San Jan Island was by far our longest day in Seattle. We caught the last ferry back to the mainland at 10:30pm (which was 1:30am Eastern time). Luckily the kids passed out cold on the hour long ride back. SaveSave
WHALES!!!!! Oh my goodness, did we see whales. These are a few of the many, many pictures I took. I had a hard time getting any really great photos because I was trying to balance the camera, steady myself on the boat, watch the horizon for whales, and keep a hand on a kid all […]
Our final activity for the day on San Juan Island was whale watching. July is prime time for Orcas in this area and we were super excited to see a ton of them on our excursion. We chose to go with Maya’s Charters because they only take 6 people at a time and I thought […]
After the Whale Museum, a little wandering around the adorable downtown and a tasty seafood lunch, we headed to a Lavender Farm. It was simply breathtaking. There were rows and rows and rows of lavender. They kids just loved running around and picking all the dandelions growing in between the rows of lavender. […]
Our next day of adventure in Seattle took us outside the city to beautiful San Juan Island. You have to get there by ferry so we woke up super early and drove to the port. The island was amazing. It might have been my most favorite day of our trip. Once we parked our car […]
I’m getting ready for back-to-school and I just came across an idea I had saved for Cole’s teacher last year. I was going to make her one of those school supply *cakes* for teacher appreciation, but decided on a gift card for our local liquor store instead. I saved all the school supplies for a […]
