{"id":4527,"date":"2023-07-19T13:50:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T18:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/?p=4527"},"modified":"2023-07-19T13:51:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T18:51:18","slug":"birthday-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/?p=4527","title":{"rendered":"Birthday # 34"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A morning stroll in this temperate climate is a treat. Texted my husband that hey, we could live here! With the WGA\/SAG AFTRA on strike and Hollywood shut down, he could hang a Gone Fishin&#8217; sign on his business and we could rent a place for a couple of months to see how we like it. Just putting it out there.<br>&nbsp;<br>Hit up the Iron Rooster for croissants and two peach pies (our contribution to dinner at the fire station),  dropped everything off at the Airb&amp;b, and checked out Julia&#8217;s other community garden plot, which is dedicated to flowers; roses, dahlias, scabiosa, and bachelor buttons. A neighboring rooster was indignant we were so near his territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/root-root.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The ladies visited my favorite yarn store, <a href=\"https:\/\/spincycleyarns.com\/\"> Spin Cycle,<\/a> where I picked up a skein of Twilight Honey and Robin picked out a mohair and DK wool in beautiful icy lavender that matches her puffy ski jacket.  I can&#8217;t wait to knit her a classic beanie in this dreamy color (matching pompom not shown).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"285\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yarn-285x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yarn-285x350.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yarn-834x1024.jpg 834w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yarn-768x943.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yarn-1251x1536.jpg 1251w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yarn-1668x2048.jpg 1668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Next, we swung by Fanatik for a bike part for Parker and Robin scored a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fanatikbike.com\/collections\/all\/products\/fanatik-galbraith-map-tee?variant=32790816161838\"> tee shirt with the Bellingham area bike trails<\/a> on the back. So cool and in the true spirit of the place.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sunflower-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sunflower-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sunflower-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/feret2-1-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/feret2-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/feret2-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I went back for a rest while Robert checked out local flora (sunflowers) and fauna (ferret). I liked the sidewalk busker soundtrack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/busker.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Robin and Julia visited the local museum and found the top floor packed with enough taxidermied birds to satisfy Audubon, including an entire Hogwarts&#8217; post office worth of owls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_5819.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Afterward, they checked out the vendor tents at the Northwest Tune-up mountain bike festival. Julia hung from handlebars, a stunt that qualified her for a drawing for a pricey piece of mountain bike gear. She also scored the best time for women entrants. if you think this is impressive, you should watch her scamper up sheer boulders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_5815-263x350.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_5815-263x350.jpeg 263w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_5815-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_5815-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_5815-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_5815-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 6 pm we rendezvoused for dinner at Fire Station 6 and took another station tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-default\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 30%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>When I asked Parker the name of the big area that holds the trucks, he did this. <\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/appbay-1-340x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4631 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/appbay-1-340x350.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/appbay-1-995x1024.jpg 995w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/appbay-1-768x790.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/appbay-1-1493x1536.jpg 1493w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/appbay-1-1990x2048.jpg 1990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/aaargkva6-263x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/aaargkva6-263x350.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/aaargkva6-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/aaargkva6-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/aaargkva6-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/aaargkva6-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_5332-263x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_5332-263x350.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_5332-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_5332-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_5332-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_5332-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We took some family photos in the App Bay, which is the cleanest room you can imagine. Every inch of the vehicles gleamed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The captain was welcoming and hospitable, a genuinely nice man.&nbsp;We met the crew; all smart, skilled men who exuded decency.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They made the dinner, we brought the pie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A morning stroll in this temperate climate is a treat. Texted my husband that hey, we could live here! With the WGA\/SAG AFTRA on strike and Hollywood shut down, he could hang a Gone Fishin&#8217; sign on his business and we could rent a place for a couple of months to see how we like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bellingham","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/rooster.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7OBxc-1b1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4527"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4659,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4527\/revisions\/4659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}