I spent a lovely, long weekend in Coupeville on Whidbey Island, hanging out with Neal and my mom after her surgery. The procedure went well and the recovery even better. I had an easy, lovely time. I felt very virtuous getting up at dawn - choosing to ignore that it was already 30 minutes into the work day back home. Penn Cove is beautiful and Mt. Baker was even "out" for a couple of sunny days.