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Orcas Island

August 28, 2013

Last week Walker’s parents came to visit and over the weekend we went to the San Juan Islands. Apparently there was a lot going on that weekend so we stayed on Orcas Island which was nice because it was a bit quieter.

We headed to the ferry very early Friday morning and made it on the ferry we intended to get on. The views from the ferry were quite beautiful. Once we arrived on the island we drove north to the downtown area. On the drive I had my window down and I was loving the remote island feeling and the heavenly scents wafting in from the woods. Oh my!

After a bite to eat we explored some shops and a few artist studios, we caught the artist studio tour that was going on. We also drove up to a high point on the island to get some fantastic views. Finally we made it to our lodging and once we were all settled in we drove even farther on to have dinner. The place we chose was so cool. It was set right beside an inlet and it had huge windows on the inside so you could see the bay. It felt really open and breezy. Also the food was amazing and surprisingly locally sourced. It was kind of awesome. When dinner was over Walker and I sat in some chairs near the water and kind of wished we could have stayed there for the rest of the night.

As it was though we headed back to our rooms. Walker and I played some outdoor games-including tether ball-which I can never beat him at! Then we hung out on our little balcony and continued our night with some wine and nature sounds. Walker also took some really cool pictures which I’ll share tomorrow…

Last night on orcas island

August 27, 2013

Last week Walker’s parents were in town visiting and I’m sharing the pictures out of order. I can do that right? After a couple of days in Seattle we headed to the San Juan Islands for a long weekend. I’ll be sharing more of the trip in the next couple of days. The last night we were there Walker and I decided to spend some time outside taking long exposure pictures (he loves doing this). We got a few by the marina and then ventured up to the hilltop toward our hotel and took a few more. Then things got interesting…

As we were overlooking the water I looked to my left and saw a buck (as in a deer with antlers) standing about 5 car lengths away. I wasn’t all that alarmed since we had been seeing does all over the property and they didn’t seem to notice or care about us in the least. At this point Walker and I were standing and looking at the deer. It was also just standing there looking right at us. I told Walker to take a picture and if you’ll notice below a ghost of a buck right in the middle. That is because while Walker was taking the long exposure of the buck it started to walk right at us.

Now I was still not too concerned but Walker was getting pretty worried. We backed away a little but he kept coming. We walked backwards up a hill that swung back to the left so that now we were parallel to the deer instead of in front of him. I thought well now he can keep going wherever he was headed. But instead he turned and walked right up the hill behind us! Now I was freaking a bit also. Between us and a set of antlers was nothing…

We both thought and said now would be a fine time for a car to drive up the road and what do you know it did. I’m pretty sure there was a split second that I covered my face thinking oh great the deer will get scared and run right into us. Luckily he took the shorter route and headed up a steep hill in the opposite direction of us. Phew! It was crazy!

Now I can say, “Hey Walker remember that time we got chased by a deer?”

Walker’s friends

August 14, 2013

I mentioned yesterday that a couple of Walker’s good friends were in town this past weekend. I also posted a pretty silly video of us all while they were here. We didn’t capture a lot of their time here because we were so caught up in the moment. There was one evening where we all went to the park and first picked blackberries and ate them right off the bushes and then we sat on the shore by the water and threw rocks in the air and tried to hit them with other rocks. We did that for quite a while. It was so simple but so much fun and I was glad to have a moment that I couldn’t capture with my phone or camera (I left them at home) so I had to soak up the moment a little bit more with my eyes, my nose, and my hands. It was a good night.

Anyhow here are a few pictures from the weekend during one of the many times we were beer tasting.

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