Summer Vacation: Roche Harbor Part 2

Looks like all our contributors are at home eating bbq and not going out to eat in July...

Last year in July I hit Roche Harbor for the national holiday on July 7th, this year I went to visit Carbos sister who is working in Roche this summer. We arrived on Saturday early afternoon and rolled up at Carbo's aunts house who after we enjoyed several bottles of champagne with, decided it was time for a mixed drink, so we hit the fields for some fresh mint.

We enjoyed what I tagged as a "bootleg mojito" which used club soda rather than simple syrup and Carbo who was the mixologist took it upon herself to muddle some blueberries for an even more special drink.

After leaving the comforts of her aunts we headed up to her sister's summer house so she could change before we headed down to the bar and grill for some lunch and more cocktails. Her sister lives in the woods with a bunch of other resort staff. WTF

Next onto Madrona Bar and Grill for some food, this was our first and only meal on Saturday so we got down on a few apps. A dungeness crab and artichoke quesadilla and some buffalo chicken wings. I liked the quesadilla more than the wings, I love fresh crab!!! The wings were a bit spicy and bit too small with barely any meat for me. Apparently they only have fresh seafood and not chickens on the island.


Next up were the drinks, I am pretty positive I wrote about these bloody mary's last year but they are amazing, the shrimp is the perfect touch.

I ended up ordering the chicken tacos which were pretty damn good, the tortillas they were served on were the perfect amount of crispy and salty. For some reason their guac was also quite good, even though it seemed a little too green to be real.


Carbo and her sister both ordered the chili rubbed chicken sandwich on a focaccia roll. I had a few bites of carbos and I will admit it had a nice kick and the chicken was nice and tender.

Towards the end of the meal resort staff and family friends kept showing up and taking seats at our amazing table with a kick ass view of the water.



See you soon, Roche!

Roadside Recovery

Damn, I'm 32 and have never been in a car that has broken down...better yet, never been in a car that broke down on the freeway.



On the way to one of the best weekends I have ever had (aka 7/7/07) me and (who I will now refer to as a close friend) broke down on I-5 north headed to Anacortes to catch the ferry to the islands. We were about 20 miles out of Seattle and broke down on the Mountlake Terrace exit. What happened next will most likely only continue to be funny to me and my friend- so I will keep it short and just say we spent two hours roadside waiting for AAA and a ride. AAA got there before our ride so he offered to take us to the closest restaurant while we waited.



Closest restaurant was Azteca.

I had a beer, chips, salsa, bean dip, and two tacos to go. This all happened in 15 min. I love the chips at Azteca. I love the salsa at Azteca. And my new friend turned me on to the complimentary bean dip they also serve. Who doesnt love ice cold Coors Light after spending two hours on the fuckin freeway? Coors Light is basically an extension of the water family and I was dehydrated. So two tacos, chips, salsa, bean dip and two beers was less than 10 bucks. Good deal.



So back to the story:

We had to get back on the road so we could try to catch the 5:05 ferry. We missed it by 10 min. So we proceeded to the liquor store, drove to the ferry line and began to party until we caught the 8:25 ferry.

I left my house at 12:30pm that day and arrived at our destination about 11pm. Can't say it was all that bad even though I missed out on chillin with my best friend, because I was with her sister so in the end it was still a member of the CarboOverload family.

Thanks for the good weekend fam.