day trip. whidbey island.

[caution...picture heavy post! ;) ]

on saturday we headed out for a day trip. or a long car ride :)

we headed up to whidbey island for parker's 11 month birthday....

actually we just wanted to go ;)

we got up on saturday around 7:30 (totally sleeping in for us! thanks, p!)

i ran to get some groceries, brandon made chicken salad for the road and parker played.

we got in the car around 10 and headed north!

we drove up to the muckilteo ferry. there was a long line!

 thankfully, parker was napping in the backseat and brandon and i had blueberries to eat!

we finally got on the ferry!

parker's first ferry ride...he was sooo excited!

although the forecast said it was supposed to be in the 80's it was chilly and overcast on the ferry at 12.

but that meant parker could wear his hope sweatshirt :)

after the ferry we drove to a beach where we could eat lunch and explore.

(those cheeks...i just want to pinch them...and i might)

blueberries for p (and other food of course)

curry chicken salad for brandon and i...yum!

we walked the beach

then it was back to the car!

we headed north on whidbey to coupville.

such a cute town...like one main road cute!

we walked, saw this...

  

 beautiful sites like these...

 brandon made a new friend...

 and got back into the car!

we then drove up to deception pass! (important...this was the deciding factor for us moving to the pnw. we saw whales here almost 6 years ago. i was sold....haven't seen a whale since!)

i was determined and convinced we would see a whale...

but

we saw all the beauty instead...

no whales...

would have been awesome...especially since p was wearing his whale shirt ;)

maybe next time.

back to the car and we headed to laconner.

oh. my. word. 

such a cute town!

i decided we have to go back and spend more time there!

we walked around. went in a neat thrift/antique store. took some fun pictures.

let parker get his crazies out.

then it was back in the car for the journey home!

parker slept the whole way! then woke up for a bath, feeding and

 back to sleep til morning! road trips must wear him out!

it was a great day! we had some much fun exploring, driving and relaxing!