Saturday, September 22, 2007

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When I was in my first decade on the planet, one of my favorite movies was the Disney classic, Swiss Family Robinson. In the worst way, I wanted to live in a tree house on a remote and deserted island.
Fast-forward; Nancy and I spent much of the week on Orcas Island, she in a water color class and me bombing around the Islands on my Ducati. One of our favorite places here is a 60 year old pottery place called Orcas Island Pottery. Since the last time we were here, they’ve added this neat tree house.  I am now in my sixth decade and climbing around in a tree house. Doesn’t just seeing it make you want to be a kid again?!

Several thousand people live on Orcas Island, so it isn’t really deserted. And you can go there via a 1-hour ferry ride from Anacortes Washington, so it’s not very remote.
I became familiar with it when my kids were small. We’d come up here for Father-Daughter / Father-Son campouts with the YMCA Indian Princess / Indian Guide programs. Years later we built a summer house here. It’s a really pretty place, especially on a bright, crisp, fall day in September.

Last night, I met my daughter and son-in-law at the ferry landing (they are bombing around the Island on a Co-Motion Tandem this weekend). In the car, riding back to the place we’re staying my daughter says, “I used to love coming here for Indian Princess Campouts with you. It’s one of my best memories!”

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