pete and i just returned from a wonderful weekend on lopez island, a small island in the san juan islands off the coast of seattle, washington. some of the people pete sails in the antarctic with gathered up there for a reunion of sorts. because plane tickets were astronomically expensive for last weekend and pete and i have been passing like ships in the night for the last couple of months, we decided to drive north and have some quality time together in the car....32 hours of it! we made it to seattle the first day and stayed with my friend molly who graciously agreed to let us stay with only three hours notice. it was wonderful to see her again. friday morning we made our way through pike's place market before heading out to the island. the place we stayed on the island was wonderful! robin and langdon have owned the 25-acre property since 1975 and have not developed it at all other than a 21' yurt they put up last year. we set-up the tipi when we got there and cooked a turkey buried in the ground on saturday. for those of you who enjoy an adventure...you should really try the turkey thing sometime. it was pretty cool...even to a vegetarian (yes, i even ate it!). we had to leave the island on sunday midday to start our journey south. we made it as far as corvallis and stayed with our friends chad and claire. it was nice to give pete the tour of corvallis so he knows what i am talking about when i tell stories from my years up there. the last 10 hours home was the most brutal part of the trip, but we made it. i am in town for a few days and then i leave for belize on friday night...i think cassie is going to disown me.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
lopez island
pete and i just returned from a wonderful weekend on lopez island, a small island in the san juan islands off the coast of seattle, washington. some of the people pete sails in the antarctic with gathered up there for a reunion of sorts. because plane tickets were astronomically expensive for last weekend and pete and i have been passing like ships in the night for the last couple of months, we decided to drive north and have some quality time together in the car....32 hours of it! we made it to seattle the first day and stayed with my friend molly who graciously agreed to let us stay with only three hours notice. it was wonderful to see her again. friday morning we made our way through pike's place market before heading out to the island. the place we stayed on the island was wonderful! robin and langdon have owned the 25-acre property since 1975 and have not developed it at all other than a 21' yurt they put up last year. we set-up the tipi when we got there and cooked a turkey buried in the ground on saturday. for those of you who enjoy an adventure...you should really try the turkey thing sometime. it was pretty cool...even to a vegetarian (yes, i even ate it!). we had to leave the island on sunday midday to start our journey south. we made it as far as corvallis and stayed with our friends chad and claire. it was nice to give pete the tour of corvallis so he knows what i am talking about when i tell stories from my years up there. the last 10 hours home was the most brutal part of the trip, but we made it. i am in town for a few days and then i leave for belize on friday night...i think cassie is going to disown me.
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