Whidbey Pre-Holiday

 There was a gap in occupancy on the Whidbey Cabin family calendar, so we decided to fill it was a short get away holiday before the official holiday weekend. 

The wind was blowing and the sky was gray when we arrived Tuesday evening, but Tom planted his flags. The T&L Reeders were in residence. 

Wednesday morning, after a slow, vacation style start, we did some work in the cabin garden. Tulips have given way to California poppies and columbine.

In the afternoon we explored an area on the back side of Deer Lagoon where it was reported that the white pelicans, seasonal visitors now, might be hanging out. In all of the years that we have been coming here, we had never found the access to this other lagoon dike or the back water ponds. 

The wild Nootka Roses are in bloom. 

We found the ponds but no pelicans. I wish I had known about this area before. I would have liked to walk much farther, but .... sigh. 

This is our lagoon from the north dike.

From there we visited some favorite places that will be in another post.

Wednesday evening, before going to the next door cabin to visit Tom's cousins, we took a little walk on the beach and on the south dike of our lagoon. 

That's our cabin, the dark brown one second from the left, reflected in a calm lagoon. The wind had finally let up and it was a lovely evening. We were surrounded by bird song and the fragrance of an abundance of wild roses. 

In my next post I'll share some of our island exploring. 

I hope you all have a relaxing, memorable holiday weekend.