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Cabin on Whidbey makes good getaway

WEEKEND GETAWAYS,
Chapter Two.

From a newspaper classified ad
we found the following: ‘‘Whidbey
Island, a large cabin with all facili-
ties — nice bathroom, large
shower, gas barbecue, big ground-
level sundeck, loft with both king
and queen mattresses, fully equip-
ped kitchen, wood burning stove in
the living room, separate TV

. Froomns (sleeps one or two), another
room with the dinette and a queen
futon.

Bring your own linen — and
clean up when you leave. It’s a five
minute walk to the beach (rocky).”’

It was a cold weekend. Wind
storms knocked out the power for
a few hours and we needed the
woodstove. It was far more effi-

. Gent than the one we have at home
— a log lasted hours and it warm-
ed the whole house.

Don’t expect the Hilton — the
decor is early Salvation Anny.
However, the kitchen i
stocked. -

The price is right: $90 US fora
weckend. _Note, however, that
there are weekly rates only ($300)
during ord and August.

replace anything you may have us-

“When ‘I Jeamed that we were
responsible for clean-up, I bought
big. bottle of my favorite

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Tkere’s a big woodpile and,
Scrub-Free, Marlene,
Blair and I shined the kitchen and
bathroom.

- Tf you are’ interested call Diane
or David Buirs at 263-3436.

We arrived before Marlene and
Blair and, once we arrived, I real-

phone .
come: “We're glad to help out.

You just see that you have a nice
weekend.””

So, we left a key under the mat
— isn’t that original? — and drove
about five miles into the little town
of Coupeville.

1 was starving so we parked and
walked to the first food outlet —
the Harbor Store, situaied cn a
long dock.

We split a delicious d-F sand-
wich and washed it down w.ih two
dark beer — Henry Weinhard’s.

Good stuff if you're a dark beer
lover. The beer was $1.25 a bottle,
and the total bill was $6.95, in-
cluding a sandwich that would
have been far too big for either of

@rian manned it before we ,

us if we hadn’t split it.

On the menu was one of my
favorites — mussel chowder — for
$2.25. Didn't try it — sorry now.
If it’s as good as that sandwich...!

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At the Harbor Store, I bought
one helluva cookbook. Brian
winced at the price — $16.95 US
— but I patiently explained that if
you get only one marvellous recipe
from a cookbook you’re instantly
repaid.

This one appears to be paying
dividends.

travel
wise
Barbara McCreadie

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Look for: San Juan Classics
Cookbook, Janice Veal and Dawn
Asbbach, Island Publishers,
Anacortes, WA.

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Coupeville is a little town. The

main street is about two blocks

_ long, lined with small shops - -and
-boutiques. —

As we drove in I spotted a sign
on the liquor store: Beware of At-
tack Cat. Think I’d miss a chance
to get to know a real warrior?

His name is Maxwell. He
sprawls on the counter, by the cash
register or on any patch of sun he
can find. He isn’t about to turn

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He has no difficulty being owner
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Also, just above the main street,
there’s an odd little Chinese shop.
And, I was so busy writing down
the prices for the few specialities
they serve from the little cafe, i
didn’t write down the name of the
place!

It sells Chinese imports —
dishes, napkins, knick-knacks as
we

Food is served from noon till 5
p.m. The menu is very limiteé —
grab a bite and run. Won Ton
soup is $2.25 (small), $3 (large).
You can get six pot-stickers for
$2.25 or three steamed buns for
$1.35.

You can’t miss it — it’s the only
place in town anything like it. If
you try it, let me know — it looked
good to me.

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This bit has little to do with
Whidbey Island except that’s where
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What’s more, there’s a 13th cen-

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