Fourth of July in Bellingham

This year on the Fourth of July, we decided to leave town and find a place where the noise of the fireworks was a little more contained (we live next to a community church which hosts a pyrotechnic display that rocks our world, literally!).  We reserved a dog-friendly suite in a Bellingham hotel, had a leisurely drive up I-5 in the afternoon, and checked in at 3 p.m.  We got settled, had a nice walk and dinner, and enjoyed a quiet evening reading and listening to music.  Polly slept through most of the evening, though you could hear a tiny bit of the fireworks out on Bellingham Bay.  

On the way home the next day, we stopped at Fairhaven, where Don attended college for a year back in 1970.  It's a beautifully renovated old town, and I had fun shopping.