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as was foretold, we are spending our anniversary on Lopez Island. a year ago today we had our last meal out. this morning i watched a helicopter deliver vaccine doses to a clinic being held at the island community center.
we're in a charming wee octagonal cottage with 10 skylights, around 20 houseplants, and a woodstove. (it also has excellent wifi, a roku tv with most of the streaming services, and full cel phone service which just feels bizarre.) it's less than five minutes' walk to the beach, groceries, coffee shop, and bookstore. Leela is very happy with the level of local wildlife activity. we haven't yet figured out how an ordinary person could make a living here without tourists, but the demographics suggest that there are a lot of retirees.
it's quite flat for Washington, so there are lots of drainage ditches and bits of wetland. there are walking paths rather than sidewalks, but since it's the unenriched grey soil of the area, it might as well be concrete. the "village" we're in is odd...like a loose cluster of businesses rather than a town. the loose cluster of businesses includes a tiny UW Medicine clinic with a helipad. actual homes seem to be strung out farther away. we walked past this place on the morning dog walk; there's a lot of solar panels on buildings here but this was the first we saw with solar hot water.
we're here for the rest of the week; there will be more exploring and some hiking to come, but for now it's all quiet domesticity with different walls and different walks. being married remains awesome and i'm glad to be having a saf(er) adventure to celebrate.
we're in a charming wee octagonal cottage with 10 skylights, around 20 houseplants, and a woodstove. (it also has excellent wifi, a roku tv with most of the streaming services, and full cel phone service which just feels bizarre.) it's less than five minutes' walk to the beach, groceries, coffee shop, and bookstore. Leela is very happy with the level of local wildlife activity. we haven't yet figured out how an ordinary person could make a living here without tourists, but the demographics suggest that there are a lot of retirees.
it's quite flat for Washington, so there are lots of drainage ditches and bits of wetland. there are walking paths rather than sidewalks, but since it's the unenriched grey soil of the area, it might as well be concrete. the "village" we're in is odd...like a loose cluster of businesses rather than a town. the loose cluster of businesses includes a tiny UW Medicine clinic with a helipad. actual homes seem to be strung out farther away. we walked past this place on the morning dog walk; there's a lot of solar panels on buildings here but this was the first we saw with solar hot water.
we're here for the rest of the week; there will be more exploring and some hiking to come, but for now it's all quiet domesticity with different walls and different walks. being married remains awesome and i'm glad to be having a saf(er) adventure to celebrate.
