June 1st through 11th, 2026
We had a lovely month in Oregon and kept moving north into Washington. It was a long drive with many delays from accidents to get to Anacortes right on the water and down the road from our friends Mike and Cindy. The site we were in was just too small, but it's a price we pay sometimes for a good location. The trailer was in overflow storage, and we didn't have much room around us. We were finding that if a campground is on native land they don't want anything on the grass. So, coupled with a small site, we didn't have much room for anything.
The first thing we did was to visit Mike and Cindy's hometown and check out the area. Monica also had dinner with Mike one of the evenings after work. It's so pretty there!
For our first excursion we went to the San Juan Island National Historical Park. We took a ferry from just a few miles from where we were staying to get over to the main island. We drove around on the island and went to a visitor center there with lovely people to talk with. The island was really great to visit. We really love a ferry trip.
Monica took a few days off of work so we could see more. The next day we headed into Seattle and started with Bill Speidel's Underground Tour. Seattle has miles of tunnels that connect lots of buildings downtown, and it has a very cool history. Monica did the tour many years before, and it was just as fun the second time. We learned a lot and had a fun adventure in the underground.
After the tour, we walked a few blocks and saw the Seattle sights on our way to the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. Though the gold rush was in Alaska (and the main location for the park is there), Seattle had a big role in it. A lot of people crazy to get to Alaska started there. The park in Seattle is just one building, but it had floors of information presented in fun ways. Those people were nuts! It was something we didn't know much about, so that was cool.
After learning about the gold rush, we went out to eat in Chinatown at Tai Tung, Seattle's oldest Chinese restaurant. The food was good and seemed authentic to our uneducated palates. It was a great day downtown.
We were really busy, but our time in Washington wasn't over yet. Part Two is coming soon!
