Friday Harbor, Washington (San Juan Island)

July 19 thru 21 - Sunday we took the 8:45am ferry over to the Island. What a nice, smooth ferry ride and very handicapped accessible. Teddy was waiting at the dock and off we went to see Alice and the “Deane Acres” (sorry Alice!)…it was actually quite nice that we didn’t have cell service or internet access through the iphone because it really gave us a chance to enjoy the peacefulness and beautiful scenery. We sat around and gabbed and walked the property until early afternoon when Teddy suggested a nice little hike up the mountain to see even more spectacular scenes. Must be a Deane thing to downplay the nature of the hike! Teddy led with Les next pulling Pat up the hill! We had a nice little aerobic workout and were rewarded by absolutely breathtaking scenes of Victoria BC, Mt. Baker as well as other sea and land wonders. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that Genevieve actually led the way - a 4 year old Lab with a titanium ankle! She was just a sweetheart and we thoroughly enjoyed our animal fix with her. She absolutely reminded me of our former neighbors “wiggle butt” dog Maggie. Alice is a Master Gardener and as such has a wonderful garden with herbs, vegetables, fruits and flowers, definitely not something you can do on a Florida postage stamp yard! Alice fixed us a lovely supper of grilled fresh northwest salmon and vegetables as well as a salad and the most delicious bread. One guess who had a hamburger! But Shirley and I loved the salmon. Early bedtime for all of us really because we had been out in the fresh air and with a little exercise that’s all it took. Of course Monday morning Les and I are up early and walking about a deer crossed the driveway while I was walking up the hill. Beautiful sight but too quick for a camera shot. Teddy and Alice’s heaven abuts a National Park and an Alpaca Farm so Les and I walked to the Alpaca farm and took some photos of the baby Alpaca’s with their mothers - very cute. After a sumptuous breakfast courtesy of Teddy he drove us for a tour of the island and Shirley was able to see a buck close up as it crossed in front of us. This was the first time that an animal stayed out in the open long enough for her to be able to see it. Off to the town to catch the 1:00pm ferry back. Once we landed we jumped into Dorothy and took off for Issaquah, Washington, our evening stopover on the way to Glacier National Park.