Fidalgo Country Inn Anacortes

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... batteries and looking at all of the spectacular views Fort Flagler offers by sitting on a bluff overlooking the Puget Sound. We didn’t go into any of the historic buildings, except for the museum/store. I recommend a trip inside the museum so that you can read about the history of Fort Flagler. I also love looking at old photographs of the Fort in it’s hey day.

Fort Flagler is kid and pet friendly.

... in a storm." We huddled under a tree.

After the little storm petered out, I was very wet and cold and more tired than ever. We lost interest in hiking further through the park since the sky was still cloudy and occasionally spitting at us. So we trudged back into town in a sort of random pattern, attempting to avoid hills, and waiting to get hungry enough for lunch so we could go inside somewhere warm and sit down. We passed a hair salon called “Beauty is ...

Sunday 17th August We had noticed that the battery had lost some charge overnight and so we were anxious to get going again so it didn't get too low. We left rather quickly at about 8.30am! We enjoyed the drive out through the rest of the Cascades along the river and eventually came out onto the I5 running up the west coast of Washington. We stopped for information in a ...

... evening another arrived, as well as an old schooner. Check out the pictures. After rocking and rolling during the night we decided to find an anchorage that was more protected from the wind. We went to Stuart Island and anchored in a cove in Prevost Harbor. It was great! There were lots of boats anchored in the Harbor, but we were in a cove that separated us from most of them. The weather was warm and ...

Went for a long and beautiful drive to Northern Washington with Larry Mattingly. Make sure and click on the photos to enlarge them, these really are very pretty photos!     Jackie ...

... enough, but I think it is this media-induced impression I have of what stereotypical Americans are like. I keep bracing for their arrogance and rudeness to hit me, but it rarely comes. (Certainly not much more than in Canada). I really hope I can get over myself, because I hate to have an unwarranted disdain for people who never did anything wrong to me! I guess I haven't really probed into the supposedly "brash" minds ...

... not a fan of censorship - but I know what some of you would write if given the chance, so I'll make an exception in this case. So, I'm currently sitting at Caelem and Hannah's computer (two wonderful individuals who are providing shelter for us two wandering nomads as we count down the days before launch), listening to a mix of songs on the iPod (White Zombie to the Victoria Doukhobor Choir - gotta love it!), and figuring out the ...

... days lunch as well, all for a bargain C$12! Damn I love a good bargain! Day 10: It turns out that our train to Chicago is fully booked so we decide to stay abnother night in Vancouver and fly to Toronto tomorrow. We hire some bikes with our new pals Linda from Glasgow and Gerald from Singapore (hi folks!) and cycle round the seawall of Stanley Park which has some great views of the harbour and city and we several films being made and I got invited to be the body double ...

... have waterfalls everywhere! What's that about?). The half hour queue at Customs followed by two hours wait at Immigration (they had 2 staff for a queue of a lot of people) seemed designed to discourage people from emigrating to Canada, however. Over heated waiting over, my sparkling new work visa stapled in my passport, and bag collected, I headed for the bus, and my ...