Late Summer in Seattle

In September, we traveled to Seattle for a long weekend.

We took the ferry to Whidbey Island for the day.

The island was much larger than I envisioned and we spent the day exploring

I loved walking the beach

The tide was out - a perfect time to explore.

This was a first for me!

Live sand dollars!

(this is the bottom side)

and here is the top.

you had to be careful where you waded as they were everywhere!

along with anemones/barnacles

It was cool, but thankfully no rain while we were there.

We spent some time in Coupeville a wonderful town 

with a historic waterfront district from the 1850's

We also spent some time at Deception Pass

The views were amazing!

And of course you have to walk across Deception Pass Bridge

It's hard to capture the immense scale

but here is my group walking back...

such an amazing feat of engineering

such a peaceful way to spend the day

I could have spent a week ;)

We didn't have much time, but did spend an evening in downtown Seattle

and visited the famous Pike Place Market even though it was shutting down for the night

and we visited Seattle's Gum Wall

which is pretty gross if you think about it.

We also spent a morning antiquing in Historic Downtown Snohomish

we saw some lovely antiques, but I behaved myself :)

the entire purpose of our trip was to attend a wedding

it was truly lovely and the rain stopped just in time

it was a chock full long weekend, but we thoroughly enjoyed it!

“Blessed are the poor in spirit,

    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are those who mourn,

    for they will be comforted.

Blessed are the meek,

    for they will inherit the earth.

~Matthew 5:3-5

Blessings, Patti