Reflecting on La Conner: My Skagit summer vacation
August 16, 2023

Chloe Peterson
CANNOT BEAT THE VIEW – Or, not quite Seattle writes Chloe Peterson, the beneficiary of a month of housesitting above Snee Oosh Road and daily sunsets across Skagit Bay. Great to have friends near La Conner, eh?
There is truly no gig greater for a college student than housesitting.
Instead of spending my July in a tiny I-5-adjacent apartment where, if I open my windows I'm greeted by the cacophony of cars streaming past, I resided in lovely La Conner where, outside my windows, I could hear waves on the bay and view bald eagles and the occasional cat fight.
Let's back up a little bit though, so I'm not just a name at the top of an article. My name is Chloe Peterson, I'm a junior at the University of Washington and I work as a photojournalist for both the UW Daily and, this past month, freelancing...
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