Friday Harbor (Joan’s ?th Birthday)

I awoke to a lovely card and gift from Fred. During the day I received phone calls from all of my family. That was lovely. We went up to Suzy’s Mopeds and rented a ScootCoupe which is like a moped with three wheels and a little cabin for two people (very tightly). No roof, windows or doors. I made quite a spectacle of myself getting in and out of it during the day. The floor area is smooth fiberglass and so I pretty much fell into and out of it. Not a pretty sight and there are no pictures to document this! I held Merlin and periodically wrapped him up in his blanket to keep the wind out of his eyes. He likes to cuddle when we are in a moving vehicle, even one that has a maximum speed of 30mph. We spent a lot of time in the bike lane. We have never seen any area of San Juan Island except what we could walk to from the marinas. The sun was out and the island is quite beautiful. We passed very wooded areas, field’s with cattle or horses on them. We stopped at a lavender farm (http://www.pelindabalavender.com/products.html). The fields of different kinds of lavender are open to wandering. We then stopped at the Alpaca farm (http://www.krystalacres.com/). Merlin couldn’t come, but they had a fenced path through the field. There were several females with very young babies (I have no idea what a baby Alpaca is called). The babies were up close to their mothers and were the identical coloration as momma. Just adorable. We moved on to Roche Harbor for lunch. We already wandered here when Heather was with us last week. We discovered some history when we stopped and wandered through American Camp which was set up during the Pig War (http://www.nps.gov/sajh/historyculture/the-pig-war.htm). Very interesting. We didn’t stop at the English Camp. What a lovely birthday!