Pacific Northwest Tour, PART I (a) – Orcas Island

[Rex_Tremende]

Pacific Northwest Tour, PART I – Orcas Island

I heard it was beautiful. I heard the people there were laid back. They told me I’d love it there. Turns out it’s all true.

It’s long been my wish to visit the Pacific northwest. My curiosity was piqued a few years ago when I took an assessment and was told Seattle was my kind of place. When my best bud, Ken, suggested recently an inexpensive way to get there, I jumped at the chance. So, last week we set off for a little tour of one corner of Washington State, and I got to scratch my itch.

$75 got us from Cincinnati to Bellingham, WA. From there we proceeded to Orcas Island by ferry at Anacortes.












Hiked around Moran State Park for a bit…

[cessna152towser]

Great scenery, and the Utilikilt looks just right for the locations.

[ccga3359]

Great scenery, and the Utilikilt looks just right for the locations.

Sort've like they've gone home. How far were you from from Seattle?

[Rex_Tremende]

Sort've like they've gone home. How far were you from from Seattle?

We drove 800 miles around Olympic National Park, passing through Seattle on the way.

Regards,
Rex.

[dpseadvr]

I did the Subaru Primal Quest race that started on the Island it is nice out there, did you get to see the inbred deer that are running all over?
Great pics

[Kilted_John]

Sort've like they've gone home. How far were you from from Seattle?

Via the highways,

60 miles north on I-5, 15 miles west on Hwy 20, and about 10 miles via ferry to the NNW. So, direct-line distance, probably about 50 mi or so.

-J

[GMan]

Love the leather and lumberjack look.

[kiltimabar]

Great pictures--I took the assessment from your link and most of my recommendations came back to the Seattle area too. I guess I need to get up there more often!