I am proud of myself for withholding judgment for as long as I did, which is to mean that it lasted for the whole ten minutes it took for the ferry to reach the dock. Remember I came into this whole experience thinking it was an expensive destination and, from the dearth of budget things-to-do-and-see and must-try restaurants online, a boring one as well.
Having grown up on Oahu in Hawaii for the first two-thirds of my life, there was a tenable sense of familiarity as we stepped ashore onto the island. The residents knew each other by name and possessed a laid-back attitude. Everyone seem to be concerned that the dog of a fellow diner at Haleys Sports Bar and Grill, where we had our first meal and would set the tone for our culinary escapades, did not wander off into the street and get run over. The touristy part of Friday Harbor, the main town on San Juan Island, was just a few small blocks and could be all leisurely seen in about an hour; two hours max had it not been for the Pandemic closing a lot of the shops down or reducing their hours.
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