![]() ![]() Bookmark.Įnter your email address to subscribe to Life on Orcas Island and receive notifications of new posts by email. The photos were all taken from 11 PM on, and the brightness in the sky is the moon. I used my son’s iPhone with its amazing night mode function, as I did for the snowy-night posts. I’ve been wanting to post Olga Rising for months now, and my photos just don’t do it justice, so I’ll give you a basic look at it if you haven’t been there yet, and you’ll have to see the rest for yourself. Though the elements tonight were the exact opposite – warm, calm, and silent – the feeling was just as empty and eerie.Īfter capturing the scene from every angle, I turned around and headed back home, accompanied by the distant booms from cities afar, and the alarming night screech of a barn owl. Olga Rising What a Lovely Place edee SeptemLife on a Northwest Island. Orcas Island is the biggest island in the San Juan archipelago, situated in the far northwestern portion of the San Juan County in the US State of Washington. It was as much of a ghost town as it was almost exactly six months ago when I documented Eastsound on two freezing, snowy nights when I walked alone through the howling wind and pelting snow. Not a breath of wind disturbed the water. Eleven o’clock has never looked so beautiful – and eerie, considering what the circumstances should have been if not for COVID. I walked into town under the moonlight and the arrestingly bright night sky. After everyone went to bed, I looked at the moon rising in the sky and decided I needed to be out there, bidding 4th of July a proper goodbye this year before bedding down. Tonight’s walk to the Co-op for some Fruitstix bars, then four-and-a-half episodes of TV shows on the couch and some 10 PM cupcakes just felt a little too anticlimactic for me. The Episcopal Church scoops up free ice cream sundaes for anyone and everyone, and the town settles into the stunning surrounding beauty for a light show fired from a barge in the ocean just past Indian Island. The darkness starts setting in, the band begins to play patriotic songs, and people flock to their friends and families laid out on blankets one after another. After coming back home to hang out for awhile and eat dinner, we walk into town again, weaving between all of the bodies moving toward the Eastsound Beach Green and the beach itself. We usually walk around downtown for a good part of the day, covering the beach and all of the sidewalks, soaking in the energy around us. If you’re planning a trip to Seattle, you should absolutely take a few days to head to Orcas Island. As the name suggests, it’s best known for it’s world-class whale watching, outdoor recreation from hiking, biking, and kayaking. There’s just a vibe in the air on 4th of July that’s unlike any other day – one of, well, freedom, and lightheartedness, and joy. Orcas Island is part of the San Juan Islands, an archipelago in Washington State. Not getting to celebrate it with gobs of people, cheery festivity, happy crowds off work and on vacation, and a feeling of being on holiday without having to go anywhere was something I sorely missed. I was already pretty sure of it all of the other years, but tonight sealed the deal. I realized tonight that 4th of July is one of my favorite days of the whole year. ![]()
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