Lopez Island

Well, in my last weekend before school starts back up, Jennie and I went up to Lopez Island in the San Juan Islands to get away from the city. It was fantastic. We couldn't even be stopped by the weather (unseasonably cold temperatures and snow in late march is just about unheard of). Thanks so much to Jennie's friends Bret and Michael for letting us stay.

Friday: I picked Jennie up from work after packing up the car and drove up to Anacortes where we caught the 6:20 ferry to Lopez. We arrived at the cabin with about 30 minutes of light left and settled in.

Saturday: Got up at around 9 and made breakfast. We caught the 11:20 ferry to Orcas and drove over to the East side of the island to Moran State Park. We parked at the base of Mt. Constitution (2407 ft) with the hopes of making it the 4 miles to the top. The weather was disgusting... raining (then snowing), cold... and we quickly got into 5 inches of snow near the top.With the ferry schedule in mind, we turned around about 3 miles in after finishing nearly ALL the elevation gain (it turns out that the last mile is relatively flat, which we didn't know at the time... oh well) The good news is that we made it back to the ferry terminal and Lopez island on the last ferry of the evening. Jennie slaved away at the stove making a great stir fry. Awesome sunset. Solid day.

Sunday: Super lazy day. Got up late, read all morning. Checked out the Lopez Village, a small little island village near the west beach of Lopez, and walked along the beach road. We returned to the cabin, packed, closed it up and bailed out in time to catch the 6:05 ferry back to Seattle.

Basically, go to the San Juan Islands. You will not regret it. Or maybe you will, but that'll be your fault for having such a bad attitude.