Well we have hit mid-week of our March get-away. The week actually started last weekend with a trio of Winterhawk games played in three different cities, in two different countries, over three days. The boys went 2-1 over the weekend and still hold a one point advantage for top seed in the playoffs. With only 7 games left to play, it will be interesting. The next two games are against the Everett Silvertips this coming weekend. We will close out our getaway by attending these two games.
Our original plan was to stay up in Canada for the week and explore the BC area. We quickly realized that Canada is a pretty expensive place to stay and decided to hole up in Everett Washington instead. We have been up this way previously but other than ball games, Pikes Market and the Waterfront area of Seattle we have not seen much of northwest Washington. We have both wanted to experience the Olympic Peninsula so we decided this was a good time for an initial visit.
Tuesday we headed north from Everett and drove out to Whidbey Island. We spent the entire day driving across the island, stopping at some very scenic areas to take photos and walk along the beaches. The weather cooperated nicely, it was mostly cloudy with some sun breaks but no rain at all. The day was highlighted by a few different bald eagle sightings. One early in the morning and one in the late afternoon. We stopped to take some photos and both of them posed for our cameras as we clicked off shot after shot. I had hoped to get some shots of them with wings outstretched, soaring through the air, but neither one of them seemed interested in flying. However, the Navy was interested in flying. Naval aircraft were performing maneuvers throughout the day and I was able to get some nice photos of the warplanes as they streaked across the sky. We left the island via ferry at dusk and returned to the hotel for a meal, hot showers and sleep.
