Parentalpocalypse: Day 4, 5 and 6....

Day 4 began with a request from Dad to see a fishing village of some sort, and to grab some seafood. So we decided to start the day on a boat, with a ferry ride over to Whidbey Island. I've always liked the ferries. I've always liked the ocean. Very much like the salt sea air. So starting the day with all three was very nice.

Our first stop was Langley, a sleepy little town that was absolutely not sleepy at all. It seems that all these towns were having festivals this weekend, so it was packed.

We explored the area a bit, and moved along to our next town along the east coast of Whidbey Island to Baby ISland and Freeland (sorry to miss you Ashley and Eli!). Freeland was the quiet sleepy town I expected with not a lot going on. I did see four people hanging around a garage who looked AWFULLY familiar though.

We flipped over to the West Side, and found a lovely beach that I'M NOT TELLING ANYONE ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY PLACE I SAW WITH BEACH ACCESS AND I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO RUIN IT.

Seriously, though, we had the place to ourselves and a lovely view and I could just sit there and drink in the sea a ir and quiet. We just sat there for an hour, taking it all in (I was gonna say drinking it all in....don't drink that water).

From there, we stumbled into Fort Casey. We weren't expecting to see a pretty much completely intact fort, but the battlements, a freaking CANNON and a lighthouse. Dad's a Vietnam Vet and explained all the different buildings we saw. We're going to make a dedicated trip to Fort Casey so they're well rested and able to explore the battlements.

We made our way though Oak HArbor and ended up in Anacortes. Both towns fed my dad's craving for experiencing fishing villages and towns. But Anacortes also fed our tomachs, where we ate some great seafood on the bay at the Secret Cove restaurant. Great food, service...iffy. But I can't blame them. I think someone called in AND they were training a new waitress. We got some free key-lime pie without even complaining, so they took good care of us.

Day 5 and 6:

We were all tuckered out from roadtripping, and I had two meetings over two days to deal with, so we decided to relax these days. Day 5 we didn't do much. Mostly just watched movies.and grabed groceries.
Day 6 was much of the same, except they wanted me to cook. And I gave them six hours of cooking. With more to come soon. 🙂

And now we're here, waiting for Day 7....