We ventured north today to cross the Canadian border. The border patrolman was shocked that our license plate was from TN. He was also surprised to hear that we were just crossing to say we had been to Canada and to get lunch. Our first stop was to get some Canadian money so we could eat lunch. It was plastic!…
The city of Leavenworth goes all out with Christmas lights for the season. It’s a little east of us and we have to go up and over a mountain pass to get to it. The ski slopes at the top of the mountain have only been open for about a week and there were lots of people skiing. When we…
We hopped on a ferry first thing this morning to head to Orcas Island. It is the largest of the San Juan Islands. We got to see the sunrise while in the ferry. We made it to the island and thought just maybe the sun might come out. It didn’t. Once we saw a sliver of blue sky but it…
Today we ventured into the city of Seattle for the day. We wanted to take advantage of a relatively clear day to go up in the Space Needle. Luckily traffic wasn’t too bad and we didn’t have a problem at all finding parking. We also visited Pike Place Market. It reminded me a lot of the open air Market in…
Today we got up early and headed back towards the park. Our first stop was a hike to Marymere Falls. Marymere Falls It was a nice quiet hike that was about 2 miles round trip. It was pretty cold and very wet, but luckily not raining. Crescent Lake This trail was right at Crescent Lake which was on our list…
This weekend we ventured across the Puget Sound to check out Olympic National Park. The park covers a lot of ground and with limited daylight, we allowed ourselves 2 days to sightsee. Saturday, we got up at the crack of dawn to head to the ferry terminal to start our trip. We got on the first ferry so that we…
Once again, it was a beautiful day! We made a kinda last minute decision to make the trip to the northern side of Mt St Helens since the weather forecast for the higher elevations calls for snow all week. They may start closing roads and we may not get another opportunity to get up there. The visitors centers and rest…
We wanted to take advantage of some nice weather today to return to the North Cascades National Park. They will be closing parts of the Cascade Highway as the snow comes in, so we wanted to get to a couple of places before that happens. Our first stop was a Bald Eagle Natural Area. This area is supposed to be…
This weekend we went back to Seaside to visit with our friends. We couldn’t have asked for better weather while we were there. We started Saturday with a nice long walk around town and on the Promenade. After soaking up some much needed sunshine, we headed back to our room for a quick nap before meeting up with our friends.…
We made it to North Cascades National Park. The water in the rivers and lakes here were so green! We walked up a short walk to check out a waterfall. The water coming down this fall was crystal clear ice blue colored. It almost didn’t look real. We drove up to Diablo Lake but the clouds and the rain…