Visiting Brandon, Carole and Smokey

During Carole's break between quarters, I traveled to Bellingham to visit. We met in Portland where we stayed one night with Connor. (Carole had ridden the train down a few days before to visit her friend Briana.) Connor took us to a Cuban restaurant for dinner that night. We all tried something different and shared. While the food was excellent, I was introduced to a white wine sangria that was absolutely wonderful.


Once we got to Bellingham, we had a lot of fun shopping, touring parts of the campus Carole is attending, and exploring Clayton Beach. Brandon had to work during the days since camp was still in full swing; the week I was there they had a total of 65 kids in the 3rd through 8th grades.
It made for some lively mornings since Carole & Brandon's apartment is over the kitchen and dining hall!

On Saturday we decided to play tourist in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, so the 3 of us piled in the CR-V and headed out to Anacortes to catch the ferry. There was a bit of excitement enroute: a huge road department dump truck kicked up a rock that was aimed just right and demolished the moon roof! We all thought we had been shot, but Brandon (who was driving) kept his cool and didn't drive off the road. Fortunately the Honda dealership in Bellingham was able to get the glass in on Monday afternoon, repair it on Tuesday, and I was able to get on the road Wednesday ~ just one day later than planned.

Whoops!

Friday Harbor

The last night was sleep-out night for the campers, so instead of eating in the dining hall, we grilled shrimp kabobs on the deck, then a couple of staff members came by for a game of Yahtzee.

I was up early and on the road heading home. It was a long, but easy trip. I arrived back in Plains about 9:00 pm.