Monday evening we sailed through light traffic to get the the ferry to sail away to Whidbey Island for a short break.
We spent most of Tuesday touring in some of our favorite spots, and a few new ones.
Driving on to Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve.Sitting by the beach, watching all the other tourists hike up the bluff. I used to be able to do that.
The tide is very low, exposing rocks that are almost always under water.
Then we drove up to the cemetery up on the hill, and looked out over the prairie, which has been preserved as farmland.
Captain Coupe, for whom the nearby town of Coupeville is named.
Isaac Ebey, who with his family first settled here.
Reconstruction of the original blockhouse. While the indiginous peoples were friendly here, Ebey was eventually killed by Alaskan natives looking for a while chief to revenge one of thier own.
From here we drove over to Coupeville and found a city park to eat our little picnic lunch. We were joined by a deer friend.
We had planned to have coffee and dessert at a coffee shop on the Coupeville Wharf, a shop operated by indiginous peoples, but after walking out there, we discovered that they were closed on Tuesdays. There was a nice gift shop though.
We found coffee and yummy dessert at another coffee shop that we had visited before. Then we decided to return to the cabin to be lazy for a while.