With three days left till Summer Break, a quick look-back to Spring Break, where we lived large for a weekend at Semiahmoo Resort up near the Canadian border. It was a quick trip – just a couple of nights – but it felt like the perfect way to tip-toe out of pandemic mode and celebrate our vaccinated status. It helped that it was 70 degrees in Blaine that weekend and this place had a pool. A POOL! I forget how much Juliette loves the water until I see her in it.
And I can’t get her out.
The resort also had a rack full of bikes out front free for the borrowing, so we did a pre-dinner cruise along the spit.
We grabbed dinner to-go and ate on the lawn near the water. Then, rock-skipping.
Lots of rock-skipping.
Some campfire s’mores…
And good night, sun.
Saturday morning was misty and mellow, with blues where there were oranges 12 hours earlier.
Juliette asked to hit the swimming pool at 8am, but we coaxed her into settling for a game of billiards in the common room.
We walked for awhile along the beach, Juliette looking very incognito-celebrity in her sunglasses and hoodie.
Ah, there’s my girl!
We explored the northern tip of the spit, with its old docks and decaying boat.
And then finally hit the pool.
Juliette made a friend and spent an hour jumping into the pool with her again and again and again.
And then pre-dinner recreation back out on the lawn, gaming to our hearts’ content.
Pizza with a view…
Juliette’s cheeks got sun-burned that day and she went to bed whimpering over how hot her face felt. I kicked myself for not packing sunscreen, but…there’s are worse things than a little too much Vitamin D.
I woke up early on Sunday and took a quiet solo walk while Shane and Juliette snoozed.
I felt like I had the spit and the bay all to myself.
I spotted a seal and watched him cut back and forth through the glassy water for awhile before heading back to check on the sleepy-heads.
Juliette and I grabbed a latte and a vanilla steamer and sat on a log while the sun finished rising, savoring the last of the morning’s quiet.
We squeezed in one last game-packed hour before check-out.
And then it was time to pack it up. What a perfect balance of playing hard and resting hard.
Last on our weekend to-do list was hiking hard – we pulled off Chuckanut Drive and set out for a trek up to Fragrance Lake.
Ah…that first glimpse of water on these destination-lake hikes!
And that perfect log to settle into for a snack…
We’ve missed traveling this past year, but gosh, what a weekend getaway can do for a family’s soul.
