Coupeville

Well, our lazy afternoon was not to be. Daughter MM called about nine and said she had forgotten that Granddaughter Claire had to be at rehearsal tonight at six pm, so we needed to go this morning instead of this afternoon. MM, Scott and Varick came by to pick us up and we headed for Whidbey Island to pick up Claire at her friend's house (she'd gone home with her after the striking yesterday), then decided we would go check out the little town of Coupeville.

We wandered down the old downtown area for a while, then stopped by some picnic tables overlooking the water to have our lunch --

Claire was the only one ambitious enough to climb down to the beach. The tide was out so that it was pretty muddy. This is Penn Cove which is famous for its mussels. You could see some of them with the tide out.

We walked down to the end of the wharf where there was a restaurant and a couple of shops. Inside the lobby was this skeleton of a juvenile blue whale. It was immense!

If we hadn't needed to get Claire back for rehearsal, I would have been happy to spend more time exploring this enchanting, historical town.

We spent a couple of hours back at Auntie Violet resting up, then met MM and Scott for supper (Claire was at rehearsal and Varick was at Boy Scouts). It's our last night in Mount Vernon, so it was good to just spend time with them.