In July 2025, we took a trip to Friday Harbor on San Juan Island. The full picture gallery is here

Port Townsend

We drove to Port Townsend and had dinner with our friend Sandy, staying a night in the Biship Hotel.

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Mike and Sandy

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Lovely room in hotel

Friday Harbor

We parked the car at the hotel, and took a whale watching boat to Friday Harbor to stay for two nights. They have a full day tour with lunch at Friday Harbor, so we could book two half days (morning and afternoon) to get there and back.

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The great Grainy Puffin

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Some Orcas

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Arrived at Friday Harbor

We stayed at the Earthbox Inn for two nights.

On the boat, some folks told us you could rent little utility vehicles from Suzi’s Mopeds, so on a whim we did. We rented a little electric italian (car? 4 wheel electric moped?) that we used to loop the island.

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Our chariot

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An eye popping 27 mph

We learned about the infamous “pig war” that almost resulted in a war, but cooler heads prevailed. Could use some of those cooler heads these days!

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Pig war monument
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The pig war

We stopped on the other side of the island and had a little picnic.

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A toast!

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You can almost see Canada

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Roche Harbor Hotel

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Roche Harbor

Time to head back home.

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Our ferry awaits

Poulsbo

After we got back to Port Townsend on the boat, we drove to Poulsbo, WA to stay overnight. It is supposed to have a nice Norwegian oriented downtown, but we got there late and had an early dinner at a strip mall by the hotel. The non-Norwegian part of Poulsbo seems very much a newer commuting community.

Drove back home the next day.