The last week of December, a couple friends and I took a road trip to Seattle for a friend's New Year's eve wedding. Since I had just driven from Seattle to Utah the week before, I was elated to do it again in reverse. Read into that sarcasm, please. At least this time, I was sharing the driving with two other people, both of whom drive fast, so we escaped Officer Smiley's interest. We made lots of stops along the way, so it was a fun, sort of leisurely pace. Plus we were blessed with some horrific snow on the pass in Washington, so not being in a hurry really afforded us the luxury of taking it down a notch to fret over the safety of the roads ahead of us. Thankfully, the snow and ice were just on the pass, and Seattle welcomed us with sunshine and blue skies. We had arrived early for a few days of sight-seeing and enjoyed all the usual Seattle suspects - the Space Needle, Whidbey Island, and Pikes Market.
We took the ferry over to Whidbey Island early one morning and spent the entire day driving to Anacortes. This was no doubt my favorite day in Washington. I would move to Whidbey Island in a heartbeat. It was gorgeous. Totally reminded me of the waterfront scenes in Sleepless in Seattle. (It wasn't. We googled it after we spent the morning driving around looking for Tom Hanks' houseboat.)
If you're ever in Anacortes, do yourself a favor and go to Gere-A-Deli for lunch. It was fantastic food and the atmosphere was fun.
