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>>> WELCOME BACK. WE ARE ISLAND HOPPING AGAIN
THIS MORNING AS WE TAKE YOU TO
FIVE ISLANDS IN FIVE DAYS.
>> YESTERDAY WE WENT TO ORCAS
ISLAND AND TODAY WE ARE TAKING
YOU TO WHIDBEY ISLAND.
TRUCK YOU CAN ACTUALLY DRIVE ON
TO WHIDBEY ISLAND IF YOU COME
ACROSS DECEPTION PASS OR YOU
CAN CATCH A FERRY.
WHIDBEY ISLAND IS THE LARGEST
ISLAND IN THE LOWER 48 STATES.
>> I WISH THE FERRY RIDE WAS
ALWAYS THIS FAST.
YOU HAVE GOT TO CHECK OUT THIS
LITTLE TOWN CALLED LANGLEY.
>> APPARENTLY EVERYBODY THAT
COMES HERE NEEDS TO STOP BY THE
START STORE.
START STORE. >> I BET THEY NO MORE ABOUT
LANGLEY THAN ANYONE ELSE.
>> WE WERE TOLD THAT WE NEEDED
TO COME TO THE START STORE.
>> WE ARE CELEBRATING 35 YEARS.
THERE IS JUST A BIT OF
EVERYTHING IN HERE.
>> WE ARE JUST IN LOVE WITH OUR
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO CARRY AS MUCH AS WE
CAN FOR VISITORS AND OUR
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. >> EVERYTHING THAT IS HERE IS
ORGANIC.
ORGANIC.
ORGANIC. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
THAT HAVE BEEN HERE OVER 25
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE STARTED
OUT WITH THEIR FIRST JOB RIGHT
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. >>
HERE. >> THERE IS THIS REALLY COOL
THING I WANT TO SHOW YOU.
THERE ARE THESE STEPS THAT TAKE
YOU ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE
WATER IN LANGLEY.
AT LOW TIDE YOU CAN THROW
ROCKS.
ROCKS.
ROCKS. IT
ROCKS. IT IS FREE.
>> SO WHEN YOU ARE ON AN ISLAND
YOU HAVE GOT TO GET CLAM
CHOWDER.
CHOWDER.
CHOWDER. SO LET'S GO TO COUPEVILLE.
ONE THING ABOUT WHIDBEY ISLAND
IS THERE ARE SOME GREAT FARMS.
THIS IS ECKHOLM FARM . THIS IS
THE ORIGINAL FARMSTEAD CABIN
THAT WAS BUILT AROUND 1910.
IT WAS HANDCARRIED BOARD BY
BOARD HERE.
BOARD HERE. THERE IS ONE RIGHT THERE.
I CAN REACH IN AND GET THE EGG.
>> THERE'S ONE.
SHOULD WE GRAB IT?
>> THIS IS GOT TO BE THE
FRESHEST EGG I HAVE EVER
TOUCHED.
TOUCHED.
TOUCHED. I HAVE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE.
>> WILL HELLO.
>> THESE WILL SIT OUT HERE IN
THE RAIN OR SNOW.
>> AND YOU HAVE BEES?
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> I'M READY TO GO HANG OUT
WITH SOME BEES.
ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?
>> I WENT AHEAD AND GOT A PHD
AT THE AGE OF 40 IN ENTOMOLOGY
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.
>> ARE YOU OKAY OVER THERE?
>> THEY STARTED EXPANDING ON
THE LID.
THE LID.
THE LID. AND THAT IS OKAY.
>> WE DO ABOUT 1-1.5 TONS OF
HIGHWAY.
HIGHWAY.
HIGHWAY. WE ENCOURAGE VISITORS TO COME
SEE US.
SEE US.
SEE US. CALL OR EMAIL TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE AROUND AND AVAILABLE.
>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH.
THIS WAS SO MUCH FUN.
>> THAT REALLY FEELS LIKE IT IS
FURTHER AWAY THAN IT IS.
>> WE HAD SUCH A FUN DAY THERE.
>> IT WAS GREAT.
AND WE REALLY JUST SCRATCH THE
SURFACE.
SURFACE.
SURFACE. SEND US SOME PICTURES OF YOU
HEAD OUT THERE AS WELL.
>> I LOVE THAT PEOPLE HAVE
WORKED THERE FOR 25 OR 30
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. >>
YEARS. >> A LOT OF THEIR EMPLOYEES,
THEY STARTED WORKING THERE
FIRST JOB THERE AND THEN THEY
JUST STAYED THERE.
IT IS SUCH A STAPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. >> WHEN WE HAD THE WINTER
STORMS AND ALL OF THE POWER WAS
OUT