| For two days I looked like an "expectant
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| | tucked away in reserved cabins opened,
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| father", but I was female. I shuffled
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| | finally, in the late evening. It was a
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| from the ferry, the terminal, and my car,
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| | long first day.THIRD DECEITI became an
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| back and forth. On May 6, 2005 my car
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| | island hopper, but where was the island?
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| sat in line jammed between a new, red
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| | The next morning, my companion, Mutzi and
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| Mercedes with black convertible top and a
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| | I headed out to Whidbey Island over
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| 1973 beat-up International, windows
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| | Deception Pass about forty miles south of
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| curtained with personal belongings and a
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| | the Bellingham ferry terminal. I stayed
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| blue healer pup "arf-ing" inside. This
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| | off Highway 5 taking Chuckanut road.
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| was surely a sign. I should just turn
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| | Just to show how upset I was at
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| around and head back.Like many aboard I
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| | Burlington I hopped on Hwy 5 at exit 231
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| was headed to Juneau, to a "new job" and
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| | just to go to Exit 230 and hit State Road
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| along with two hundred others,
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| | 20. Eighteen miles west from there I saw
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| inconvenienced by the MV Colombia's "new"
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| | Deception Pass. It is deceiving. I
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| engine breakdown. A lot of us were
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| | drove right by Deception Park not seeing
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| having breakdowns on board experiencing
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| | it and continued to the end of Whidbey
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| many kinds of fever; "cabin", "ferry",
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| | Island.The islands are woven together
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| and "terminal" (I mean, ferry
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| | with bridges and highways, further hidden
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| terminal.).FIRST DECEITScuttlebutt
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| | by thick Douglas fir terrain causing part
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| started, "We'll get back to you in four
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| | of the deception. If you look you'll
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| hours." Information bounced from person
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| | find sand dunes, shedding madrona trees,
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| to person, by the time I got it, it had
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| | eagles overhead, clumps of kelp in the
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| really changed. The terminal PA system
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| | bay, many trails, and trees, trees, and
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| didn't work and no one had answers as to
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| | more trees.Even at first discovery in
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| what was going on.During one "false
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| | 1792 Whidbey and Vancouver, master and
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| alarm" that we were actually going to set
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| | Captain seamen were deceived, so it
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| sail a security officer was attacked by
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| | happens to the best and the least of
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| his own K-9. The officer found it
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| | us.FOURTH DECEITDon't be fooled by
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| necessary to provoke the animal. The dog
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| | National Parks Lifetime membership
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| had sniffed the same bags, one too many
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| | packages. You can't get by the Ranger
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| times and lost his focus. Our ID's were
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| | station without paying a $5.00 entry and
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| checked at least eight times everywhere
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| | parking fee even if you have one. You
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| we walked. Those most upset clamored to
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| | might get it back if you drive in, use
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| discuss the issue with local news
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| | the john, and drive out again. Keep the
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| reporters. The hoopla spanned the news
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| | car running and be nice to the
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| wire, as far as I knew, all the way to
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| | attendant.There are interpretive trails
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| Colorado. Could have been further, but I
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| | to explore, an observation deck, and lots
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| have family there, so that's as far as I
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| | of historical information about the
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| really cared.SECOND DECEITFour hours
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| | Samish Indian Nation, Skagits, Haidah
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| after the first announcement another one
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| | raids, Cranberry Lake, Rosario Beach, and
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| filtered in. "We still have an oil leak
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| | more.The awesome bridge with eight-knot
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| in one of the sixteen pistons. The Coast
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| | currents flowing under it is 182 feet
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| Guard won't let us leave." The Colombia
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| | high spanning the gulf between Fidalgo
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| did set off, out to sea, followed by a
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| | and Whidbey. Canoe Island supports the
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| Coast Guard cutter, gone for eight hours,
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| | middle. Summer time crowds are thick
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| returned, and announced, "We're not going
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| | according to Park statistics with over
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| anywhere.""Hoopty", the vehicle behind my
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| | two million visitors yearly, but spring
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| car, I learned was the International's
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| | is just right. There is parking on the
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| name. [Naming a car isn't unusual. I had
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| | bridge for sightseeing and photos.I
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| one named "Betsy" once.] Robert its
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| | learned that around 1848 Isaac Ebey
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| owner and Zip, the blue healer were
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| | claimed land in present day Coupeville,
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| Oregon mountain folk. A sewing machine
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| | one of the oldest towns in the State.
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| sat in the back of Hoopty. Robert and
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| | Ebey was killed and beheaded by the
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| his brother sewed leather duds, so he was
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| | Haidah in 1857. I wondered if he was an
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| expanding this newly organized business.
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| | ancestor of our present day Ebay. That
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| Although, the job he was going to in
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| | Ebey led early pioneers, now this Ebay is
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| Juneau was likely to set sail, as fishing
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| | pioneering. Nebulous, I know,
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| boats do, before he arrived. Robert was
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| | sorry.Mutzi and I shot that day. We
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| worried, if that boat sailed, he'd be out
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| | weren't surprised the MV Colombia still
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| of job and have to live inside Hoopty.
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| | sat at the terminal. Three more times
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| Well, that's what happened. Later he
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| | before boarding our ID's came out. My
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| took another ferry to Anchorage and
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| | car again was parked lost between a big,
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| headed to the Yukon with less space in
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| | honkin' Louisiana truck and a California
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| Hoopty, because Zip had grown.We stayed
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| | SUV pulling a U-Haul; half-full. The
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| the first night, housed on the Colombia,
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| | other half sat on the pavement as a hunt
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| offered free meals and bunked wherever.
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| | for a propane leak continued.
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| Many louder grumblers were now safely
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