my mom, dad and i got up way too early saturday morning and left for GTR. flew to memphis, then minneapolis, then seattle. done? no way. we rented a car and drove two hours to Anacortes, just making the ferry. We rode about an hour to our first destination: Friday Harbor, San Juan Island. it. is. gorgeous. picture a modern day artsy Mayberry. there you go.
ps, this ferry was AWESOME! going through all the smaller islands and meeting all the boats was a blast.
we hopped off and found the grocery store, bought a few necessities and headed out to our log cabin, about five minutes from town. I'm in heaven out here. it's completely secluded by trees-we hear nothing. i haven't gotten around to getting out and getting some pictures but i will soon!
we also discovered that the cell phones bounce off of Canadian towers here so a phone call is like $3/minute or something crazy. mine is cut off and in my suitcase. no offense to you guys, but i'm loving being disconnected.
we got up this morning (me a little later) and made it back down to town for the Summer Arts Festival. those of you from columbus: basically a smaller, classier market street. it was awesome. mom bought a chalice blown from recycled glass and we all got some awesome fudge. i think i ended up with raspberry wine chocolate (to die for) and cookies and cream (also amazing). then we wandered from store to store and stopped at a little diner for lunch. went BACK to the grocery to pick up a couple more things. i noticed a crowd standing in the corner so i went to investigate. i'd completely forgotten about the world cup game (i know, what kind of fan am i?). that crowd in the dairy aisle found a tv in the corner and had the game on. i joined in on the action in overtime when it was 1-1. you should've heard everyone when we scored! way fun. i left before it got ugly though.
we made it home, took some naps and then went down to the beach. it's so pretty here. we found a little hiking trail on our way home and stopped for a nice walk down to "Redoubt," a battle site for the Pig War. we found some nice bunnies and a black and white fox. on our way home we saw a brown fox. were talking about all the amazing wildlife and ended up missing our road home. when we went to turn around we happened upon a couple bucks too. funny how it all works out! we're back home now, mom and dad cuddled up with books, me with cherries and fudge :)
i'm so excited about our adventure tomorrow but i won't spoil the surprise--just know there will be some AWESOME pictures!!
the view from Redoubt
he pounced on something in there right after this
ps, as i was uploading pictures a doe walked right up to our window at the desk. like i keep saying, it's amazing here!
be sure to check back tomorrow night for complete and utter awesomeness.
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