The Trip is On!

After many days of cleaning, getting rid of stuff, more cleaning, moving, packing and dropping off our extra belongings to our friends, the trip has actually started!  I suppose you could say it started when we left our keys in our apartment and said goodbye to the walls which gave us a home for the last year, but there is another sense of readiness and setting out now that the van is filled only with our trip supplies and we have waved goodbye to the friends who have been our home in the grand state of Washington. 

(a sideways tree growing in Washington Park in Anacortes, WA)

Our first stop has been my home town of Anactores, WA.  It is located in the San Juan Islands and is home to some of the most beautiful scenes this country has to offer.  The hypnotic motions of the Puget Sound, the regal poise of Cap Sante and the gorgeous clear skies speckled with clouds that only an archipelago can produce. 
We met with my brother, Mark Richcreek, late last night and after a cup of coffee and some oatmeal we headed out for a hike aroud Deception Pass, know for its misleading sailors who thought it went straight through.  To me it has always been known for it's curved beaches and epic views.  We then went for a nice dinner over at Washington Park and after a few minutes of messing with the stove, managed to get some quesadillas in our bellies while enjoying a nice beach breeze and a lovely sunset.  After that, Amber and I headed over to Cap Sante and chilled out watching the rest of the sunset give way to an incredibly clear crecent moon. 

(the moon was much bigger and more epic in person.. Still figuring out landscape pictures.)

(Also, a paypal donation button has been created. Not out of an assumption that anyone would want to contribute to our adventure, but because of the urging of others to post it.)