Whidbey Island and surroundings

Today was a day of scenery, but at least it wasn't raining.

It started with yet another ferry ride to Whidbey Island.


Then a quaint artists' colony, where overpriced art in small galleries captured the adults' attention. Personally, I was happy there were lots of dogs. One of the galleries even had a cat.

Second quaint village of the day. Lots of dogs out on this pier. We had already eaten at a pizza place in the last town, but this town apparently produced the best mussels of anywhere, and we were standing right in front of the tavern where they serve a pound of the best mussels anywhere for $11, and it was killing Alex that we didn't have the wish or desire to partake. I am not a mussel man, but I'll eat them. Since lunch was a recent memory, everyone was already full. Alex couldn't eat a pound of them by himself, so we traveled on.

To Deception Pass. The first captain to explore the area thought it was a peninsula, when he found this inlet, he sent a team, including his navigation master to explore it, and found that it was an island. He named the island after the master, Whidbey, and the pass, Deception Pass, because he felt he had been deceived. Darn you, nature!

The currents get very strong in the pass, and we watched a couple of boats labor through it. It's also a very high bridge that afforded the fun of scaring Elizabeth. All you have to do is say, "It's a long way down, my god, can you feel it shaking?" She gets all freaked out.


We went to Eerie peak and saw other great vistas of the islands, but I grew bored of vistas. After that it was home to Alex and Beth's for fabulous steaks cooked on the grill, and the wine we bought the other day at the winery.

So ends this leg of our trip. Tomorrow is our final day in Seattle, and a Mariners game.