Thursday, July 10, 2008

A Very Orcas Weekend

For July 4th weekend, we headed up to Orcas Island's Doe Bay Resort on Thursday along with Melissa, Bryn and Macy, with Tod planning to follow us up. Unfortunately the Ws had to call the weekend short, but we got to spend a little quality time with them, and then spent the rest of the weekend fishing, hiking and exploring Orcas!


The loft ladder in our cabin was a particular attraction. Bryn was up and down without problems. Andy not so much! Apparently there's a little fear of heights going on in our family...
Shawn doing double (or quadruple?) kid duty! (That's a mural on the kitchen wall of our cabin).
Andy got a new fishing pole and reeled in his very first rainbow trout! He caught another one later in the trip, but an otter took it off the line!
We had a blast spying deer all over the island every time we went on a drive. They're everywhere!
On July 4th, the resort had live music on the lawn overlooking the bay. What a beautiful setting! We brought a blanket and some drinks and enjoyed the music right up until our little crew started making more noise than the music and we quickly left the area.
Here comes a big hug...

... and a throwdown!

Bubbles!
Dinner on our last night on Orcas.
Sly loves her some pizza!
Time to head home!On the way home, we stopped (for the third weekend running!) at Deception Pass to get some of the kids' energy out.
Finally home! I love this expression on Andy's face - it's his super excited face!
Nothing like watermelon after a long, fun weekend.

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