Washington

Aug 6 -8
We headed for Washington after lunch with Hillary, and arrived at Melissa's friends' house in time for dinner - yes! Melissa's friends are Darcy & Rob – they are great! They put us up for the weekend, fed us ridiculous amounts of amazing food & took us to their family beach house on Whidbey Island where we got to hang out with their gorgeous dog Riley and some of their family. I had Spearhead fish (Darcy's dad Frank described it to me as a sea-going trout), elk spaghetti sauce & elk pepperoni (among other things!) over the course of the weekend.
It was a very relaxing weekend where we did almost absolutely nothing – a great change from all the driving and tearing about we have been doing. Here are some pics of the places & animals I got to see over the weekend. I also had my first taste of Creole food on Sunday night on our way back from Whidbey – the pic of the alligators on the roof is from the restaurant we ate at in Seattle. I liked jambalaya – not such a huge fan of gumbo though.