Blake Island Adventure

On September 14, 2008 the entire Orchard Clan left The Compound for a trip across the Sound to Blake Island. It was Jennifer's birthday and she'd never been, so off we went.

When Jesse was young, we used to do a lot of boating and camped over there quite a few times. We hadn't been in many years and, since we don't have a boat these days, we used the tour service out of downtown Seattle which includes lunch at Tillicum Village. We were pleasantly surprised to see nothing had changed. It was just as we remembered it. Well, the nightly camping fee is now $19. Last time we were there I think it was $5. But other than that the place was still beautiful. It sits just off West Seattle so the skyline is right there, but since you can only get there by boat it seems miles away. Our other Blake Island Adventure pics are here.

The weather was great. The kids had never been on a rocky beach like that but took to it as though they'd been going for years. Why is a little boy gets on the beach and immediately starts throwing rocks into the water? He'd never done it before but he instinctively knew it was something he should do. But not Kira. A male genetic thing? WHo knows.

It was a great day and it's the final installment in our Summer 2008 set on Flickr. Fall has arrived and now it's time for cooler weather happenings. Summer wasn't the best weather-wise but it was good, all in all.