Oh my, breakfast pie…
Yesterday morning I did something quite unusual. I popped out of bed and rattled the pots and pans to make a “fancy” breakfast for the household since it was MOC’s last morning in Seattle. 
Behold, Zucchini Pie! It’s basically a Weight Watchers’ recipe, but I used my new Carbquik baking mix that I ordered from CarbSmart. Veggies, eggs, parmesan cheese, almond milk, baking mix, and voilá! I also gave everyone a crumbled bacon option – I told you this was a fancy breakfast!
Our plan was to put MOC on the train to Portland and then continue south to catch the ferry to Anderson Island. Chris and I have a fantasy of having a small waterfront cabin somewhere to get away to on the weekends, but for a while all we can afford to do is look. It was a fine day for looking!
There’s nothing more fun than driving off a ferry and having no idea where you’re going or what you’re looking for. After all, when it’s a small island you can’t get too lost or into too much trouble. Plus you get to discover cool things like hidden dog parks and hear hawks tracking their prey. We saw plenty of houses we couldn’t afford and even drove by the one we could:
Before you Oooooh and Ahhhhh and break out your calendar to plan a stay with us, let me point out that behind that lattice is a 1940′s travel trailer that the house is built “onto” (and not in a good way). Normally we’d be all about the travel trailer, as we were totally jazzed about the idea of living on this when we saw it:
That, my friends, is a grounded ferry. Sorry for the blurry photo but it was across the bay from us. If you look closely, you can see that there’s a travel trailer ON the ferry deck! We figured if that travel trailer had a 1950′s Airstream inside of it, it would be the Turducken of recreational vehicles. Can you imagine living on an old ferry? We were giddy with the possibility, but it was not for sale. 
Photographing car eats was not easy since Cady was with us, but while waiting for the ferry I had one of the best hot dogs I’d ever had. I’m sure it would have gone missing if I’d set it down to get out my camera. I wish I knew what kind of hot dog it was since it tasted maple-y. A rare delicious treat! That and Smart Food got us through the day.
This week brings a Blogger meet-up and only one more week of Amber’s July BFC challenge. How did it get to be August already?
Ooh, you guys should get a houseboat! Portland has quite the selection…
Oh MP, you have no idea how much we’d love a houseboat! We rented one on Lake Union last year for Chris’ parents, and it was the BEST! Let us know if you know of someone who’s selling!
What fun! A houseboat! Glad you and MOC had fun and that she left intact
Bummed that she’s got a billion other friends to visit as I got to the desert tonight and wanted to get together with her at some point!
Nom, maple hot dog- I didn’t even know they existed!
That houseboat looks pretty cool… except it looks like it’s kinda buried in the trees. Like you’d step out on the deck to enjoy the morning air and get a mouthful of pine needles!
The tomatoes in that pie look luscious!
That photo’s at a bit of a weird angle. The ferry is beached on the sand but still in the water. That grassy area is in the foreground. Believe me, I was so tempted to be one of those folks to just knock on their door and ask, “Can we see your ferry?” but how sick of that do you think they are?
I just love the shot of your dog in that photo…so cute!