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Last week our families (Kan + Lowe) went to San Juan Islands for our family vacation. It’s home of many killer whales and Shamu is actually from there! I wanted to go there mainly because I want to go whale watching. We did see a whale but not a whole pod of killer whales that I hoped for. Oh well, I guess I can see Shamu at sea world. But overall the vacation was really relaxing!! My favorite part of the trip was sea kayaking, where we saw some dolphins and a seal chasing after a fish.
my mom found a great deal on the internet and we stayed at his beautiful vacation home for 3 days.

the house located near the shore and the view was simply breathtaking…

We arrived at the house during sunset, and the sun was hitting on the dandelions at the perfect angle. It was gorgeous!

and I ‘made’ my sister model for me….haha..

I tried to soak in all the beauty by shooting landscape around the house..

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and I found a heart shaped rock on the porch…

at night we even had a camp fire right in front of the house…

under the starry sky of the great northwest

and here’s a picture of a bald eagle that we spotted while we were on the whale watching tour. Since I don’t have a telephoto lens, I put my binoculars in front of my camera and shot this picture. Obviously the quality sucks, but what can i do. We were on a boat in the sea, and this guy was on the shore.

Kayaking at the great north west is a completely different experience than kayaking in California…and I love it!!

now that I’ve used up all of my vacation days, I have to wait until next year to take a break like this.

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