Island hop

So on Friday we took off for Vashon Island to see the bicycle in the tree.
We've been wanting to see this for a while. We've been reading a book by Berkeley Breathed, "Red Ranger Came Calling," for a few years. You can read about it and other Berkeley Breathed books here. 
I've blogged about this before, and our excursion to Seattle to see the play based on the book put on by Book-It Theatre. (Lots of fun!!)
You can read more about Book-It Repertory Theatre here.
Since reading the book and seeing the play this Christmas we've talked about exploring Vashon to find the bicycle. Last week Chuck was off, I had a little bit of time, and Lilly was here for a few extra days. It was the perfect time to go.
The weather was awesome! We've had a lot of rain, but Friday was beautiful.
If you ever get to Vashon and want to see the bicycle, go to the left as you exit the ferry and keep going until you come to a stop sign. Stop at the little store on the left side of the road for directions.
We pulled into the parking lot of an old broken down building and the bicycle was in the forest behind that building.
Here's a little tour in pictures:

We love to ride the ferry. 

Almost ready to dock at Vashon.

There's a creek, or mushy wet area, you have to walk over to get to the bike. You can see the back wheel in the tree.

A distant view of the treed bike that was supposed to be a Tweed Bike.

It's real. And old.

Sean was convinced Santa put that bike there.

After getting a good look at the bike it was time for lunch. The nice lady at the little store told us about some food places in town. We ate at Zoomies. The island has a mix of all different types of people, and as you can imagine, some crunchies that I can relate to. I ordered the veggie burger, thank you very much. Oh, and they have good ice cream there too. 

We hung out in town while the kids ate their ice cream and we visited a furniture shop. We've been looking at furniture, so we stopped in to take a look around. The kids loved one of the chairs that is like a bed. We had a tough time getting them out of it.

We had some time before the next ferry so we decided to explore the lighthouse on Maury Island. It was closed. It doesn't open until May, but the beach was great. 

Sean loved it.

Lilly found some ladybug friends.

Sean found some kids to play with.

I found this cool log to photograph.

All of those kids got wet and sandy when these big waves made it to shore. They didn't mind the 60 degree weather and the cold water. They ran through the surf and threw sand at each other for a while. Lilly opted out of that fun.

Luckily I had these pants in the car so Sean could have something dry. Once we got to Tacoma we stopped at a Goodwill to buy a new outfit.

We always have a great time together. It was a perfect day. (Lilly got this pic of Chuck.)

Time in the car.

Lilly.

Sean.