{"id":3279,"date":"2012-07-27T13:54:49","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T21:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=3279"},"modified":"2012-07-27T13:54:49","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T21:54:49","slug":"whidbey-island-excursion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=3279","title":{"rendered":"Whidbey Island excursion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/p>\n<ul>22 July<\/ul>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(3\/10 of my personal blog challenge)<\/p>\n<p>We went to Whidbey Island for the first time! Well, the main point of the trip was to bring the doggies to a off leash beach! How cool! The weather was not exactly sunny&#8230; in fact, it was windy, cold and rainy :\/<\/p>\n<p>Before the trip, we had breakfast at Pomegranate Bistro ( Oh yes, Dave is on clutches as he sprained his ankle)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/13.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"1\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/13.jpg 404w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/13-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/13-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The view was pretty nice.. but not as nice at the Bainbridge Island ferry.. haha.. the whole ferry ride only took 20mins! As we were driving a Honda fit, our price for car+passenger is only $7.75 ( small car category) &#8211; I think we were overcharged several times previously<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/21.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/21.jpg 404w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/21-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/21-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We drove about 10mins to reach the beach.. it is a really nice place! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_5109.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_5109.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_5109\" width=\"408\" height=\"202\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_5109.jpg 408w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_5109-300x148.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_5115.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_5115.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_5115\" width=\"412\" height=\"309\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_5115.jpg 412w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_5115-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alina kindly loan us her dog, Benji.. haha.. and it was the first time BH picked up dog poo&#8230;. heh.. tell me about it &#8211; BH had been talking about getting a dog for the longest time!!! On days like this.. we want a dog \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"3\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/3.jpg 404w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/3-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whidbey island is quite small.. after the beach.. we hang out at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.primabistro.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prima Bistro<\/a> for Happy Hour. I personally feel that their happy hour menu is quite interesting.. there&#8217;s Pig ears , Bone marrow and snails! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/food.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/food.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"food\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/food.jpg 404w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/food-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/food-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a good trip&#8230;.. until we had to board the ferry back&#8230; we started lining up at 5.15pm and only boarded the 6.30 ferry! Long wait~~<\/p>\n<p>BH and I found out that there&#8217;s a no. of dog breeders in Whidbey island! haha..maybe the next time we come over, it will be for our puppy! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>ok.. check out my new aviator sunglasses! cool??!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/new.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/new.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"new\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/new.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/new-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>22 July (3\/10 of my personal blog challenge) We went to Whidbey Island for the first time! Well, the main point of the trip was to bring the doggies to a off leash beach! How cool! The weather was not exactly sunny&#8230; in fact, it was windy, cold and rainy :\/ Before the trip, we &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=3279\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Whidbey Island excursion&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}