Hello all.  We returned safely from our vacation.  We had a great time traveling along the Cascade Loop, the Mount Baker Scenic Byway and a brief stint on the Mountain Loop Scenic Highway.  This last part didn’t work out so well since we had to travel for an extended period of time on a gravel […]

Here’s the picture I took last weekend of Shadow Lake. Also note the sky.  This was going to be my Saturday Sky photo from last week.  Oh well. Today we are heading north to Monroe, Washington and visiting the Evergreen State Fair.  From there we’ll be driving across Steven’s Pass and heading toward the town […]

Earlier today we went to the Seattle Aquarium.  I would show you pictures but my child was a wee bit overstimulated by the whole experience so all of our pictures are a blur.  My interpretation:  we saw otters and seals and starfish and lots of fish.  Anna Grace’s interpretation:  "wa wa", "wa wa", "wa wa".  […]

I did not take my child hiking again.  I took her on a nature walk.  It was a bit more successful although somebody wanted to be carried most of the way back. We went to hike the Skookum Flats trail which is a very easy walk that goes along side the White River.  We only […]

We spent the day exploring Mount Rainier National Park and surrounding areas.  We drove across Chinook Pass and saw nothing due to the fog.  We headed across Cayuse Pass… which I didn’t realize we were…er… passing… until we’d already…. passed it.  Then we went down to Ohanapecosh (sp?) visitors center and took a hike to […]

Wednesday I lost my  mind.  I had what I thought was a brilliant idea.  I would take my toddler on a hike.  By myself.  I picked out a trail that was listed as easy.  In the interest of full disclosure I should tell you that I actually picked out two hikes and thought that we […]

Yesterday we took Anna Grace to the Woodland Park Zoo up in Seattle.  Most of our "file footage" for the day  was on the video camera but I did get 2 good photos. AG pretending to be a butterfly Butterflies enjoying a little buffet on the Buddelia bush. I  checked but I had not even […]

For a few weeks we have been reading about an area called Green Lake.  We discussed it back and forth.  It seemed like a great idea.  There were not one but two waterfalls and at the end you could relax around this beautiful alpine lake.  Best of all, every resource listed as an easy hike.  […]

Anna Grace has issues with snow.  She refuses to walk on it, thinks it feels funny, etc.  Lately I have not been allowing her to avoid the stuff.  Anytime we’ve had to walk across a small patch (i.e. up at Mowich Lake, up by Chinook Pass) I’ve made her go forward on her own two […]