Hey, y’all! It’s been over a month!? WOW! So much has happened. I’m gonna backtrack a little and talk about whale watching in Anacortes and the 4th of July for this one! I’ve got some fun firework pics I want to share!
One of the other travelers, Erin, organized a trip to Seattle and Anacortes for four of us to go whale watching! We met up in Tacoma and drove to Seattle first, to explore and get some breakfast at the Market. We ended up going into a TON of stores and eating so much good food!
After we finished up in Seattle, we drove to Anacortes, which was a bit of a drive. Lots of good music and great conversation. We had some time to kill before our expedition, so we spent most of it at the Farmer’s Market, looking around and getting ice cream. We then walked a little ways to the docks and admired the yachts we’ll all probably never have enough money to buy (but we can dream!!).
I just love flowers. ❤
We waited a little bit before we were allowed to board the ship, soaking in the sunshine and hoping we would see some whales. In Covid fashion, all the passengers were required to wear masks, unless we were eating and drinking, of course.
The trip was super fun, but really cold! I was glad I had a bunch of layers. We all spent more time in the boat than we did on the deck, I think. We saw a lot of the Sound, 61 nautical miles the captain said. We were in the general area of Orcas Island. They tried really hard to find us a whale, but we were out of luck that day. We spent about 4 hours on the boat in total. We did see sea lions, porpoises, deer, a few bald eagles, a bunch of ducks, and a jellyfish.
The company we went with was Blackfish Tours. Since we didn’t see any whales, we got vouchers for a free trip because they guarantee that you will see whales on your tour! Maybe I’ll get to use it before I leave. 🙂
When we were off the boat and warmed back up, the four us went back to the cute Anacortes downtown and ate dinner at a little restaurant called Adrift.
Independence Day was pretty chill. We listened to fireworks all day. One of the cool things about living here has been that we have seen and heard fireworks pretty much every day since June 19th, when Pyros R Us opened. I guess if you’re not a fan of fireworks, it isn’t fun, but they don’t bother me, so it was exciting whenever a big one went off. The 4th was no exception. Cody and I went to Muckleshoot Casino and went to the top of the parking garage to watch people blow off fireworks. We were there for a couple hours, taking pictures and reveling in the freedom show that surrounded us.
I hope y’all had a great 4th of July and enjoyed reading a backlog of adventures! I’ll be posting again soon! In the meantime stay happy, stay healthy, and be awesome!
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