Our road trip has begun with a short 50 miles or so north of Seattle. We took possession of our lovely new car on Monday morning and headed to our friends' house on Whidbey Island. We have fallen in love with this area and are laying the groundwork to move here and live happily ever after. The groundwork mostly involves dreaming.

When we woke up this morning it was very foggy but by noon it had cleared off and the mountains, the Olympics to the west and the Cascades to the east, had reappeared. We visited Fort Casey on Whidbey Island then took the ferry to Port Townsend on the Olympic Peninsula and walked around for a bit. We were back at the house with time for a nap before dinner. Life can be pretty taxing when you're in vacation mode.

Lee and Chris check out the big gun at Fort Casey.

Lee with his head up the... 

Lee and Annie peer out of one of the lookouts.

Annie does a puzzle on the ferry. Apparently many of the Washington state ferries have puzzles set up for the passengers to work on during the ferry trip. How cool is that!

The Olympic Mountain range on the horizon in Port Townsend.

That's Mount Baker in the Cascades hovering in the distance.