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Orcas Today: Wednesday, April 23rd

Beginning Guitar Classes
Wednesdays from 3:30-4:30pm at The Funhouse Commons
Spring music classes will run from the beginning of April through the end of May. Instruments provided! Enroll today!  Beginner Violin (ages 5-8 and 7-11), Group Ukele ages (7-11), Beginner Guitar (ages 8-12), and Kids’ Chorus (ages 6-11).

Dia de los Niños Celebration
April 23rd from 3:30-5:30pm at The Funhouse
Everyone is welcome to the Dia de los Niños celebration at the Funhouse. Free food, fun and games celebrating kids! Pinatas, quesadillas, and ice cream!

Bingo at Cafe Aurora
Wednesdays at 5:00pm
Join Cafe Aurora this Wednesday for more silliness.  Bingo is ages 21+.

Buck Park Ultimate Frisbee
Wednesdays from 5:30-7:00pm
Ages 15+.

Adult Drop-In Volleyball
Sunday/Wednesday from 7:30-9:30pm at the Old Gym

Get out and Hike

Cascade Falls Trail – Easy

.25 mile. 130 feet elevation loss The perfectly and naturally framed Cascade Falls are some of Moran State Park’s most well-known and popular natural wonders. The trail to the falls begins just off Mount Constitution road, where parking is available and leads quickly to the Upper Falls. These smaller falls give a taste of what is to come and serve as the source for the gentle stream that flows along the trail down to the Lower Falls. Several promontories above the falls provide excellent photo opportunities and the spray comes all the way up to the trail during the rainy seasons. The trail ultimately winds down to a bridge over the stream, where primitive trails wind through the brush directly to the falls. The water is cold, but when the stream runs low visitors can walk out right under the falls. This sometimes steep but short trail is a wonderful chance for all ages to enjoy natural water wonders on Orcas Island.

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A Bite Of Orcas

New Leaf Cafe – By Simon

On the 40th floor of Heron Tower in London, England, there’s a restaurant called Duck and Waffle. I find the symbolism of being so high up as to be above the competition apt in this situation. As one can imagine there is really only one thing that you can order when dining at Duck and Waffle, and regardless of the time of day it’s always on the menu, the Duck and Waffle. In reviewing the meals of my life I find few that can compare to the meal I had on my visit there. That experience redefined my understanding of sweet-and-savory and began my obsession with the perfect duck confit. Beyond the food, the company (a friend of my cousin who I had not met before and have not seen since), the views, and the moment in time when it took place has burned this experience in my mind and has since become one of the highest numbers on my critical-review-yardstick to which all future meals must be measured against. This however is not the meal I will be discussing in this review. The following review will mark the first non-dinner meal we have reviewed. Since this restaurant doesn’t serve dinner and instead has opted—for whatever reason—to serve…

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