After 3 trips to the San Juan Islands over the last 4 years ((read about are trip 2 years ago HERE)), I def­i­nite­ly feel as though that place is a sec­ond home. The first time we went, Gra­cie was only 2 — so our expe­ri­ences were lim­it­ed. The sec­ond time we went, Shep and I nev­er left the house until he was medi-flight­ed off of the island. So this time, we ven­tured out! We took new hikes, went to oth­er parts of the island, tried a few restau­rants and a bak­ery and even took the inter-island fer­ry to Fri­day Har­bor three times.

With all the sights and tasty food we enjoyed this year, I decid­ed to share some of my favorites. ((BUT, I real­ly like the slow­er pace and small pop­u­la­tion of Orcas — so don’t vis­it. Just kid­ding, kind of.)) Con­tin­ue read­ing →