This is a bit outdated, but we visited Orcas both right before AND right after 4th of July thanks to a little vacancy irregularity during the prime days of summer. We kept ourselves busy with all sorts of activities!
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| Bald eagle in our backyard. These birds are BIG close up. |
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| Orcas island 'garden tour' |
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| More garden touring |
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| My favorite homes were the ones with daddy seating. |
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| Evie found a baby starfish and 18 jelly fish on our beach. |
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| I bought Evie her first pack of sugar-free gum. She chewed it for awhile before stating that her mouth was tired. |
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| Monster bubbles |
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| Cooling down with toes in the sprinklers. |
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| Ferry ride to nearby San Juan island for the day. |
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| Evie posing in front of a lavender field. |
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| Ice cream treat on San Juan. |
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| Group dinner at Moran State Park before Evie and Scott spent the night in our tent. |
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| Evie + dad sunset hike while camping. |
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| South end camp site in Moran State Park |
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| View of Cascade Lake from our tent. |
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| Hat party |
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| Waiting in line for the annual Orcas island fire station 4th of July charity breakfast. |
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| Waiting for the Orcas island 4th of July parade. |
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| Good ol' quirky Orcas Island parade. |
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| Car? Boat? Bear? |
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| Excellent candy haul from being cute on the parade route. |
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| A nearby ranch on Orcas has a petting zoo AND a real train. They recently launched a 'glamping' experience that we visited. |
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| Evie and Scott had a blast digging for clams and geoducks during low-tide |
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| Recently a bear swam from the mainland to Orcas and was captured a few days prior to our arrival on Orcas. Evie and I made fake bear prints to keep the myth alive that the bear was still loose! |
Treasure map for Orcas island.
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