Over the 4th of July weekend, we decided to take a trip up to Whidbey Island, for a few reasons:

1. It is close, only an hour or so away (including ferry time), so it was easy on my back for travel.…

Private fireworks are banned in Seattle. You could go to jail. And piss us off. And stop us from sleeping - you were going all night, after all, for the last 4 nights or so. And scare all of the…