The Miller Family

Mom, Dad, Chris, Tim & Amie

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Wednesday - Orcas Island

Wednesday, July 8th - we decided to take a ferry over to the San Juan Islands - just to drive around and shop. We drove south from Blaine to Anacotes (the red star). Then we boarded a ferry to Orcas Island (see next image). We chose Orcas because it has a few shopping areas that looked easy to navigate & some scenic drives. Last time we were up here, we went to Friday Harbor on San Juan.

Orcas Island is shaped like a horse shoe. You arrive on the south-west portion of the Island. We drove up to the East Sound Village & had lunch on the bay - it was spectacular!

Here's what the ferry dock looked like at Anacortes. We were just waiting for the next ferry to arrive.


The ferry has arrived & we are beginning to make our way down to the ferry.



They are getting ready to board everyone.


Once we got parked on the ferry, we walked around the inside and outside to see what we could see. Grandma and Amie were on one of the outside decks. It was a cold, misty over-cast day (what's unusual about that....)





Grandma and Amie sitting at one of the inside tables now.


Daddy and Amie went outside - but I sneaked a few pictures through a window at them.


Amie thought that was funny!


She decided to tell me all about taking pictures through the window at her!


Somethings got her attention!



Here was our view of the bay from the window table of the restaurant we ate at! It was absolutely gorgeous - would have been even better if it hadn't been so cloudy....but we'll take what we can get!










By the time we were finishing lunch - Amie was more then ready for a nap....here she is pretending to sleep!


And this is just precious!



We had about an hour wait to catch the ferry back to the main land. So, we snapped some pictures of the ferry lining up with the dock to unload it's passengers that were just getting here.







The passengers are dis-embarking from the ferry that we are getting ready to get on.



There was a cute little tree very close to where we were waiting that I wanted to get Amie to pose for pictures in - she was not very coorperative, but this one isn't too bad.


The San Juan Islands of Washington State are absolutely without a doubt beautiful & mesmerizing! The tranquility can be felt through out the area. We saw some gorgeous scenery & shopped at some cute stores. I still love the San Juan Islands & can not wait to go back some day!

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