In June, Amber and Lawrence invited us up to Birch Bay for a long weekend at one of their timeshare locations. Birch Bay was nice, but we really enjoyed the neighboring town of Lynden Washington
Lynden is a Dutch themed town in northern Washington state. Near Birch Bay and Blaine Washington
Even the Strip malls have big windmills and Dutch facades
What we really loved was the Lynden Museum. The town really put their skills and incredible collections together for one of the best small town museums we've ever seen.
Ever exhibit was a scaled down structure of a farm, pioneer house, Victorian parlor, forties coffee shop fully complete with working 1920's refrigerator, etc..
A huge collection of carriages, sleighs, and surreys with the fringe on top
The best part was the scaled down replica of Main street in the 1920's
Every building first and second story is packed with original artifacts that belong in the City Drug, Lynden Dept. store, dentist office, train station, fire dept., church, etc.
And on our way out of town we stopped in at the wayside church for a little prayer of thanks for such a great trip.
