Muddy Ride

Another Chair in the Woods

Some more woodland seating.

Sunset at Rays

Sunset at Rays, with the Olympics peaking through above and below the cloud,

and the obligatory bowl of clams.

Ewok

Ewok looking handsome almost but not on the beach at Discovery Park.

Kayak Man

Just off the beach at West Point. I think he’d been practicing rolling. Hardcore.

Autumn Leaf

Family Snaps

A quick snap on the way down to the beach…

 

…and another right on the edge of the path that runs along the edge of the beach, and I’m in this one too!

Discovery Park Black Friday

Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, when consumer Christmas starts and everyone goes shopping (except of course those that don’t go shopping). Apparently, it’s known as Black Friday after the crowds and traffic congestion experienced because of the excess of shoppers in Philadelphia in the late 1960s.

For our tradition, we walked down to the beach and threw stones at the water.

Which was fun, except Ewok couldn’t join in (he’s banned from the beach and can’t throw stones anyway).

This was the only non-muddy bit of the walk.

And yes, ‘twas a proper walk!

Bobcat

H got his Bobcat badge. Well done!
It stays upside down until he’s done a good deed.

Chef F

F cooking the shrimp for “Shrimp and Avocado with an old school Marie Rose Sauce” from Jamie’s Food Revolution (aka Jamie’s Ministry of Food for overseas readers).
Fantastic. Pass it on.

PDC

Los Angeles again for another PDC, and some more hotel room views.

Windows 7; Azure; Silverlight 4; Office 2010. What’s in a name?

Cute

The best bit about wet beaches is the cuddle you get when your paws are dried.

Waldron Island

Bench View

What a bench. What a view.

Turtleback Mountain

A great little hike up to Ship Point on Turtleback Mountain. Steep going up but the views were fantastic.

F found the going a little hard at first, but magic signs on the trail soon had him whizzing upward.

Our lunch spot was out of the wind but got damper as the rain set in…

…we didn’t get too wet though!

Evening to Night

Evening walk with Fay and the three boys along the beach as the chilly sun sets

leaving an amazing glow on the horizon as the next days storm rolls in.

H & Dad @ Sunset on the pier

Lost Memories

On a rock at Obstruction Pass Park.
There might be a name and address on the card, or maybe a virus. Should I look? Whatdoyouthink?

Obstruction Pass Park

Down a winding track past Olga is Obstruction Pass Park.
The website says this is one of Orcas islands ‘lesser known hiking areas’, and when we visited we were the only ones there.

There was a hard on-shore wind blowing on the south beach, but the boys found a great spot in the lee looking out on to the sound.

A perfect spot for Ewok posing…

…and kite flying.

Luvly. And made even better buy a bowl of warming soup at the Olga Cafe on the way home.

Deer, deer, deer.

One deer

Two deer

Spot the deer

 

West Beach

It’s views like these that make you want to go back.
So we did. Very, very lucky.

Cascade Lake Loop

Cascade Lake has a loop. It makes a very nice walk, about 2.7 miles all the way around.

There’s a new bridge across the lagoon

and it’s Ewok-friendly too.

With mossy spots to turn into happy faces

dramatic views of the lake

and only two roads to cross (or one, twice).
Recommended.

Family

A little leg stretcher on the way up Mount Constitution.

Mount Constitution (the return)

We returned to Mount Constitution for some awe inspiring views of the San Juans

But this time the top was in thick cloud (with a cold blustery wind) so the view was not-so-good.

F was not so impressed!

Night time ferry adventure

The ferry was almost empty (apart from Friday Harbor’s High School football team) and the only way to figure out where we were was with the GPS thingy in the car…

End of season parties

H’s team had their end of season party at Flying Saucer Pizza.

So did F’s :-)