Wow... what can i say... the past few weeks have been awesome... my life has taken me from canada... to oregon... to canada again... to yakima and mt rainer... and now to orcas island... all in the span of about two and a half weeks! This time im gonna tell you all about Orcas island... for those who dont know.. orcas island is in the san juan islands which is a group of small islands in the north part of puget sounds up near canada... all that really matters is that is beautiful up there and everything slows down and gets more expensive... Anyway... this trip was all about skateboarding and having a good time... i dont know what it was exactly.. but i know it had something to do with the 4th of july.. bombshelter skateboard shop.. and grindline and a bunch of gnarly hesher dudes who build skateparks... really good ones in fact.. We started off the trip in ballard pickng up some people and filling up the van for the two hour hour and a half or so drive to the island so that we could wait for the ferry for another hour and then ride the ferry for yet another hour... while we waited for the ferry we bombed a short hill near the ferry dock and i watched danny almost eat shit but somehow he ran out of his crash... i dont know how.. but he managed to not die... which is a good thing i suppose... anyway the ferry was FILLED with middle school aged kids going off to camp.. it made me remember back to middle school and all the stupid shit we used to think was fun back then... i wish i could have gone to summer camp, it looks like alot of fun.. anyway from the ferry we headed straight to the park... which is probably one of the best parks you could ever skate at... SO much fun... skated in the heat untill we gave up and decided to find a camp spot and go swimming cuz we heard about a ropeswing.. found a camp spot on this rad lil mtn lake up on mt constitution... found the ropeswing after looking for about an hour... played on the swing... went back and set up camp.. then headed back to the skatepark for a session right before dark... which was rad... nothing like getting drunk with friends and skateboarding and not taking a single photo... it felt good! we then headed back to camp for hotdogs, hookah and a fire and to pass out... DAY TWO... woke up and had to tear down camp cuz our spot was reserved for someone else that night so we had to find a new spot which we did and then went swimming... probably one of the funnest days of swimming ive had in a LONG time.. we jumped off some big cliffs... shot bottle rockets.. drank beer.. talked to girls... and drank more beer... and jumped off more cliffs and trees and things... water is probably one of the most fun things on earth... seeing how it provides us with snow and lakes and rivers... thank you water! hahah anyway we then headed into town... got some pizza... had a pretty interesting moment when some really nice old couple thought we were in a band... and then we explained that we are skaters and a photographer and we basicly drive around in a van to different places and shoot photos... so its kinda like a band... just with less girls... she seemed pretty impressed which gave us a good ego boost... and we headed to the skatepark and jesse came up with a good band name... although i dont know how much the old lady would have liked it... or anyone else for that matter... the band name... "weekend rapists"... its bad... but it was funny at the time... and by no means is it true.. anyway had another good sesh at the park... i still shot NO photos... and LOVED every min of it... talked to mindee which made me halfway temped to jump on the first plane to san fran.. which was a hard toss up cuz orcas is rad... but shes just as rad... anyway... headed back to the camp with some girls who stopped by the park... things got interesting.. i was by no means involved in any of the interesting things that happend so dont anyone worry... but if anyone wants to know the story feel free to ask... its pretty interesting indeed... anyway now that ive dragged on about my pretty boring forth of july trip... ill get to the pictures... if you havnt already scrolled down this far by now anyway... ON WITH THE PICTURES... ENJOY!
FERRY BOAT:
CAMPERS... LOTS OF EM!:
Yeah.. self portriat:
Mtn lake... middle of the night:
What do you do when your drunk.. you like to take photos... and your bored?.... why self portriats of course... heres two more:
Leaving orcas:
Its one of the most beautiful ferry rides in the northwest and whats the first thing they do... play video games:
Mt Baker and the San Juans:
"hey jesse... i had these socks on the whole trip.. and they dont even smell!" YEAH RIGHT!:
See i told you i didnt take any skateboard photos... and you know what... it felt good... it was like a lil vacation.. it was just a fun trip with friends and an all around good time... i need one of those every once in a while... thanks for reading... now im off to bed... my OWN bed.. not a sleeping bag... untill the next time that is!
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