We made it to Seattle and Anacortes yesterday afternoon. The flight went smoothly: our kids are outstanding travelers. The only thing that drove Kelly and me crazy was Travis’s non-napping on the flights. We specifically took his carseat on the plane with the expectation that he’d be more comfortable in it and fall asleep. Wouldn’t you know it, we were on final approach to Seattle-Tacoma when Travis’s eyelids began to flutter!
It was tough gathering 10 days of bags together to get them into our rental car, but we somehow did it. After a detour to the Trader Joe’s near the University of Washington, we were soon in Anacortes and checking into our motel room.
Dinner was a disaster. What we needed was quick and easy and we got neither. We went to a place suggested by the hotel staff, Randy’s Pier 61. It was a bit overpriced for us, but that wasn’t the problem. The problem was the service, which was absolutely horrible. We waited on an outside patio for close to an hour, all for soup, salads, and two kids meals (fish and chips). The food was actually pretty good. Once we got it, that is. By the time we left, Travis had rubbed lemon juice in his eye and was bawling and Hallie was whining, too. We were all obviously tired from our very long day.
The place we stayed last night, the Islands Inn on Commercial Avenue, is something straight out of the 1950s but is charming in its own way. It is no thing of beauty, but did have beds in two rooms, complimentary breakfast, and free Internet in the lobby (yay). We were so knackered, we were all in bed by 7PM, Pacific. Despite a little noise from neighboring rooms, we slept amazingly well. I think we slept close to 12 hours!
We’re going to shop in Anacortes for groceries before trying to catch a 10 AM ferry to Orcas Island. We check into our cabin at 3PM, before which we should have plenty of time to explore the sights around Eastsound.
Now a nice, complimentary Dutch breakfast is in front of us (the inn owners are Hollanders. Hi, Guus!). I need to put the laptop down and enjoy it!