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Friday, July 03, 2009
Cathedral Grove
On Friday morning we headed out to Pacific Rim National Park and Long
Beach. The drive was from Parksville along Highway 4 to Port Alberni and
then on to Long Beach. Before Port Alberni we stopped at Cathedral
Grove. It is a stand of Douglas Fir that range in age from 300-800
years old.
Looking up, looking waaay up.
This tree had fallen and it managed to fall between two trees at the far
end.
Here are the girls walking along the tree.
Some of the sunlight still finds it way to the floor of the forest.
Here is a picture of our rental car. It is a 2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid.
We managed to squeeze everything into the trunk. The trunk is a liitle
tighter due to the extra space taken up by the batteries for the car.
The girls like the fact that it is a hybrid and considering gas is about
$1.10/litre, I'm liking it as well. It took awhile to get use to
starting it, just push the button. When we got to the ferry terminal I
had some time to read the manual.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Birch Bay
It is on to Washington State today, our first stop is in Blaine, WA.
Pat, Mo and Jodi and Sally and their families are staying at a cottage
in Birch Bay. It is just across the border. Pat invited us to stop by
for lunch on our way to Seattle. Here is Claudia outside the Lion's Den,
this was our base camp while we were in the Vancouver area.
The border wait was only about 20 minutes.
The girls with Nicholas, he followed Claudia around like her shadow.
After lunch we headed down to the beach.
Here is Jodi and Justin. Jodi is my first cousin once removed.
Mo had purchased a clamming licence.
The kids enjoyed all the creatures on the beach and under the rocks.
This is Jodi and Justin's oldest son, Jeremy, he is the girls second
cousin once removed.
Dad with the boys.
Claudia holding a big crab they found.
Clamming wasn't going so well at first. Note the empty frisbee.
But things got better, Shanna discovered that the key was to dig shallow
and dig out, rather than dig down. Sally holding the clams.
Mo with his grandson Nicholas.
As the official licence holder, Mo had to carry the tools and the catch.
Everyone washing the sand off their feet.
A few pictures before we left. The girls with Grandpa and Pat.
Mo with the kids and Tucker.
Shanna, Mo and I (first cousins).
Us with Mo and his girls, Jodi and Sally.
Claudia with Tucker.
On the way down to Seattle we stopped in Tulalip to do some shopping at
the Premium Outlets.
Some happy shoppers.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
San Juan Island
We headed from Seattle to Anacortes to catch the ferry over to San Juan
Island. We are spending a few days at Nikki and Richard's cottage. We
stopped for some groceries. This is the entrance to the store, wide open
no doors. Not sure what they do in the winter.
The morning sailings were delayed due to fog, so our 3:10 ferry was
delayed about 30 minutes.
Approaching the ferry terminal.
On board the ferry waiting for it to leave.
Mount Baker.
Angela on the outside looking in.
It was good weather for sailing as we passed many sailboats with their
full sails up.
The ferry arrives in Friday Harbor, here is the movie theatre. It was
playing Harry Potter, the girls are going to see it with their cousin
Melissa when they get back.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Friday Harbor
We headed into Friday HArbor to catch the ferry back to Anacortes. We
got there early for the 1:00 PM ferry and parked in line. We had to be
back by 12:40PM for loading.
We headed into town for the artisans market. We stopped along the way to
see this fire truck.
Angela and I were behind the others and this fireman asked Angela if she
wanted to get in the big fire truck.
Angela in front of some rock art.
Friday Harbor was celebrating 100 years this year.
Part of the harbor.
The ferry is on time.
On the weekends there is a lot of foot passengers who come over for the
day.
We ended up in the front row in the very middle, it meant we were the
first ones who would be off the ferry.
I think he was trying to avoid getting run over by the ferry.
This would be the end of our travels with Shanna and Jesse. After we
left the ferry they were heading for home and we were heading back to
Nikki and Rich's.
We had a fun time and enjoyed getting to spend time with Shanna and
Jesse.
We were getting close to Anacortes. When we arrived it was like a busy
airport, we had to wait before we could dock due to there being three
ferries at the terminal when we arrived.
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