Saturday, October 8, 2011

Orcas Island - 2011

Ten years ago, Dave and I spent the days after our wedding at the Turtleback Farm Inn on Orcas Island. This year, we decided to commemorate the big Anniversary with another visit. It didn’t disappoint. Well, Olga village did, but the rest was more or less as we remembered it the first time around. It was great to spend some time alone (THANK YOU, mom & dad!) and to have some down time in different, but familiar surroundings.

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The view from the drive in

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The Inn

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The Orchard House (ours was the top-left balcony)

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Our view: lightening-struck tree and the grazing deer (But where did all the dingleberry boys go?!)

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We did these in 2 nights! Smile

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Olga, ten years later –

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Local color

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From atop Mt. Constitution (our last time up there was 9/11. This was a far less somber visit!)

I’m fairly certain we’ll be going back in another ten years, if not sooner.

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