Having a portrait done
Mt. Rainier over Seattle, as seen from Whidbey Island
Mt. Baker, across the street from Dillon's apartment
The Cascades over the old sea plane base in Oak Harbor
I spent a day in Coupeville, attempting to go to the local museum. However, once I arrived (via free public shuttle), I realized I hadn't grabbed my wallet. At least strolling and my return transit home were both free. (I did later go back with a wallet to see the exhibits.)
Coupeville is in the middle of Whidbey Island. A woman on the bus told me I would love Coupeville; it was not at all big and busy like Oak Harbor. Ha! OH is a town so small they literally post the funeral announcements on the front door of the post office.
Whale skeleton models on the pier
Mt. Baker from Coupeville
After arriving at Friday Harbor by ferry, I took a bus out to the San Juan Island National Historic Site to see the 1859 British camp. The island had almost been the spot of a battle between the British and Americans until they had a moderator--Kaiser Wilhelm I--decide to whom the island belonged. That decision took twelve years, though, and the standoff is known as The War of the Pig.
I only had time to visit one of the camps on the island, and I chose the English one for its garden.
The walk to the British cemetery
Then, I took a three-hour whale watching cruise.
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