This morning - we were up bright and early - our ferry to Anacortes, WA was leaving at 11:20am. We had made a reservation on Friday when we were at Tracy's - as there was not charge, and we wanted to ensure we were on the earliest one possible. No time to waste starting our 2nd leg of our vacation!
So I was up about 7:30 and went out for a quick walk. There was a Tim Horton's just down the street, so I set out with that as the goal. When I returned, Derek was already up - and he was quite surprised to see I had returned with coffee!
As we were cleaning up and getting ready to move out, Morgan called and unfortunately she was not going to be able to make the trip with us. She had some things to do before Thursday that were really important.
Before heading up to Sidney, we had to drop his tux off at Jeff's parents - so we had a slight detour, then we were on our way!
Our reservation indicated we should arrive about 1 hour 30 minutes before departure, so our goal was to be in Sidney by 9:30am. We were arriving there shortly after, and customs was no delay at all. The Washington State Ferry port in Sidney is very small and we were there early enough, there were no troubles!
The gift shop entertained me while we waited - Derek read his magazine.
The ferry itself was much smaller than the Spirit of Vancouver, that we had come across to Vancouver Island on. We had hotdogs for lunch (pretty much the only hot food they had on the ferry) and I walked up and down the ferry probably 100 times - around and around taking pictures. Derek took the opportunity to nap most the way.
We traveled through the San Juan Islands, and arrived in Anacortes, WA about 2:30pm.
It took a while to be free to go - we had to go through customs again - I guess they were inspecting several vehicles ahead of us - but we had no troubles at all.
We drove a short distance down Fidalgo Island to Deception Pass. This is an area where 'during his Northwest coastal explorations, Captain George Vancouver became the first European to identify the area near Whidbey Island as a passage, which he named "Deception Pass." The name "Deception Pass" derived from Captain Vancouver's realization that what he had mistaken for a peninsula was actually an island.'
We stopped quickly for another car wash and to add some tire pressure before leaving Anacortes - then on our way to Seattle.
We arrived at Brent and Jen's shortly after 6pm. He gave us a quick tour of his house - he's done lots of work so far and has plans for more - looks good so far!
Then we were off to the Mariner's game - they were playing the Red Sox. Brent and Jen knew a good sneaky place to park for free, and we bought some tickets on the street. In the end we figure we got a pretty good deal - 4th row, right field for $30. This is the season ticket price - the regular walk-up price was more, so not bad! With our new camera, we were able to get some pretty neat shots of the players, and even some of the plays!
The Mariner's won - 9-4.
Leaving the game, we had to take a detour to avoid a train that was stopped on the tracks - so we had a little more time to visit. Back at Brent's - they both had to work the next day, so everyone crashed pretty much right away.
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