Hope you had a great 4th of July! We did…we spent the afternoon and evening in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, and although we had to watch their fireworks show from the back of our departing ferry, it was a great time!
We enjoyed the 1-hour ferry ride from Anacortes to Friday Harbor, despite the chilly wind and overcast sky. Then we wandered the charming 4-block downtown area a bit before deciding to eat at Dos Diablos Cantina. The service was unfortunately really bad, but the food was good, and we proceeded from there to wander a bit more, stopping for some locally-produced ice cream (lemon-raspberry swirl for me, and pecan praline for Tim) and making our way down the various piers of the marina.
The town was having a “rock the dock” street party, but we decided to forego the $10 admission fee and just sit in the park overlooking the water and listen to their 70s/80s cover band do bits and pieces of “I Will Survive,” etc., as people danced on the dock.
We had heard that the fireworks show in Friday Harbor was one of the top 10 to see in the US, but unfortunately it didn’t begin until just after the last ferry sailing (the one we had to be on) left the harbor. So we watched them from afar, and it was pretty. Definitely not a top-10 show, in our opinion (even Grove City, PA’s fireworks were better!), but it was good to see them from the water. The return ferry ride stopped at 3 other islands before returning to Anacortes, so we arrived back home just after midnight, having had a great day!
Here are just a few images…I’m still not really “seeing pictures” everywhere (out of practice, I guess). Enjoy!
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