Friday, July 15, 2022

13 July 2022 Orcas Island: Olga and the East Side


Google maps can be deceiving, there may be a name on the map but there is not necessarily a town on the ground where that name is located.  There was a Doe Bay, on the far eastern side, but the resort area was closed off due to a private event.  All we got to see what a fire house which is where we had to turn around.  There was a town called Olga but besides an Art Gallery there was nothing but houses.  The Art Gallery was very nice and there were some 40 artists in the co-operative.  Leslie found a book mark to mark the spot.  We drove to Obstruction Pass State park and the washboard dirt road was so bad that turned around.  We have not seen such a bad road since we drove the back roads of Missouri.  I ended up driving around 5 MPG to minimize the shaking of our kidneys.  We were gob smacked to see an open top roadster from thew 30’s drive out of a drive way in front of us and zoomed off, on the bad road, like it was nothing.  Later we saw a car that had its body removed and a boat hull attached!  It also drove off at a high rate of speed.  They have the oddest cars here.  Continuing our explorations, we went to Rosario Point.  Lots of entertainment here, mostly we got to watch some awkward boat maneuvering.  We stopped off in Eastsound to see some of the town and we were delighted.  We saw three small children busking with violins.  We stopped in various shops and got beer and sundries.



Nice view of the rocky top


Fire house in Doe Harbor, "Burning Closed" sign is enigmatic


Mud slide that took a boat from up hill or a big wave that plopped it here?


Art at the gallery in Olga


Lizards!


6 foot crab


Lots 'o Poppies


It is so pleasant to see so many flowers everywhere


My fine traveling companion


Gas, deisel, and pump out possibilities all listed on this map


Rosario Point


Lots of historic building on this point


Tay Berries, Blackberries and Blueberries abound


The whole family playing for us


Oops, where is the other half?


The wine shop had fun drinking enough to get a door of corks


Yellow green daisies


Bells made from old scuba tanks


Everlasting Peas!


yet another grand vista on Orcas Island


Back to the Enchanted Forest we go




It has been 39 days since we began our Migration.