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** 🥾 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 trail head. | |||
** ⛳️ 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 | |||
** 🛶 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. | |||
* More ideas: | |||
*"if you want more ideas https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/travel/52-places-orcas-island-washington.html" | *"if you want more ideas https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/travel/52-places-orcas-island-washington.html" | ||
Revision as of 20:32, 31 May 2023
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
To bring from home
- Peanut butter
Acquired
Aaron & Hannah
- peanut butter
- yogurt
- fruit
Day 1
For 8 adults+2 kids
- Lunch on the way to Orcas?
- Dinner
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 trail head.
- ⛳️ 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
- 🥾 Hikes
- 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
- 🛶 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.
- More ideas:
- "if you want more ideas https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/travel/52-places-orcas-island-washington.html"
