Sunday inadvertently turned into Waterfall Day.  We went to the national park and headed up to Paradise.  I wanted to see all the wildflowers in bloom.  Oops.. that apparently doesn’t happen for another few weeks.  Paradise still had 25 inches of snow.  That said it was quite warm up there (mid 70’s).  Another oops…. whose […]

Yesterday we went to Seattle to do tacky tourist things.  For Father’s Day we printed out information on many of the lake cruises/harbor cruises….and we also printed out info on The Ducks…against my better judgement…. and let my father-in-law pick one as his father’s day gift.  He chose the ducks. The Ducks are amphibious vehicles […]

Although the weather was clear on our last visit to San Juan Island, we were unable to see Mount Baker.  Things were much different this weekend. Mount Baker from San Juan Island Mount Baker from the ferry

Today.  June 29th.  Guess what opened up??!!!??  The Mowich Lake entrance to Mount Rainier National Park.  Worth the wait?  You bet! Unnamed waterfall beside the road.  This is about 1 mile from Mowich Lake. Mowich Lake.  Note the snow on the ground.  This was taken from the  south side of the lake.  If you go […]

I wrote this post and another one on Sunday and set up for them to post this week.  Didn’t happen.  Not sure why.  Anyway….. We stopped at a lavender farm on Saturday.  The scenery was beautiful, the fragrance was beautiful.  Good times. Good times. If you look just above the tree line you can see […]

Lime Kiln is apparently known as a place for spotting Orcas this time of year.  I was hopeful but no luck.  We were there at the wrong time.    Oh well.  Anna Grace enjoyed running down the path toward the lighthouse and we all enjoyed the scenery (OK… Maybe not Anna Grace). Those are the […]

We had a great time visiting San Juan Island this weekend.  Sue  and I were going to try to meet up but  it wasn’t working out on both sides.  Then right before we left we went to eat lunch at a little cafe in town.  As I  am standing outside after we’ve finished eating I […]

Here are  some photos from our Father’s Day excursion to the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field.  Dana says he thinks that spaceship thingie is a stealth. Anna Grace channels her inner Amelia Earhart. I love this picture!!!! Anna Grace and Daddy Air Force One: the "air force one" for Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson Exiting […]