On Thursday we ate breakfast at a delicious, adorable place in Bellingham recommended in the Airbnb host guide. I think it was called Marvin’s Cafe, and there was a cute grocery store attached.
Then we drove to Anacortes and boarded a ferry for the San Juan islands. The views on all of the ferry rides we took were just amazing. They all kind of blend together in memory–lots of gorgeous, verdant islands on blue, blue ocean.
When we got to the island, we drove to Lakedale Resort, where we were glamping. We had never glamped before and it was so fun! I was so sad I didn’t take a picture of the tent and its furnishings. After dropping off our bags, we wandered around and decided to rent a boat and paddle around the lake.
After our boat ride we drove around the island. The small towns were all gussied up for the Fourth of July.
All of the restaurants seemed closed, so we went to the grocery store and got some rotisserie chicken and some other things, ate in the car while Clarissa slept, and then staked out our spot to watch fireworks. We got the PERFECT spot, which was basically golden handcuffs–we had to guard it for four hours straight. We took turns walking Clarissa around the town while waiting. (In retrospect we should have used the time to check out Fourth of July beach, but we didn’t know if it would be hard to find a spot to see the fireworks. Turns out it wouldn’t have been that hard.)
Then we drove home and transferred everyone successfully to bed. There were toasty hot water bottles waiting for us in our tent! They made all of the difference too, because it does get chilly at night.