Two Schnauz Abroad: A Tuesday Wedding

After two days of driving detox, we headed from Vancouver to Anacortes, Washington for Melodie and Calvin’s wedding; the first of three weddings, on our summer circuit. Karin, Dave, Dan, and their facial hair (not Karin’s) picked us up early on Monday morning, to beat the border rush. Well, not really, that was the plan but who can hold Dan to a schedule; planning is for sissies and those lacking good facial hair.

Being forewarned by our fellow wedding goers, that the border line up was anywhere between 2-4 hours long. We decided to play the Duty free card. This basically entails buying a pack of gum at duty free and using their express lane, to whiz through the border. Turned out the express lane didn’t prove to be very express. So we resorted to Plan B: Boozing in the car, Jägermeister shots to be more specific. This plan proved to be much more efficient. And before we knew it we were at the Anacortes ferry terminal, where 15 or so other guests were also eager to partake in taking pulls of Jagger or the “coffee” game as we called it.

We arrived in Doe Bay (on Orcas) in time to catch the tail end of the rehearsal dinner. This was our first visit to the San Juan Islands, a chain of three islands to the northwest of Washington State. The area prides itself on locally grown produce and an amazing variety of meats and seafood.

The next three days were a blur of great eats*, good friends, and highly rewarding games of kancho. Melo and Cal’s wedding was possibly the sweetest wedding I’ve ever been to. The groom had even made the bride’s dress! (I don’t think you can get any cuter than that).

*yes, that was Justin and I hovering around the oyster bar, like two vultures stalking prey.