Hey guys! We thought we'd post a few quick photos of our first day's adventures :) The backdrop for all of our adventures has been the Cascade and Olympic Mountains, of course:

We went hiking in the Skagit Wetlands this morning and saw some cool birds, including this short-eared owl:
And some bald eagles too! This is a juvenile, so he doesn't have the coloration down quite right yet:
Do you see the momma bird in the nest?
A whole field of snow geese!
Then a car drove by and spooked them...
...all of them!
Next, we went to Anacortes to catch a ferry to the San Juan Islands! This is a view of another ferry on it's way back (we figure we must've looked the same)
When we finally made it to Orcas Island, there was another ferry blocking the dock! So we waited.
After checking into our house, we went hiking in Moran State Park and found some waterfalls!
...bigger than anticipated. (Do you see us getting wet?)
Pat's becoming very professional with his photography (all of the pros wear their hats backwards and have one muddy knee and beautiful models for their pictures, we've heard)
Shot of T & P taking a well-deserved break in front of Cascade Lake.
(If you think that's cute, you should see the next picture in the series where Pat's trying to push Theresa in...)

That's all for now! We're having a blast but we miss you all of course. Will post more pictures later :)