"It Was....the SALMON" Monty Python's Meaning of Life

We've been fishing off the coast for wild salmon for the last month. Despite hooking several bigguns, we've never been able to bring them all the way to the beach--until tonight! Under a beautiful sky and lake-like calm waters, Matt snagged this 2.5 lb wild pink salmon (aka Bumpy) at sunset.

Goo had to give the salmon a sniff before kissing its lips!!! haha!

(Our House, Anacortes, Washington State)

Mt Erie Trials Biking

I love this photo--it looks like Matt's ready to ride off the cliff...

Eagle sculpture at summit

Mt Baker in the distance...

(Mt Erie; Anacortes, Washington State)

Easy Like Sunday Morning...

Last Sunday we took a ride through the country in the county that we live in. We stopped at a roadside stand/ice creamery/store called Snow Goose Farms and had some microbrewed rootbeer and gingerbeers plus some freshly baked bread, local blackberries and local landjaeger.

La Conner is another quaint little town on the mainland separated from our island by the Swinomish Channel.

From a park under the landmark bridge overlooking La Conner.

(La Conner, Washington State)

Whatcom Count(r)y

Super Americana views like this one made for a nice trip up to Ferndale, a small town surrounded by gorgeous rural landscapes sprinkled with farms selling fruits, vegetables, dairy and buffalo products. Our goal was to visit a small family-owned cheese farm followed by a bison ranch. Why dwell in the fact that we live in the middle of nowhere when we take advantage of the delicious and healthy goodies that are at our fingertips? We live in a bountiful area filled with fresh produce that, oh yeah--just happens to be one of Washington's wine regions. Available at The Market, Anacortes if you don't want to drive...
A stop off of Chuckanut Drive, a gorgeous, historical, sometimes white-knuckle ride on a century old road that at one time was part of PCH 101 stretching all the way from San Diego!

We stopped in Bellingham on the way back. This is quickly becoming one of our favorite cities in Washington. Awesome old buildings, plenty of funky shops, rad bars, indie movie theater and the occasional rock show. We checked out the Chuckanut Brewery and Kitchen before heading home. Here's the review on Yelp. Eh. Beer was amazing, food was alright. Oh, and as for that bison? We did stop at the Twisted S Ranch but until we dig in to our meal tonight, I can't vouch for them:)

Whatcom County, WA

My First Real Fair!!!

Seeing how my friend Lisa had to explain what 4H was to me a few months ago, (she's from Missouri,) you can believe me when I say that I've never been to a true fair before. The Stanwood Camano Fair delivered! There were cows, chickens, ducks, rabbits, goats, sheep, cows--and real cowboys ready to talk beef and dairy!

The world-famous chihuahua!

Helles Belles-Seattle all female AC/DC tribute band and the reason we really came:)

This pretty much sums up where we moved to...

Stanwood/Camano Fair; Stanwood, Wa

Scottish Highland Games!

This was the coolest! All of the groups got together for a grand finale, "Scotland the Brave." Awesome!

Andrew & Matt at the Scotch Whisky tent. We learned: All scotches are whiskys (no e) but not all whiskeys are scotches. We also learned: there are a lot of people that take their roles extremely seriously at these types of events...

Haggus-feared but fantastic!!!

Our First Ferry Ride: Anacortes to Guemes

There's a ferry landing on the same street as our house that runs back and forth the channel to Guemes Island and Fidalgo Island (where we live.) We can see the beautiful channel and Guemes from our bedroom and neither of us have been on a ferry so we figured we'd give it a go...

There's a nice two mile or so road that has one lane designated for bikes and pedestrians only. It's a beautiful walk with the channel and Fidalgo island on your right and rural landscapes and beautiful homes on your left. If you walk it out and back, make sure you use the bathroom at the General Store by the ferry landing BEFORE you start--trust me!

Luci's first ferry ride. She looks excited, no?

Looking back at Anacortes from Guemes.

How do you think you correctly pronounce Guemes? Post a comment with your guess--no cheating!

a) Wee-Mes

b) Gwee-Mus

c) Wey-Mes

d) Gwey-Mus