After a very thorough lesson with note-taking at home over Veteran's Day weekend, my rolls turned out very well! I had been worried about them for weeks so it was a relief to finally have them out of the oven and looking delicious!
On Friday, Raymond somehow managed to change the weather from the downpouring windstorm expected into a mild, mostly sunny day! Go Ray! We took advantage of the clear day to drive to the ferry in Port Townsend and then take the ferry to Whidbey island. First, we made the all-important stop to get diet cokes at the gas station. Next, we went to the beautiful dog park on Patmore Road. There was a family of three large golden retrievers and some big, black, bear kind of a dog that Otis played with. Ruby did her normal ball-chasing routine until the ball was lost in some high grass and couldnot be found. It worried Ruby to leave it behind but we finally convinced her.
Next, it was on to the Naval air base to see if any planes were taking off. Rich once experienced a series of pilots practicing touch and gos and hopes to relive that experience any time we are near that base. No luck, though. But he taught us about the different planes while we ate our turkey sandwiches on Granny rolls and drank our diet cokes!
Finally, we headed over to Deception Pass. Ray managed to get a few pictures with the sun in them because he was willing to walk all the way across the bridge. Rich and I don't do that so our pictures are pretty gray! After exploring the bridge level, Ray walked down the hill on the path and Rich and the dogs and I drove down to the parking lot at the bottom to meet him (so we didn't have to hike back up the hill!) on the beach. Ray climbed around on the rocks and we took his picture and then we went on a hunt for purple starfish that someone had told Ray they saw. There was a seal playing in the water about six feet off shore and I tried to get some good shots of him but didn't manage very well and won't bother posting. Ray even dove under some rocks to rescue a strange specimen that he believes is a spine of some kind. You will see it prominently featured in many of the pictures! When we walked back to the car we drove around in the park to another beach and did some timed shots of the three of us and the mountains beyond. It was a great day and it ended a few hours later with a few hours of mario brothers being played on the couch!
View from the ferry as we left Port Townsend
Ray with the mountains on the ferry
One of about four bald eagles we saw on Whidbey Island
Ray and the bridge
Ray about to be really, really cold!
A decent view...
The participants!