the decision to capture her and nurse her back to health and then return her to her pod. We HAD to find out how the story ended, so we sat and watched until they confirmed that she had indeed been returned to good health AND her pod.
We decided to head back towards the ferry depot, grab a snack, and wait for the return ferry. Found a place called Fridays Crabhouse and decided to try their beer on tap.
The one on the left is Alaskan Summer Ale, the one in the middle is Moose Drool, and the one on the right is Widmer. All three were really good. The Moose Drool was a lot lighter than I expected! I've had Widmer before--the Alaskan Summer Ale was new to me. It was really good too.
The ferry ride back was quieter than the ride there. Seemed a lot of folks either stayed on the island or had taken the earlier ferry back. The clouds had started rolling in so it made for some pretty impressive skies going back.
Here are a few more pics from the day:
Is this seal playing the cello? (sorry, an old cat joke)
Gollygosh I'm loving Washington!
We got back to Mukilteo around 6:30 or so. Rescued Travis from doggy day-camp. It had been a fairly long day--or so it felt--it started so darn early. My feet hurt; we actually did a lot of walking. Reading back about it here it doesn't seem like it, but my feet insisted that I had indeed been on them a lot. So I headed back home to my apartment to rest my soles.
Truly, it was a great day.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Yesterday
Well, it finally happened. The first day of what I would call "real rain". It sort of rained a few weeks back, barely, in the morning, for about 10 minutes. Maybe. And then it cleared up and got sunny. Yesterday was pretty overcast and then it finally started raining in the evening. But not before we had a chance to get out and see Edmonds.
Before that, I went to the Department of Licensing -- yes, again -- because when my driver's license arrived in the mail I noticed something I had overlooked when they had me check it for things like name spelling, address, and zip. They changed my gender. OOPS. Yeeeaaahhh, so... I went and had them fix that. (The license, not my actual gender). I had to have another picture taken. It's a good thing I decided against a ball cap for the day and actually did my hair.
Edmonds was having an art walk-type thing. The local merchants and artists opened up their shops and studios for the day. We took in a few studios and then walked down by the water. Following that we took Travis to the dog beach there in Edmonds, followed by dinner at Las Brisas. We ended the evening with a trip to Barnes & Noble. Great day!
It rained all night and has been raining off and on today, so I stayed in and watched football and blogged. Which pretty much brings me up to date. Get to readin'! :-)
Before that, I went to the Department of Licensing -- yes, again -- because when my driver's license arrived in the mail I noticed something I had overlooked when they had me check it for things like name spelling, address, and zip. They changed my gender. OOPS. Yeeeaaahhh, so... I went and had them fix that. (The license, not my actual gender). I had to have another picture taken. It's a good thing I decided against a ball cap for the day and actually did my hair.
Edmonds was having an art walk-type thing. The local merchants and artists opened up their shops and studios for the day. We took in a few studios and then walked down by the water. Following that we took Travis to the dog beach there in Edmonds, followed by dinner at Las Brisas. We ended the evening with a trip to Barnes & Noble. Great day!
It rained all night and has been raining off and on today, so I stayed in and watched football and blogged. Which pretty much brings me up to date. Get to readin'! :-)
Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival
Got up pretty early (for me) last weekend and joined my friends for a parade down the streets of Mukilteo followed by the lighthouse festival. One of the best things was the Salmon Bake that the Kiwanis club sponsored. Salmon, corn on the cob, cole slaw, and garlic bread. Seriously yummy!
Travis, taking in the festivities.
Now THIS is the way to deliver a pizza. Use an old ambulance!
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