From Where I'm Standing: Craig's Parents Visit Washington

Craig's parents, Debbie and Dan made the trek from West Virginia to visit us in Washington this summer. While they were here, Craig and I got to be tourists in our own city! We dined at fabulous restaurants in Seattle, spent a weekend on San Juan Island, had dinner in the Space Needle, saw a Sounders soccer game, and spent a lazy afternoon on Vashon Island! Below are some photos from their stay.

View of Friday Harbor from the ferry

Some of us preferred the view from behind the windows to the right.

While on San Juan Island, we visited the Palindaba Lavender Farm. It was a gorgeous setting with a field full of pastel purples. The numbers of bees in the fields was also astonishing. Their buzzing provided a constant background hum while we walked through the rows of puffy lavender plants.

Lavender!

Lavender fields forever

I spy a Craig.

Craig in the dried lavender shop

Fam in a field of purple

Here we are battling it out to be the tallest in the photo. I think I won.(Lime Kiln State Park)

Having some wine in our room with a view!

A ferry arrives with more weekend visitors to Friday Harbor

While on San Juan Island, we also went whale watching. It was a first for me and because of my recent experience with boats, it was also a first for me trying over-the-counter motion sickness meds. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down any orcas, but we did stumble upon some humpback whales and I didn't get motion sickness! Yay!