New Tires!

Well, our plan had been to take a ferry over to the San Juan Islands today, but the weather was pretty cold and rainy so we decided to head back inland for the day. Before doing so, we treated ourselves to a lazy morning and some make-your-own waffles at the hotel. They were so fun to make that I even hooked Phoenix up with one :)

View from the breakfast area of the hotel in Anacortes

Our next order of business was to get new tires for my car, ones that would be fit for Alaska! We found some ATs with a good warranty and had those installed. It took a while, so we shopped a little and got some Thai food for lunch. It was still pouring down rain, so by the time we got back to the car we looked like drowned rats - lucky for Phoenix he got to stay in the car and was annoyed, but warm and dry!

After picking up my car from the shop, we didn't really know what to do. One plan was to drive around the Olympic Mountains, but the weather was so bad we figured the visibility would be too low to make it worth it. We were fairly close to Everett so we decided to play around there for the afternoon. Made several attempts at finding a beach access point, but everything was either closed, or it was raining too hard to get out when we got there. We did find a cute neighborhood park to let Phoenix stretch his legs.

My beefy new tires!

Despite having slept like a baby last night, we were both ready to call it a day around 6:30. Got a room near the highway, ate some left over Thai and watched some crime shows on tv. I'm now looking over the map and waiting for my laundry to finish up downstairs.