When I awoke at 0500 hrs there wasn’t any fog.  However, based on the past few days, I figured the fog would sock in around 0700 hrs, so I went back to sleep.  When I awoke at 0600 hrs, the sky was still clear.  Fooled me.  I jumped up and managed to get on the water by 0745 hrs.   I wanted to do some exploring ashore, so headed for the launch ramp and hauled my kayak up above the tide line before setting out up the road.  

With my lousy sense of direction, I always worry about getting lost, so I was pleasantly surprised to find street signs.

And, apparently there must be a school on the island.  I had no idea there were that many full-time residents on Lopez.

We had wondered whether the houses had to have generators, but apparently they are supplied with metered electricity, and I spotted this water tower.  Doesn’t look like they rough it too much.

From the water, you don’t see many houses, but I found quite a community hiding among the trees.

This place had a vegetable garden, complete with a well-dressed scarecrow; and they had a few chickens.  Their zucchini seems to be doing very well.

The properties are a mixed bag. Some people have built lovely homes on their lots; but, some lots have nothing but a fifth-wheel parked on them.  I loved this steel gate with decorative crab cutouts.

The roads are quite steep in places, which made walking difficult in my kayaking boots.  Tomorrow I’ll bring a pair of walking shoes and explore further.

On the way back to the boat I spotted this boat with a lovely hanging basket of petunias.  I miss my petunias.  Apparently, the woman on this boat said,  “If you want me to go boating, my petunias and veggies are going with me”.

When I got back to the boat, Al spotted this deer feeding beneath the deck of one of the nearby homes.