For quite a while we knew we wanted to move out of Seattle, so that Sam and Arla could grow up in a smaller town, and were we could be more involved in the local community and school. We looked around Whidbey, Bellingham, and several other area, but finally decided on Orcas Island.After a couple months of looking around on the island, we finally found a 2.2 acre parcel on the top of Pioneer Hill, that had a Doe Bay Water membership, and a 3 bedroom drainfield already installed. It was very overgrown, but we thought it had a lot of potential, and the price was reasonable. We took the plunge with the goal of moving to Orcas when Arla started Kindergarden, in September of 2007.
