I mentioned in yesterdays post that one of the fabulous perks of being a Bus Driver is Summer Vacation. Before I became a bus driver, I always worked all summer and scrambled to find and pay for daycare for my children as well as find time to enjoy summer. I have been off for the last four summers but so far this summer has been extra special because my husband is home as well. He was laid off at the beginning of April and with some sacrifices we have managed to make a bad situation great by enjoying an entire summer of “fun-employment.”
Rather then discussing every detail of our five week long, 7,000 mile journey across the beautiful Northwest United States, I am going to share an entry from my personal journal written about a week and a half into our excursion.
July 2, 2009
The drive to Deception Pass took about 3 hours as we drove through the North Cascades and stopped at the visitor center. We saw tons of bicyclists cruising the highway!! It seems a popular sport out here and highway 20 has huge, clean bike lanes and plenty of camping along the way. Of course my husband is already planning our bicycle trip across route 20 in the beautiful Evergreen State!
We booked our camp site here on Deception Pass having never heard of or seen this place. We did all of our research on-line and man did we hit the bulls eye! The State Park sits out on a small peninsula with amazing rugged beaches surrounding the entire park. Just inland is a gigantic Cedar forest where all the camp sites are. Its so primal. My son compares it to the forest of the ancient dinosaurs. There are over 300 camp sites, yet it doesn’t seem crowded because the park is so vast. I love it here!!! In fact I want to live here. When you sit on the north beach you can see The Cascades in the backdrop highlighted by Mount Baker. When you sit on the west beach, you can see the Olympic Mountains as a backdrop. The water is spotted with islands everywhere you look in the distance. However this park sits directly across the Straight of San Juan de Fuca so you can see water as far as the eye can see.
Yesterday we decided to take a ferry over to the Olympic Peninsula because the mountains have been calling us over there all week! We couldn’t get our car on the ferry so we just walked on and took a bus around the town of Port Townsend, WA. We decided to head over to Fort Warden and check out a tiny Marine Science Museum with all hands on exhibits. It was quaint and perfect on a huge wharf surrounded by beautiful beaches. Then we wondered around the town and ended up having a wonderful local seafood dinner at The Belmont. The Belmont patio was nestled in on the waterfront with a small beach in front of the public wharf. My son played on the beach and we ate halibut and crab legs! We walked around town a little more until we caught the ferry back to Whidbey Island at 8:30 pm. Perfect timing for a little sunset cruise on the Washington State Ferry in the Puget Sound. I want to live in Port Townsend. What a cool town. The more I see of the Great Northwest, the more I love!
Tomorrow we head to Seattle for an urban adventure for the 4th of July! We are staying in the Doubletree Arctic Hotel downtown so I am excited to get a nice shower and see the sights and sounds of Seattle!! Until later.
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