The girls have been visiting Mom and Dad in CA for 2 weeks. Tom and I have been enjoying a quiet home and have been able to spend a lot of time together. We’ve done a few projects around the house and watched a bunch of Marvel movies together!
This past weekend, we had booked a 3 bedroom house in Langley and had planned to spend the weekend on Whidbey Island as a family. Since the girls were gone, the trip ended up just being Tom and I. Because of that, we were able to explore the island a little differently and found a few fun new places! We had such a wonderful time together!
I think the most interesting thing that we realized on this trip, is that on the island, there are so many different types of terrain. The houses and feel of one area change as you drive to a different area. That made exploring so much fun. We had placed pinned on goggle maps to go to, but often we saw something interesting and turned off and explored more.
Everywhere we went we saw gardens and TONS of beautiful flowers. We looked at as many gardens as possible!
We drove up through Deception Pass on the way home. There was SO MUCH TRAFFIC there. We have never seen it that busy! The day use area was full and cars were still trying to get in. I’m glad we have seen it before as it was too crowded to stop. But hello…….pandemic??
Speaking of COVID – the house we stayed at was the cleanest AirBnB we have ever stayed in. We ate inside a few restaurants that were doing a great job of cleaning and spreading people out, so we were comfortable with being inside there. We wore masks in the few stores we went in. But overall, we weren’t around many people. It worked out well and I’m so glad we got away.
We decided to come home a day early because we had explored the places we wanted to and that way we had one day at home to get a few last minute things done before Tom had to work again and the girls came home.
The pictures go from the end of our trip to the beginning.
Dugualla State Park – Full of redwoods! It was a far walk to the big tree (yes, that’s what it’s called), so we just walked a short way. 
Lavender Wind Farm – It was the last thing we did. We didn’t have a reservation, but still got in. AND it was our favorite part of the trip! 
Lavender Wind Farm 
Lanvender Wind Farm 
Tom was trying to capture some bees in slow motion. There were SO MANY bumble bees. I have never seen so many! 
More Lavender 
Langley phone booth 
There are so many phone booths everywhere on the Island! 
Wings in Langley 
Meerkerk Gardens 
Meerkerk Gardens 
Greenbank Farm 
Greenbank Farm 
Fort Casey 
Flipping over rocks at Libbey Beach Park 
Coupeville 
Beautiful sunsut from the porch of the house 
Freeland Park 
Freeland Park
Wonderful comments and beautiful pictures. Thanks for posting.