Our first Island morning

The first island morning was gentle to us with no electricity, tired dogs, pacific time change, zero traffic and no where to be we slept in. Our morning greeted us with 65 degrees and fresh berries growing out our front door. With this beauty all there was to do was make coffee and plan a slow uncalculated attack on the island town.

With a late start all there was to do was drive into town, toss the dogs in the ocean, get ice cream and find a restaurant for dinner. We could not bring ourselves to walk into the island welcome center so we found a bike shop to plan our bike ride on day two.

There is very little MBT'ing on the island this time of year. The trails are closed to bikers since there are so many hikers, remember this is the time for North-westerners to play outside without rain. So does that mean the bikers get the trails when it rains? I'm surprised that Orcas gets over 200 days of sun a year.

I'm so thankful to all the people who have contributed to our trip! I keep reminding myself that we are on our honeymoon!!!! Wow, we got married....

Taking the turtles to the ocean

A mountain bike ride was in order before starting the trek to get the turtles in the ocean. The NW is beautiful for mountain biking and so very different than anything I've experienced. It's also wonderful to not suck wind and have some legs. So wonderful that I actually asked to climb more today.

The riding is like being transported to another planet where land and sky dwellers yip and holler. Amazing dips and rips among bright green foliage that tugs at the laugh lines.

Today we sit in the ferry line, no not a fairy line, waiting to play amongst the San Juan Islands. Sinfully tired from play dates in Boise and biking around Mt. Baker and Bellingham we wait to load our moving home to it's next plot of land. The truck is repacked to avoid paying double for exceeding the height requirements and the dogs have plenty of wiggle room.

I am pregnant with anticipation to what Basil and brother Johnny think of the ocean. If warm enough I hope to swim with my baby beans!

Signing off so we can go walk the dogs on the beach before loading the ferry. We have plenty of time since we missed the 4pm and now wait fir the 720pm ferry. Good thing there is so much light up here in the north.

Marriage begins

We are coming out of week one of marriage and driving full force into week two. Thank you to everyone for an amazing wedding! Everyone worked their tails off! The event was community sourced and community generating. Thank you thank you.

Our past week has been full of adventure, joy and honor. Everyone we have met has been so congratulating about our marriage and honeymoon adventures. Ok, we might have turned a few lips askew at a Salida Private RV Park when we pulled in with our loaded truck with a just married sign on the grill.

We proudly pulled our bodies dirtied from two days of rock climbing out of our truck and looked around. We were greeted by loud point of view bumper stickers that clearly we did not align ourselves. Other than that experience, which did make us laugh we have only heard great words.

I'll write more about where we are headed soon. I found an application that looks like it will make my updates super smooth!