Travel Plans/Summer 2023 Orcas

A summer trip to see Andres and Kristina on Orcas Island!

Itinerary

The trip will be on 2023 June 2-4

Friday (Day 1):

10:30AM ferry - Aaron, Hannah, Miles&Risa, Mako

1:44PM ferry - Nadya, Hunter, Mika

Saturday (Day 2):

Sunday (Day 3):

early Sunday (tentative): Aaron, Hannah, Miles&Risa

10PM (tentative): Nadya, Hunter, Mako, Mika

Meals

Groceries

Shopping list

• Bread
• Eggs
• Soymilk?
• OJ?
• oranges?
• breakfast fauxsages?
• Beer?
• Wine?
• NA options?

To bring from home

• Peanut butter

Acquired

Mako & Mika

• nori
• inari wrappers
• sushi vinegar
• rice
• rice cooker

Aaron & Hannah

• peanut butter
• yogurt
• fruit

Day 1

For 8 adults+2 kids

• Lunch on the way to Orcas?
• Dinner - Potluck

MM and HA to bring sushi stuff

Day 2

For 8 adults+2 kids

• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
• Snacks

Day 3

For 6 adults all day? 2 adults+2 kids just for breakfast?

• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
• Snacks

Ideas

• Pasta
• Lasagna
• Indian curry
• Japanese curry
• Grill - (Andres doesn't have a grill, maybe Aaron will?)
• Pizza
• Wraps
• Sandwiches
• Sushi

Restaurant options

Ordered by distance to our place(s)

• 🍳 Lascaux Cafe has excellent brunch/lunch, and great pastries. Share building with art co-op. 30-min walk https://www.lascauxorcas.com/
• 🦪Buck Bay Shellfish Farm: casual outdoor lunch, fun with kids and pets. Best oysters in WA, ceviche, and crab. Not many veggie options. 30-min walk. https://buckbayshellfishfarm.com/
• 🌊 Doe Bay: expensive, excellent PNW food, cozy location. Reservation is required, but a pain to get through them during tourist season. https://doebay.com/cafe/
• ⚓️ Inn at Ship Bay: fancier dinners, nice views. Probably reservation required. https://www.innatshipbay.com/dining
• 🍕 Houlme pizza: excellent pizza, good vegetarians. Outdoor/indoor seating plus order via SMS at 206 999 1844
• 🎩 Matia: expensive, excellent/unique PNW food, NYT top 50. Reservation required.
• 🥐 Sea-Bird Popup: best pastries I've had, almost art pieces. Opens only on Sat at 9am, runs out of stuff by ~10am. Popup inside Matia in Eastsound. https://www.seabirdbakeshop.com/
• 🇲🇽 Mijitas good Mexican food: https://www.mijitasorcas.com/
• 🌮 Salvadorean pupusas/tacos/tamales at the Saturday farmers market are good and cheap.
• 🍳 New Leaf Cafe: great new restaurant. Have had a good breakfast and dinner https://www.outlookinn.com/newleaf
• 🐟 King Fish, west side of the island (35-min drive), great food, nice views, est 1900's. Reservation required. https://kingfishinn.com/restaurant
• 🌯 Farm to Ferry food truck with decent burritos at the Ferry landing https://www.yelp.com/biz/farm-to-ferry-orcas

Activites

Ideas

• Land:
  • 🥾 Hikes
    • Obstruction Pass Park (beautiful beach during high tide). Entrance to park is 30-min walk from our place.
    • Coho preserve, nice short hike next to creek/cascades. The entrance to park is a 40-min walk from our place, right next to Lascaux Cafe and Buck Bay. Fun to go there before or after eating.
    • Mountain Lake to top of Mt Constitution. Beautiful lake views and then amazing views of Mt Baker, Lummi Island, and other islands at the top of the mountain. Best on a non-cloudy day.
    • Walk around Mountain Lake. Fun to see the islands inside the lake. Also would be cool to kayak here. I think they rent kayaks too.
    • Walk around Cascade Lake. Most popular hike, perhaps.
    • Turtle Back Mt, has awesome views of multiple islands on the west side. 30-min drive to trailhead.
  • ⛳️ Mini golf https://www.orcasislandminigolf.com/
  • 👩‍🌾 Farmers Market on Sat morning https://orcasislandfarmersmarket.org/
  • 🚶‍♀️ Walk around Eastsound
  • 🪴 Orcas Pottery. Beautiful pottery store https://www.orcasislandpottery.com/
  • 🚴‍♀️Bike around West Sound (rent bikes in Eastsound).
  • 🚘Drive to the top of Mt Constitution

• Water
  • 🏠 Sea kayaking from our beach: we have one 2-person kayak and one 1-person kayak, but they are lake kayaks, so not super stable if it's wavey, safest to stay near shore.
  • ⛵️Sailing tour:
    • Deer Harbor Sailing is out of commission waiting for a part for their boat https://deerharborcharters.com/pages/day-sailing
    • Left a voice message on Orcas Sailing asking for Sunday morning https://www.orcassailing.com/
  • 🛶 Sucia Island kayak tour https://www.outerislandx.com/kayaking
  • 🚣‍♀️ Kayaking in Mountain Lake to check out inside islands. I believe they rent kayaks at Cascade Lake and take them over there.

• 🏠 Home
  • Cornhole
  • Bocce
  • Board games (Codenames, UpWords, Ticket to Ride)
  • Gardening: help us pick some lettuce and radishes from our garden

• More ideas:
• "if you want more ideas https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/travel/52-places-orcas-island-washington.html"