This month has flown by. We can't believe it is September already. Not much has happened this last month other than Quentin starting soccer. Now that Labor day is over, Quentin will be going back to school. He is looking forward to that.

Over labor day, my parents came out for three days. I had to plan something that none of us have seen or done, just to mix things up a little. It started off on

Saturday with a trip to the Ape Caves. The Ape Caves are a 12,000 lf lava tube that was caused from an eruption of Mt. St. Helens 1900 years ago. It was discovered in the late 70's by a group of boyscouts, the Ape troop, hence the name. You can go one of two routes, the easy or the difficult. We chose the easy wich takes you in about

1 mile. The temp inside is 42*F year round, a little on the chilly side. It was amazing. On the way back from the caves we pulled to the side of the road and picked marion berries. They are like a cross between rasberries and blackberries. They grow

everywhere and are considered a "weed" to most the natives. We pciked close to 3 lbs and Jennifer made a incredible pie out of them.
The following day I made reservations for a whale watching cruise which departs

from Anacortes, WA. Little did I know it was 40 miles from the Canada border. We left at 4am and it took us 4 hours to get there. Once there we had to picked either heavy coat or suit, Quentin picked the suit. They then loaded you onto their custom

built aluminium boat wich will do around 35-40 knots, it moves you right along. We got front seats and were skimming across the water in no time. We went through the San Juan islands and eventually caught up with three pods of Orcas. We watched them for about 35 minutes and then headed back in. We were out on the boat for about 4 hours.

After that we headed to the property Jennifer and I are buying, took a look around and headed home. We walked in the door about 8:30pm. A LONG DAY!
All in all we had a fun three days. We got to see something new and that's what makes it a good adventure.