Day 4: to Orcas Island we go!

July 7th.  We left our beloved cabin in the morning and headed over to Anacortes to catch a 12:30pm ferry to Orcas Island for camping on Moran State Park.  The kids, and myself, had soooo much fun on the hour long ride.

Once we arrived we drove around to check things out.  We got to our campsite and I was surprised to see the topography.  Our road was like a horseshoe going up into the side of mountain and we were on the downside.  We had very steep vegetation and trees going UP from our site behind us, a drop off of about 6 feet going DOWN into the next campsite beside our car AND the road went straight DOWN onto the main road.  Hazards for toddlers that don’t know the difference.  It was stressful to say the least to be there much but we made the best of it and were ready to snag a toddler at a moments notice and we also chose not to spend lots of time there.

We headed off the playground that was beside Mountain Lake.  The kids’ eyes bulged and they were excited!!!   These two little Latina girls that were maybe about 3-4 years old took my little Monkey under their wing and followed him around, caring for him and playing with him; they were not interested in Giraffe…a baby was more interesting to them.  It was adorable!  They were still young so I did watch closely and speak Spanish to them to give some friendly reminders about not throwing bark on his head etc..hahaha.

We came back and they explored the campsite some more! The mosquitoes were out so we crawled into the tent at 7:30 and were asleep by 8:45pm hahaha..in the light!  It was so much warmer to camp here compared to Yosemite!