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Orcas Today: April 26th-28th

Ladies Intermediate Tennis
Monday/Wednesday/Friday from 9:00-11:00am at Buck Park
Free, drop-in, ages 16 and older.

Orcas Library Storytime
April 26th from 11:00am-11:30pm

OPALCO Annual Meeting Festival
April 26th from 3:00-6:00pm at the OPALCO Parking Lot
From swag giveaways to an EV show and informational booths, there’s something for everyone at this co-op member appreciation event! OPALCO’s linecrew will host safety demos and games, showing how they keep our community powered up and safe.  Kids can get their own lineworker hard hat, touch a truck and play in a bouncy house. There will be BBQ and a raffle, where you can walk away with fantastic, valuable, and useful electric prizes.

On Stage at Orcas Center: Into the Woods
April 25th-May 11th
The Brothers Grimm hit Orcas Center’s Main Stage this spring with an epic fairytale about wishes, family and the choices we make: Into the Woods. Directed by Jake Perrine.

On Screen at Seaview Theater: OIFF Spring Mini Fest
April 26th-28th
Join us for an incredible lineup of films all weekend long!  Visit https://www.seaviewtheatreorcas.com/ for more details.

Adult Intermediate Tennis
Saturdays from 8:00am-12:00pm at Buck Park
Free, ages 18 and older.

Independant Bookstore Day at Darvill’s
April 27th from 8:00am-5:00pm
The once a year event where we celebrate our customers and they celebrate us. Raffles for gift card giveaways, Discount coupons, and other delightful shenanigans.

Science Fair at The Funhouse Commons
April 27th from 12:00-4:00pm
Join us at the Funhouse for an amazing Science Fair with free pizza, drinks, music, and community science exhibits!

Orcas Viking Sports
April 27th at 1:00pm
Girls Varsity Softball vs. Mariner High School
Boys Varsity Baseball vs. Mariner High School

Baby Saturdays at Lum Farm
April 27th from 12:00-5:00pm
Lum Farm invites you to celebrate Spring with their newest crop of farm babies with a free baby-viewing and petting zoo event (donations gratefully accepted).  The farm stand is also open during this time.

Annual Bill Yarlott Youth Fishing Derby
April 28th at Cascade Lake at Daybreak
Starting at daybreak, participants will gather at the Cascade Day Use Shelter for a free pancake breakfast to fuel up for a morning of fishing fun. At 11am, the excitement will peak as participants bring their catches to the weigh-in station. Prizes will be awarded for various categories, including biggest fish, best sportmanship, and more.

Pancake Breakfast at The American Legion
April 28th from 8:00am-12:00pm
Join us for pancakes, choice of bacon or sausage, two eggs, and coffee, tea or orange juice!

Indoor Pickleball
Sundays from 10:00am-12:00pm in the Old Gym
$2 drop in enrollment.

Indoor Volleyball
Wednesday/Sunday from 7:30-9:30pm in the Old Gym
Ages 16+, $2 drop in fee.

Get out and Hike

Mount Constitution Loop – Difficult

6.7 miles. 1,490 feet elevation gain and loss For a great exploratory trek across Mount Constitution’s steep eastern face try the Mount Constitution Loop trail. Park at Mountain Lake to commence a steep climb towards the crest of the mountain where the trail will join with the Little Summit to Mount Constitution Trail. Follow the route through wooded hills, with marvelous views of Lummi Island and the Salish Sea, towards the summit and stone tower lookout. Once at the summit, the trail crosses the parking lot and continues down to Twin Lakes, then running south for a shaded woodland hike through the park’s largely undisturbed wooded interior back to Mountain Lake. Ambitious hikers can continue on the Mountain Lake Loop Trail, or cut straight back to the camping area. Make sure to come well prepared for this long, invigorating hike through some of Moran State Park’s most variable and primal terrain.

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A Bite Of Orcas

Orcas Hotel Café – By Howie

I am an American. Those four little words should tell you everything you need to know about how much I love burgers. Okay, not everything, but I hope you get the idea. There’s nothing quite like it: Meat, Toppings, Condiments, Crispy Toasted Bread, mix and match to your liking (yes, I realize I also just described a normal sandwich, but follow me on this one), and chow down! That being said, I do also realize that not all burgers are created equal: a gourmet burger is not a good comparison to a cookout burger, and while I do enjoy both (very much so), when you decide to up the ante and treat yourself to a restaurant, you expect something a bit more on the decadent side. And, I am pleased to report, that (at least) the food given to me by Orcas Hotel Café did not disappoint! Orcas Hotel has a long history of different chefs and restaurant names gracing its doors, but in the new world of Survive the Pandemic (take that however you will) they have opted for a simpler design: small café, small menu, daily specials, lunch, and dinner; no frills, basically. Their entire ordering process for dinner is online so my esteemed colleague and I had to change up our usual rules, and I took his recommendation for the Cheeseburger with Fries while he went with the Burmese Chicken Curry Special (read Simon’s review of Orcas Hotel Café here). Now, my overly simplified palate may suggest that I got the raw…

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