Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
Whidbey Island had two festivals going on over the weekend, We made quick stops at both of them. One was an arts and craft festival in Coupeville and the other was a car show in Oak Harbor.
We felt the only way to visit both festivals was to get there early before the humungous crowds arrived. That’s what we did. We headed towards Coupeville by 8:30. We assumed that the Hyders were still sleeping since all the blinds were drawn. Joe had already taken off but we weren't sure where he had gone or if anyone had gone with him. What we did know is that we wanted to arrive at the arts and craft festival early.
We were lucky when we arrived at Coupeville. Since we were early we found the perfect parking spot. The vendors were open and very few people were around. Within an hour we had seen it all and were on our way to the car show. Again, we lucked out with a close parking spot. Traffic was still light and the show wasn’t packed with lookers yet. Again, within an hour we had seen it all and were out of there. It was perfect planning.
We also made a return trip to the lavender farm. I had hoped to find some dried lavender at the festival to put in the new little wall hanging vase I had bought but no luck. Instead of buying the bunches they already had drying, I wanted to collect my own. That’s what I did. I was given a basket, clippers and sent out to the field to gather it. Guess what? There are a lot of bees that like lavender too. Those pesky little bees made cutting some of the lavendar a little challenging.
After we returned from the lavender farm we made a stop off at the local dock again. This time it was just to check out the ships on the bay firing at each other. This was a performance for the Coupeville Festival.
The evening was supposed to be pizza and a movie. We ended up without the movie and just the pizza which was fine with all of us. The next day was a travel day. We were heading a little south.
We'll be back someday. We still want to cruise the San Juan Islands and watch the orcas play in the water.
-- August 13th
An hour at the car show? My husband would have been there for hours and hours. Glad you escaped unscathed with the lavender.
ReplyDeleteAn hour at an arts and crafts show? Good thing you didn't take Janice & Jerry with you. :)
ReplyDeleteLove that Lavender, it will look good right next to your driftwood.
ReplyDeleteIt must be great to go to craft shows and know that even if you find something you like you won't buy it because you have no room for it. A forced savings plan. :c)
The lavender looked so nice. Have never seen it grow. As for car shows I can do them pretty quick too. The last one I went to there were 5 cars. They were supposed to be old, but they were a lot newer than me!
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