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  <title>San Juan Islands Bike Trip pictures</title>
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<p>I'm finally done sorting through the pictures from the bike trip Jamey and I
took in the San Juan Islands.  I take a shitload of pictures every vacation,
mostly because I'm not happy with the "automatic" setting on my Canon PowerShot
A630.  I ended up filtering a lot of them when I decided which to post to my
picasaweb album, and now I'm filtering them further to present my favorite trip
pictures here:</p>

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<p>(Teaser)
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<p>Views from our hotel room at Anacortes, Washington.  The hotel clerk suggested
we keep our bikes in our room.</p>

<p><a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5217918882651481522"><img
src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SGnFk_s-pbI/AAAAAAAAAc0/1a6qFZ1SijE/s288/IMG_1738.JPG"
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<p>Bike lane at the Anacortes Washington State Ferry terminal.  They let bicyclists
on before the cars board, and bikes get off first.</p>

<p><a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5217918895736761138"><img
src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SGnFlwcwKzI/AAAAAAAAAdM/w2vD22RZnO0/s288/IMG_1750.JPG"
/></a></p>

<p>These pair of high-heels were hanging on a coat rack in an eclectic coffee shop in
Lopez Village.  The note says, "Found these bad boys at the dump!  Question
is...who dropped em' off???"</p>

<p><a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5217923443714292930"><img
src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SGnJue_F_MI/AAAAAAAAAeU/nRPdODclF9g/s288/IMG_1787.JPG"
/></a> <a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5217924217529351266"><img
src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SGnKbhq-vGI/AAAAAAAAAeo/IvwHqM4jDhE/s288/IMG_1808.JPG"
/></a></p>

<p>Coastal views of Iceburg point on the south shore of Lopez Island.</p>

<p><a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5217924234590353682"><img
src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SGnKchOo-RI/AAAAAAAAAfE/LHFqtYSOicA/s288/IMG_1804.JPG"
/></a></p>

<p>Anyone know what this tidal creature is?  The sides feel mossy, but I think it's
some sort of mollusk.</p>

<p><a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5219324985714810386"><img
src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SG7Ea9zaHhI/AAAAAAAAArY/H3yvQElpk6g/s400/IMG_1855.JPG"
/></a></p>

<p>I'd love to have someone solve <em>all</em> my software problems. ;)</p>

<p><a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5219330234800977074"><img
src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SG7JMgLEtLI/AAAAAAAAAtU/xiJgex5p7lE/s288/IMG_1899.JPG"
/></a> <a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5219330248837488514"><img
src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SG7JNUdo34I/AAAAAAAAAtc/CQzOSpcxkF4/s288/IMG_1901.JPG"
/></a></p>

<p>Some children were playing in a store-front made of driftwood.  Jamey stopped by
to look at the small, medium, and large crab shells they had for "sale".</p>

<p><a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5219332719497253698"><img
src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SG7LdIY1E0I/AAAAAAAAAuU/n5mP3S0GjYE/s288/IMG_1925.JPG"
/></a></p>

<p>This sign was on Orcas Island.  I'm really amazed such a remote location has
electric cars!</p>

<p><a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5219341886693669298"><img
src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SG7Tyu2xebI/AAAAAAAAAxg/mzvmGnz-RXg/s288/IMG_2039.JPG"
/></a> <a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5219337152247429938"><img
src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SG7PfJq0-zI/AAAAAAAAAwE/axtPdkTZNaQ/s288/IMG_1986.JPG"
/></a></p>

<p>I splurged for our anniversary and booked the Nuthatch room at the Kangaroo
House B&amp;B.  It had a canopy bed!</p>

<p><a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5219332781999953170"><img
src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SG7LgxOolRI/AAAAAAAAAu0/wpW9holApSk/s288/IMG_1940.JPG"
/></a> <a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5219334877893907026"><img
src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SG7NaxCsUlI/AAAAAAAAAvY/kS7U_zQ_o8o/s288/IMG_1957.JPG"
/></a></p>

<p>The Kangaroo House had an awesome garden with a secluded hot tub.</p>

<p><a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5219345266077272514"><img
src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SG7W3cCnCcI/AAAAAAAAAyY/AKqVoT51HOE/s288/IMG_2073.JPG"
/></a></p>

<p>The sign by these flamengoes said, "You've been flocked!"</p>

<p><a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5219345288290547794"><img
src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SG7W4uyquFI/AAAAAAAAAyw/bMBLCmHNVn8/s288/IMG_2090.JPG"
/></a> <a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5219345292365407298"><img
src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SG7W49-MJEI/AAAAAAAAAy4/3jqmLzUDwak/s288/IMG_2096.JPG"
/></a></p>

<p>Waterfalls in Moran State Park.</p>

<p><a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5219387257330411538"><img
src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SG79DpphKBI/AAAAAAAAAzk/8Lza7oqeM_Q/s288/IMG_2125.JPG"
/></a></p>

<p>Jamey forgot to take his helmet off when he crawled under the bridge to take
this picture.</p>

<p><a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5219392205561005138"><img
src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SG8BjrPoBFI/AAAAAAAAAz4/XedzQweqPYg/s288/IMG_2137.JPG"
/></a> <a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5219411748552325826"><img
src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SG8TVOj2OsI/AAAAAAAAA0c/r6kN5emjO04/s288/IMG_2180.JPG"
/></a></p>

<p>The picture on the left is a dammed lake in Moran State Park.  I really wish I
had a wide-angle lens to capture the whole scene.  The picture on the right is
pure artistic folly.  "Oh, look, I can see my reflection and make myself have a
snail-eye!  My loose hair almost looks like snail feelers!"  I had fun taking
that picture.</p>

<p><a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5219411764198940002"><img
src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SG8TWI2SnWI/AAAAAAAAA0s/DP5x_OF0jSI/s288/IMG_2194.JPG"
/></a> <a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5219425652990800258"><img
src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SG8f-koT8YI/AAAAAAAAA2w/LmKuKzSxzTc/s288/IMG_2257.JPG"
/></a></p>

<p>Capturing sun through the trees in Moran State Park (left) and Sucia Island
(right).</p>

<p><a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5219428191099508194"><img
src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SG8iST0lVeI/AAAAAAAAA30/hd4nuSjxpII/s288/IMG_2350.JPG"
/></a> <a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5219219252454001986"><img
src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SG5kQetmjUI/AAAAAAAAApg/eYvH3P6MQZI/s288/IMG_2390.JPG"
/></a></p>

<p>Sailboat at Sucia Island (left) and child playing by the rocks at East Sound
(right).</p>

<p><a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/saharabeara/20080620SanJuanIslands/photo#5219220914662098738"><img
src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/saharabeara/SG5lxO65RzI/AAAAAAAAAp8/EXXQoqhT6Ug/s400/IMG_2399.JPG"
/></a></p>

<p>We were too tired to ride our bikes up the steep hill to explore the artist's
studio in Eastsound.  Instead we just admired their road-side art.  This was a
bunch of large semi-transparent pinwheels on 5 separate cables.  Watching them
twirl in the wind was fascinating; taking a picture with such high-contrast was
difficult.
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