Views to the east from the ferry

Orcas Island, WA

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March 23rd 2012
This is a trip we took back in March this year. Just a mini-vacation of 3 days at Orcas Island. We drove north to catch the ferry at Anacortes. We were lucky that the weather turned out to be kind to us even though the forecast didn't expect much from it that weekend. Having been to both the NE and the NW of the country, I guess I can say that both are fairly similar in terms of unpredicatable ... read more

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