Gateway to the San Juan Islands
A leisurely and relaxing afternoon...
...with a little shore lunch...
...making himself at home in the bay...
pants, shoes and all...
pants, shoes and all...
Geeez...
Early morning to rise.
Loading the car onto the ferry...
Happy Family
(one hand clap)
Watching the world go by...
Motherly Love...
Brotherly Love...
Mike Love...
FRIDAY HARBOR
Home to Mike's cousin Diane.
...and Popeye...
A big, half blind, fat seal who likes herring...
...and lots of it.
They erected a statue after her...
Lucky found an army jeep on the pier!
Diane brought us to her humble home in the woods...
...a real sweet and simple cottage she designed and had built...
...she shares it with her fury friends Arlo Guthry and Lydie...
Panting peers...
A master gardener, she grows her own veggies..
and owns a wagon wheel with a torrid past...
Lucky seen here taking notes, was most impressed.
He wants to be a home builder when he grows up.
Lovely. Just fresh and lovely...
Hungry little foxes...
Coming to get ya...
The waters around Friday Harbor and the rest of the San Juan Islands is home to many families of orca whales. The ending scene in Free Willy was shot here. A movie we watched the night before leaving for the island, which moved Lucky to inconsolable tears...
Took a little nature stroll down to the water...
...to see if we could spot Willy...
No such luck.
I kissed a tree and I liked it...
Mike and Axel found some unintentional porn...
...on our walk through the sculpture garden.
That's weird.
Keep on truckin'
Axel made art...
Lucky moved the world with his strong muscles...
US and Canada fought over the island.
The US won.
...but you can still see Canada from it's shores.
Sarah Palin can see Russia from Alaska.
Diane leads a clean, simple life on the island, full of friends and volunteer work...
She brought us to meet her pal Mona...
...who likes carrots and apples...
Mona's alpaca friend is new.
Mona got a real big attitude when we fed her, knocking Diane and Lucky over.
Why ya being such a bitch, Mona???
Lucky likes boobs...
Loading time...
The next morning I get up and turn 35.
I do a few loads of laundry...
...take the boys on a walk, while Mike fixes a toilet...
...spot 2 bald eagles...
Stop to chat it up about something or another with Master Lucky, when down goes baby, stroller and all into the ditch. Flipped it. Thankfully, THANKFULLY, he did not get hurt. He very well could have, his head could have hit the rock and the water was much deeper and muckier than it looks, here. He was strapped in and barley seemed inconvenienced by the whole ordeal. Not a scratch. I was much more shook up than him.
Here is Mike a few hours later looking for my missing phone...
Lucky drew me a picture of our family with the rv for my birthday...
...and Gary tried to hitch a ride to the Olympic Peninsula...
3 comments:
Maizie has quite a few questions about that dragon that Lucky has his picture with. She also thinks Lucky draws real good and that baby Axel is cute. She wants to make sure we know that she is also cute.
1. i want to live there 2.the unintentional porn statue, seriously, what the heck? 3. glad baby made it through the stroller/ditch duel 4. you still look great, are you able to follow the plan on a roadtrip???? 5.Lucky looks sooooo old
My favorite part so far is cousin Diane's place and my favorite pic so far is Axel eating his sock. Bet you'll be using the brakes on the stroller more :) Lucky taking notes is freakin adorable!
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