Over Labor Day weekend we went with our great friends, the Debenhams on a little adventure. We traveled north for an hour to Bellingham, checked into the hotel and went to see Deception Pass on Whidbey Island. This is a very TALL bridge that was built a long time ago. There's sort of 2 parts to the bridge because there is a small but tall island that connects the bridge from one side of the land to the other. After walking across the bridge had a short hike down to the water where we collected pretty rocks and took pictures.
This shot is from actually ON the bridge. Unfortunately the camera woman was too scared of the height factor and making sure her children didn't lean over too far that she didn't get the angle just right to show how high they actually were.
This is a shot of one section of the bridge. If you look to the left of this very attractive family you will see a boat of fishermen. This might help you put into focus how big this Deception Pass really is.
Another shot of this awesome family looking away from the Pass. It was so pretty there.
A shot of the Debenhams and their 3 kids. I think a possible Christmas card for them.
After lots of swimming in the hotel pool, we got up the next morning to ride the ferry over to Orcas Island. We had almost a 90 minute wait for the ferry so everyone kept busy with various things. The manly men having a rousing game of Garbage. I think Christopher won all the games... so what else is new?
We used our 40 minute ferry ride to get some reading in. I, personally, just sat in awe looking at all we passed on our ferry ride. Just look out that window! That's nothing. We passed so many small islands... lots inhabited and many not. They were green with trees and yet jagged and rugged. It was so lush and gorgeous all I could think about was "How can I get my mom out here to see this?" The amazing part to all of us was that we live here. This is 2 hours from our house. God's country, right?
So we went to Orcas Island... a small island but has the tallest mountain of all the islands. We drove up the mountain and hiked up to this overlook. I can't remember the name or all the details of this place but it is old and was made to be just that... a lookout. Oh my!
Fortunately is was a mostly clear day to see over to Bremerton, WA and even into Vancouver British Columbia.
One side of the outlook only seeing just a few of the islands throughout the area.
After our lookout experience we had a moment at this very chilly lake. The kids were begging to swim, and a few did, but not for very long. Brrrrrrrr... But, it was a scrumptious area to behold. Thanks to the Debenhams, for letting us tag along to their great idea. They have been our family away from family on 2 different occasions now. (We first met them when we lived in Lake Forest almost 9 years ago.) This trip only gave us the craving to get back on that Ferry and go visit all of those islands. Camera's don't do it justice.
2 comments:
What a great trip! My sister, Kris, said that you can tell your kids all kinds of lies while you are on Deception Pass because you can deceive your kids there. :-) We were going to do this trip (we even had reservations to camp on Orcas Island) when we came out in the summer of 2008, but it rained and we didn't really want to camp in the rain. We'll have to do that our next trip!
I am so jealous! I wish I could have been there to tag a long :)
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