Camping in Washington

Before leaving for South Korea my mom and I went camping in the San Juan Islands.  What I've always loved about Washington state is the huge variety of terrain and wildlife that you get to experience.  It was truly one of my favorite birthdays.  The week started off with a Sounders game in Seattle on Wednesday.  It's truly amazing how full the stadium was on a weekday!

GO SOUNDERS!
(It was a tie but still awesome to watch!)






The view from CenturyLink field is incredible.  You can see the space needle and the sunset is outstanding!  Definitely a great sports venue.

Look at the teeny tiny space needle...
(Why is it orange?!?)







After the game we spent the night outside of Seattle.  The ferry to the San Juan Islands only leaves from Anacortes which is about 2 hours from Seattle.  Bright and early (well for me anyway my mom gets up insanely early naturally) we drove to the ferry terminal but missed our boat and had to wait 2 hours!

Finally we're on the ferry and off to adventure!







The ferry to Friday Harbor from Anacortes takes about an hour.  In my opinion it is one of the most beautiful trips you can take!  I love standing outside staring off the observation deck.... even if I start to lose feeling in my extremities!

I realized when I came home I must have a subconscious desire to be a sailor....
(most of my photos were of boats!)

The fog on the water was incredible!
(I imagine the pirates were lurking in there....)

Nope not pirates just another ferry....
(Slightly disappointed...)

I really wanted this guys sailboat! 

Little windblown yes?  Ferries seem to move surprisingly fast...

I declare this island mine!  I told my mom that I needed my own island and that sea mines would be distributed for the safety of others.  I'm dangerous.... Like a koala....
(What those bastards are scary....)

This guy had a BBQ on the back of his boat....
(Totally approve...)

He proceeded to race us into the island...
(We let him win, I bet we coulda taken him...)






Thus ends my first installment of useless pictures I took that other people should stare at.  If I kept posting photos this post would be insanely long!  My next batch of photos will be from Friday Harbor which I always love and Orcas Island.  Mom and I kinda felt that Orcas Island was the inspiration for that horror TV show Harper's Island.  The people there were a little sketchy and frankly I kinda thought we might get murdered.  It was beautiful though...