Eating our way to Fairhaven

Our kids love an unplanned adventure, and so do we.  Despite the downpour, we all packed into the car, cranked on the Wiggles tunes and headed north with a general sense of what we wanted to see, fall color, but no idea just where to see it.

Before we knew it, we were exiting I-5 and heading to LaConner with a quick stop at Skagit River Produce, where we picked up organic Honey Crisp apples for $1.50/pound, some of the sweetest corn at 5/$1.00 and met two (Brownie and Maggie) sweet labradorfs (as our little guy calls them), one of whom peels her own corn and eats the kernels off, leaving a very clean cobb.

With a brief stop in LaConner for nourishment we were off to Chuckanut Drive on our way to Fairhaven.  On the way, we passed through thet tiny town of Edison, where the bakery (neither my wife nor her family has ever driven by a bakery without stopping) pulled us in like a magnet.  Two loaves of bread later, we were back on the road only to stumble upon Taylor Shellfish Farms' tiny little store front down a one lane road, nestled on Samish Bay.  Two pounds of mussels and a dozen Kusshi oysters later, we were finally getting closer to Fairhaven and the famous double-decker bus, home to some of the best fish and chips in the Pacific Northwest.

The last time we had visited the Fairhaven Fish & Chips bus was years ago, so it was fun to introduce the kids to an old favorite spot. Summed up, the day was a great one. We saw some of the beloved spots we hadn't seen in years, and were thrilled when the kids had a positive response as well. The long car ride went surprisingly well with minimum fuss, and the kids even embraced the "assignment" of drawing pictures when they got home of some of the things they saw during  the day.  We're looking forward to our next family adventure day... and this time the kids are, too.