Memorial Day was the third week end in a row that we have gone to Whidbey, but this time we were joined by most of the family to celebrate Joe’s birthday. We headed up in the rain and long ferry lines on Friday, skipped a fast food dinner at Ivar’s and met for dinner at the Freeland Cafe. The dinner was far better than you would have expected by looking at the outside of the cafe. Looks can be deceiving. We woke up in the morning to fog and 10 foot visibility and so we headed down to the beach to see it in the fog.
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It had a nice serenity about it and made for a pleasant stroll along the beach.
By noon the rest of the family arrived from the mainland telling stories of short ferry lines, but bringing food. If the Donner party had the Keefes or Domingos, the story would have been, “the snow fell trapping our wagons in the mountains until spring. We were down to our last berry pie by the time help arrived.” It being a low tide, we walked to Baby Island
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telling stories, looking for shells, and watching the crabs and other marine life in the tide pools
And then we went up and ate another great meal, sang happy birthday to Joe, played boggle until the wee hours of the morning and headed back home as the sun was starting to break over the ferry. It was hard to leave.
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