Orcas Island
our first mini-trip as a family of three
In early June, we took our first family adventure together to Orcas Island up in the San Juan Islands. Neither one of us have been and when we were invited to some friends’ wedding up there, we knew we had to make it a little getaway. It was Libby’s first official vacation and we were excited to spend some quality time together as a family.
Getting to Orcas Island is a bit of a trek as you have to drive up to Anacortes from Seattle, which is about a 2-hour car ride. Once there, you have to hop on a 1-hour ferry ride. I am glad we planned ahead and reserved a space on the ferry; it’s almost impossible to do so last minute for the summer weekends in Washington. Even though we were lucky enough to make it on (after a 1+ hour delay), others weren’t so much as the whole schedule that particular weekend was delayed. Some trips were even cancelled!
FRIDAY //
Macrina Bakery—made a pit stop here before getting on I5 for some pastries and coffee.
That evening, we headed to the Schuylers’ welcome party and enjoyed some hangs at their wedding spot.
SATURDAY //
Before the wedding, we slept in and enjoyed the small island life. There isn’t too much on the island, but I liked how small and quaint it was. Everything seemed quieter and slower. It is obvious that the businesses thrive because of the tourists.
New Leaf Cafe—had a great breakfast at this cutesie inn.
Buck Bay Shellfish Farm—stopped here for some fresh oysters. you can pick out which ones you want and enjoy ‘em right there!
Clever Cow Creamery—found some ice cream of course!
Meghan and Ben’s wedding was so beautiful and fun! It was themed around being a summer camp and it certainly felt so—all of their hard work paid off; there were so many fun elements they had planned and I’m so glad I was able to be a small part of it by designing their newspaper program!
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SUNDAY //
Before heading back, we stopped back at camp where the newlyweds were hosting a goodbye brunch and grabbed some pancakes and fruit. Libby did so well the entire weekend and we were able to make great memories together. My favorite part was being able to be with both of them pretty much 24/3 ;)
A Weekend in San Diego
This past weekend, we got the chance to head down to San Diego! I'm currently still here until the end of the week working on the next volume of the Nations journal but I thought it would be great if A could come down with me for the beginning or tail end. He was only here for a day and a half, but we squeezed in as much as we could. Here are some iPhone photos from our time together. He loved it and we loved being away from Seattle. I adore hanging out with this guy; he makes my heart flutter. Life with your best friend is pretty swell, guys! Cannot thank our friend Brianna for hosting us enough!
SATURDAY //
A really wanted me to take a photo of this sweet car and I just liked the surfboard mailbox.
Saturday morning brunch
We headed into San Diego after a tasty brunch with B at Le Papagayo
Currently Aaron's reading this book and I'm reading a classic, The Grapes of Wrath.
We walked around at Balboa Park and laid in the grassy shade. Ah, it was nice.
Of course, we had to grab some ice cream! Hammond's was recommended to us; of course we had to get the infamous ice cream flights. We tried Vietnamese Coffee, Banana Cream Pie, Thai Iced Tea, Lychee Cream and Mango Sorbet.
That night, we met up with Joel's family and Brianna at Stone Brewing. Super rad place and the food was so good! We tried this awesome beer that was in a wine bottle (see photo below). It was a great night and we had some good chats with them. I was happy Aaron finally got to meet 'em!
another car A wanted me to take a pic of...
SUNDAY //
We headed to Steady State for some coffee in Carlsbad before meeting up with B for church at North Coast. Coffee was on point. Good rec!
For lunch, we headed to the Taco Stand... because duh.
We had some time to kill so we attempted to drive to La Jolla so I could show Aaron but traffic was pretty bad; we managed to get there but then had to leave right away.
Saxon, Joe and his parents happened to be in town the same weekend so we met up with them at Bottlecraft in Little Italy. Lots of beers and talks about beers later, A had to leave to make his flight! We had such a great time though and am thankful we were able to see some friends.
I have a feeling all of our future travel blog posts will be lots of food photos. Sorry, not sorry. Already missing you, babe!