Life at the Leingangs'

The Great Escape – Day Three

By Monday, we had pretty much seen and done everything there was to do at Lakedale Resort. So we decided to take a little field trip to Lime Kiln State Park.

some of the kids decided to do a bit of tree climbing in the morning

Joel, Erinn, Will, Zack, Andy

Tia (it’s just hard to tell with the wind)

there weren’t any dead men at the bay…

just lots of driftwood…

dead jellyfish…

and cool seaweed

the lighthouse

we didn’t hear any whales, only boats

some of the cool tide pool creatures

Andy, Nathan and Joel

looking at more tide pools

there were lots of these little jellyfish

The lime kiln itself was rather interesting and we learned all kinds of things about the making of and the transportation of lime. We also learned that we would not want to be aboard a wooden ship carrying lime as it creates heat when it comes in contact with water and would burn leaky ships at sea.

inside the kiln they would heat the lime to 2000 using 3.5 cords of firewood in 24 hours

leftover lime deposit

a ring where they would tie the ships

Amanda writing her name on a rock with limestone

Samantha found a baby crab to be our mascot

Hobo gets revenge on the rock that cut up his toe

guess the tree thought it was a stupid rule

when we got back to camp the boys put up a warning sign along the trail made out of a skull they found near camp

The Great Escape – Day Four

After days of sunny warm weather, the cloudy cool morning on Tuesday seemed freezing! We spent most of the morning taking our one shower of the week, playing card games at camp, or playing yard games by the store. We had so much fun playing horseshoes and bocce that we sort of lost track of time and were late for lunch. OOPS!

Eventually the weather cleared and warmed up a bit and we made some plans for the afternoon. After lunch, Chris, Bradley, Tia, Sam, Hobo, Nathan and I all headed to the south end of the island to the American Camp (the site of the infamous Pig War).

the laundress’ house

There were lots of trails, but we spent most of our time exploring the beach and rocks around Grandma’s Cove. The views were beautiful and we had lots of fun!

the trail to Grandma’s Cove

Bradley, Hobo and Nathan conquer the driftwood mountain

the cove from the rocks

when we wandered a bit further, we found this cute little cove

Tia, Nathan and Hobo on the rocks

me out on the rocks

Grandma’s Cove from the bluff above

checking out the rock tower

heading back to the fort

Before heading back to camp we took a detour to take a quick peek at South Beach. It was a beautiful view with lots of beach and views of the islands!

When we arrived home, we found that our camp fishermen were successful in bringing home a bass to cook. So they dredged it in Tang and crushed Goldfish crackers and fried it up in a bit of butter. All things considered, it wasn’t too bad. LOL

Aaron and Edwin get the bass ready to cook

Great Escape – Day Five

We got up and packed everything up and had LOTS of time to spare. Our crew worked much faster than we expected! Great job guys!

So after our morning devotion time, we hopped in the vans, used the real bathrooms and headed into town. We got in line for the 1:00 ferry and spent a couple of hours wandering through shops. Chris and I also had ice cream and found a great little coffee/chocolate shop right by the water. They had a tea that Chris and I used to drink at a tea shop in Bellingham while we were dating, called Night in Missoula. It was a great cup of tea and brought back fond memories as well! And it went well with the dark chocolate orange and raspberry sticks we picked up there as well.

I loved these flowers at a shop in town

I also loved this taxi cab

We were first on the ferry and had a nice trip back to Anacortes. The drive back wasn’t too bad (despite Seattle traffic) and we got back to the church by a little after 8:00.

the view of the docks at Friday Harbor from the ferry

Big Red is all ready to disembark

coming into Anacortes

Bradley’s mom took this picture at the gas station in Anacortes just before he left

Like with all trips, there was a lot of cleaning up to do when we got home. And because everything was really filthy, it was a little more work than usual.

cleaning all the bins and containers in the driveway