Day 2 – Relaxing and Planning Day

     Sunday. Sundays for us on vacation are pretty simple. Today we watched 2 sessions of General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Using the Cornell Note taking system I learned last week in my class to take notes for conference.

 Larry took advantage of napping. We are on vacation you know. After conference we walked around the condo property and down at the dock to see what was around here. Water, boats, some sand, small store, mini restaurant and rental place for sail boats, kayak tours and fishing tours.
     We drove back to Eastsound today to see if the Chamber of Commerce was open so we could get some maps, activities, and hiking trail ideas for this Island and a couple of others. It was closed but we browsed in some shops and found a great map in the bookstore. We will go back tomorrow and purchase it. So many cute shops I will want to visit on another day.

This sign had Larry and I giggling. It couldn't be true could it? 

Wouldn't it be lovely to have a view like this curled up with some hot chocolate and a good book.

     We walked along the sidewalk by the bay and watched a seal swimming in the water. As with all vacations there is only so much we can do and we will just have to come back to experience more. We then drove to find the golf course. A note of interest… people do not come to Orcas Island to golf.

     We drove to Moran State park to get a feel for what’s there. We will be hiking Mt.Constitution on Friday. The roads here are really curvy and narrow so I’m a little nervous to be biking on them. If we could trust the drivers to watch for us I would feel safer. We read also that biking Orcas Island is dangerous because of that so we may skip biking this Island. We decided just to and from where the car is parked to the ferry will count as biking this island.
     Larry and I came back to the condo and made spaghetti with my garden freezer sauce, Italian sausage and mushrooms. I also cut up some tasty watermelon I brought from the garden. One of the many reasons I love our vacation ownership is that we can cook our own meals if we want. A little bit eating out, a little bit eating in. We do try some of the local cuisine to experience the local flavor.           Which we love to do.