On another season gone, getting older, and default travel methods

We are now in mid-September. While technically summer lasts until Equinox on Friday September 22nd (though meteorological summer is over), with a few rains and some cooler temps, thoughts are now focused on autumn. I do like autumn (when we get a real one, which wasn't last year), and there is still some more time...

Skagit San Juan Islands 2019 Tour Review

By Evan Derickson (with some mods by me) https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42838685 Hello all. It's been a few days since Emee and I returned from our week long excursion to the Puget Sound. It was overall a decent trip! I always love going to the Skagit Valley and the San Juan Islands and this time didn't disappoint. Observations:...

A tour in the San Juan Islands…

https://www.flickr.com/photos/urbanadventureleaguepdx/30058042236/in/album-72157673202148621/lightbox/ From my 2016 trip Summer is in full effect. Time to get out there and explore the Northwest! Today Emee and I are taking the train north to Mount Vernon, Washington, where we'll spend the night. Then we ride west to Anacortes, hop a ferry, and spend a few days in the San Juan...