Day 6
Pack up. Again.
Drive north to Larrabee State Park in Bellingham.
Visit the beach while waiting for our campsite to free up.
Head to our new friends’ home for the afternoon and evening.Realize our trailer battery died.Search around for some flashlights
so we can find our beds.
Photos and commentary here.
Day 7
Decide to stay at Larrabee for an extra night (instead of heading south to Seattle) so we can spend the whole afternoon on the beach.
Photos and commentary here.
Day 8
Drag our weary bodies home.
Glad we decided against sight-seeing in Seattle for the day
as we watch the rain pour down.
Lots of reading aloud to make the drive more enjoyable.
Mom and Dad and Ilex and Drake drive overto help us quickly unload the trailer.How nice is that?!Just glad to be home and in our own beds.
Read Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey with the boys.(Thanks for the recommendation, Colleen. We love it.)Marvel and wonder at the similarities betweenthe children’s vacation on the islands and our own island vacation…even starting and ending with the rain.Place our beach treasures on the ‘nature table’in the boys’ bedroom.
And remember.