This weekend.

So this weekend it all started when I was getting ready to pick up Isaac from the airport. As I was walking through the house making sure I had everything I needed, I spotted them. The wooden coins that I've been saving for the Proctor Farmers Market for when August came around and I made a special trip to the Proctor Arts Fest in Tacoma. I quickly and silently panicked inside "Oh #$&^%, when is Proctor? Wait, it's August, did I miss it? Oh, good! It's the first weekend. The frickin' thing is TODAY." So it all seemed rather fortuitous to me. Because I was still planning to go this year but Isaac coming home totally threw me off. I was really looking forward to going but hoping he could come with me, it happened by luck of the draw. So when I picked him up from the airport I gleefully told him Proctor was today and we were going. I love this festival and we've been vendors the past four years to this thing. There's no way we couldn't go.

 But first Isaac requested breakfast in La Conner at The Calico Cupboard. One of our favorites. (These two places are in completely different directions, as in hours apart.) We had all day and no other commitments to keep and so we went. I love driving past all the farms and so below are pictures of cabbages that I had to stop and photograph. I think they're lovely.

And then we drove to Proctor and walked around stopping frequently talking to other friends that we had there that were vendors. I didn't take any pictures of it. I have in the past so here are those photos. It really hasn't changed and that's part of it's charm.

To finish out the day we went to sushi which made Isaac (and I) very happy. We loves us some sushi. By the time we got home we were exhausted. Especially Isaac as he was still three hours ahead. We sat on the couch until we started to fall asleep (party animals I know) which was about 15 minutes later.

Sunday we went to La Conner again (the boy was jonesing what can I tell you). And then on a whim we took the ferry to Orcas Island. I had been toying with the idea anyway and I knew I wanted to go to the San Juans before I left for NJ so being able to take Isaac was the cherry on top. It was especially awesome as he has never been and he's wanted to go.

We drove the island and went to the top of Mount Constitution. Since I'd been for a week with a friend's family in high school I wanted to revisit some of the places I had been long ago (you know, because I'm so old). And one of the places I loved was the Olga General Store which is now sadly closed. We would walk down most mornings and get their scones with berry butter. So yummy. I took my own picture but for some reason it didn't upload so I'll load it tonight. Below are pictures from the island.

At the Anacortes Ferry dock waiting to go to Orcas Island.

On the Ferry.

In town.

On top of Mount Constitution.