The reward...

An early trip yesterday, a late trip today.  I'm working out of Roche Harbor more, so I have a regular "commute."  It's a 10 1/2 mile trip from parking lot to parking lot, mostly 45 mph speed limit (some portions less)... it really makes me miss the scooter.  It's a very pretty, mostly wooded, winding 2-lane.  Yeah, it would be perfect for a scooter.  (Sigh)

The road passes the San Juan Vinyards...

... open pastures and wooded hills.  By an oyster farm, and when you see a small airport on the right, you are at Roche Harbor.

Like many commutes, you deal with parking.  Roche is a resort - weekends are especially busy.  Coming back to Friday Harbor, as liveaboards, we park in a permit area.  The permit doesn't guarantee you a parking space... as the marina manager put it, "It guarantees you the right to get in the fight for a parking space."  Rarely is it a problem, but when the local yacht club has festivities (weekends, of course), the lot can fill up.

When I work out of the Friday Harbor office, my commute is a 5 minute walk up the docks.  ;-)