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We
started the vacation with a visit with my roommate from
sophomore year at Stanford, Ollie and his wife, Nancy and
son Maximillian. Nice view from their deck, eh?
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The
drive to our little house overlooking Puget Sound took us
through a small fishing village on Lummi Island. |
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A
small shack in the fishing village... |
...and
one of the older homes on the island. A definite fixer
upper... |
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A
walk along the beach yielded views we'd like to remember...
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...and
a walk through one of the sculpture gardens, this one of
wind and weather driven mobiles - Eleanor and Mary
Louise.... |
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Looking north from Lummi Island |
A
couple of the year round residents of the island... |
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Eleanor and Joseph... |
...making our lasagna dinner one night... |
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Another sculpture garden, this one by Lummi Island resident,
Ann Morris, yielded surprising images in the clearings in
her ancient forest... |
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most are lost-wax bronzes... |
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...that left us imagining... |
...or
wondering... |
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The
beaches yielded an infinite variety of sunsets... |
and
the calm waters were an invitation for skipping stones,
sometimes successfully! |
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Our
rental house came with a hot tub which necessitated drinks
at sunset. |
We
discovered some dogwood blooming in a walk in the forest... |
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Our
rental house ... |
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and Mt. Baker to the north ... |
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A bike
ride through one of the parks in Vancouver brought me to a
secluded pond full of ducks and waterlilies. |
The
skyline of Vancouver surprised us. There are new,
glass, residential towers overlooking the harbor for miles
along the shoreline. |
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There
were houseboats in the harbour... |
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and boats as big as houses.... |
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A
parting shot as we left Lummi Island on the Ferry back to
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