Our little Pine Martin skull mascot we picked up at The Belfry in Seattle.

This is how you do it: the wiener goes in the suitcase, not at the babysitters’.

5 am fire alarm/general evacuation at the Max Hotel. Good thing we were already heading out the door.

Deception Pass, Whidbey Island

Whidbey Island

Discovery Park lighthouse

Ferris wheel @ Seattle seafront from the Pike Place Market.

Let the ‘it’s ok, I’m on vacation’ rationalizing begin!

Whoo hoo, killed it! Lucky me, I managed to serve the chunk of wooden spoon I snapped off in the blender to myself. Winning!

Mmmm….. first grilled items on our own grill in 5 years.