this past weekend we ventured up to fidalgo and
whidbey islands for andrea to run the whidbey island
half marathon. mt baker, another volcanic mountain
in the cascade range, looms over this northern area of
the puget sound like mt rainier lurks over our part.
the flowers were in full swing for the
skagit county
tulip festival. though we didn't spend too much time,
it was hard to resist getting out and taking some
photographs.
we couldn't help but glaring out over the colorful
fields.
looking for the tulips in the field of daffodils.
we passed through anacortes; a ship building town.
much like seattle's rainier, you can't go many places and not
see baker.
one day, yes, one day...we will live here.
we spent saturday night at deception pass in
our home...i mean tent. we slept in our tent...
although it feels more like home then our tiny
apartment!
the pacific coast sunset from the deception pass
bridge held our attention for more than thirty
minutes.
that's right, you better watch out for
number 1547! we awoke to a cold sunday
morning and headed down to oak harbor
for the whidbey island 'green' marthon.
supposedly the first 'green' marathon.
about 1500 runners ran the half marathon (not including walkers or full marathoners.)
number 1547 was breakin' through to the front!
as a spectator of marathons, i get to drive to random
locations and wait for my beautiful runner to come
cruising by! since the whidbey island marathon had the
most jacked up course i've seen to date, i got a chance
to peruse the landscape. this landscape will be hard to
beat. i got to wait for an hour, with a camera, next to
the ocean!
this is our current desktop background.
it should be yours too!
this is the straight of juan de fuca.
here comes my beautiful runner! she's in teal!
[cheer!]
after this photo i had to jump in the car and race
three miles to the finish line. i was hoping andrea
didn't beat me!
to finish the marathon the runners had to
run a lap on the oak harbor wildcat's track.
here is number 1547 cruising to the end of her
second half marathon!
a little tired, but fulfilled!
notice the recycled glass marathon bling!
andrea with her marathon completion gift.
a rock.
from the above mentioned beach. i knew she
would love it! it's on our mantle now!
on the way to the ferry to go home, we drove through
one of our favorite towns; langley. i had to stop and get
a mocha at one of our favorite coffee houses:
useless bay coffee company.
nothing wakes you up like a early morning kayak!
we set out to kayak over to vashon island from our little neighborhood-puget sound-side park; seahurst park.
here is the pattern that we laid out, and what we kayaked. in all, it was about8.5 miles of beautiful puget sound!
what an absolute majestic view of mt rainier. when you're at water level, it looks massive!
brooke enjoyed watching the ferries in the distance.
we also got to see a seal and "baby orca whales." [note: we actually couldn't see what they were, although they were jumping in the distance and looked like baby orca whales, we can not confirm this].
safely back on shore. what a great paddle! next time i think we'll head out to blake island, which is a little further. maybe we'll over night!
