Went to Orcas Island and Got a Ceiling Fan!

We went up to Orcas Island for a few days to a great place called West Beach Resort.  It was our first over night trip with both Keaton and Manny and it went very well!  TJ, Manny and I came here a few years ago an had a great time.  The weather wasn't as nice this time but that didn't stop Manny and Keaton from going in the water.

Boston Terrier's are not usually swimmers but Manny sure is (Manny is the tiny dot in the middle of the water in the pictures).

Here's some pictures from our visit in May 2010. As you can see Manny loved the water as much then as he does now.

Keaton was tough enough to brave the cold water.  He was also really good about holding my hand!

The San Juan Islands are pretty famous and are a really beautiful place to visit.  But they are not the easiest place to get to and its pretty remote once you get there.  We had no cell phone coverage, no TV, no email, no Facebook.  There are no stop lights on Orcas Island, only 3 gas stations and no fast food that I saw (or Starbucks).  We spent one night watching some home video's from when I was a baby, which was pretty cool and inspired us to make more video's of Keaton.  Of course this required us to tap into modern technology to watch the video's-we couldn't stay away from it for even one night!  We decided that while Manny loved all the nature (birds, bunnies, deer, cows, sheep, etc.) he is definitely a city dog because nature got him too excited and required us to restrain him every time he saw something interesting.

The captain of the ferry.....and soon to be famous Mr. Keaton.  A writer for the Seattle Times was doing an article on visiting Orcas Island and he took a picture of Keaton for his article.

There was one good thing that came out of the bad weather....we came home earlier than planned so TJ decided to put a ceiling fan in Keaton's room.  He is obsessed with them and just thinks they are the greatest thing ever! He instantly spots them where ever he goes.  Now he wakes up each morning with a big smile on his face because he's looking at his ceiling fan!