Day 66. San Juan Island, WA

We took one of the huge WA State ferries from Anacortes, WA to Friday Harbor, WA yesterday to visit friends on San Juan Island. It's spendy, taking both pickup and trailer on the ferry but it was worth it. Otherwise we'd have to pay to park the trailer at a mainland park for 4 days, and we wouldn't have our own bed, food, etc. We're parked in our friends' yard so no campground fees.

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Our hosts, Phil and Kirsten, fixed a fantastic meal of fresh razor clams last night. Phil's a retired commercial fisherman, did his thing in Cook Inlet and Bristol Bay in Alaska, still plays a mean game of tennis at 70. Kirsten owns/manages vacation rentals here on the island. They head south for several weeks each winter and visited us in LHC last season.

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The San Juans are scenic and always a delight to visit, especially in summer. The ferry ride to San Juan Island takes an hour plus; along the way, you see many sailboats, yachts, freighters, you name it.

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The top 2 pix are of a smaller ferry pulling into Lopez Island after we pulled out. The ferry we rode on, the Yakima, is the largest size in the system, I think. Middle pix are of, or from the Yakima; bottom pix is of the Anacortes ferry terminal.