Late Sunday afternoon we headed over to the Carbon River entrance of Mount Rainier National Park.  It was nice and sunny for the first time in several days so we thought it would be a good time to have a picnic dinner and then hike over to Chenuis Falls.   To get to the falls you […]

In the national forrest leading up to the Chinook Pass entrance of Rainier National Park there is a campground and picnic area called The Dalles.   In this park there is a short trail called the John Muir Trail (no relation to the big John Muir Trail) that winds through an old growth forrest and along […]

We had great views of all the mountains during our trip.  Last time we were on San Juan Island we had clear skies but still were not able to see Mount Baker.  This trip we had great views of the mountain from the ferry and from the island. Mt. Baker as seen from San Juan […]

We found a lavender farm not too far from the state park.  The fields were all in bloom and they were setting up for a wedding.  Everything smelled so good. If you look just above the tree line you can see the Olympic mountains. Anna Grace enjoyed having the freedom to just run and run.

We’ve been diggin’ around on this website for waterfalls in the Washington area.  In doing so this week we discovered another one that wasn’t far from the house.  It is actually just outside of the city limits.  Another cool thing, this hike is on corporate private property BUT, the owners … which is a logging […]

New Vocabulary…. Spit is apparently a Pacific Northwest term for sandbar. The Dungeness Spit is a cool hike along the Strait of Juan de Fuca that leads to a 5 mile sandbar covered in driftwood.  We didn’t hike all the way to the end but we did go as far as to get down onto […]

One of the hikes we took this weekend was to see Marymere Falls.  It was a great hike and the falls were amazing.  These pictures don’t quite get the full effect.  These falls drop 90 feet and they are stunning.  I tried to get a full picture but it didn’t work out.  Anyway, they were […]

We arrived about an hour before our ferry was to leave so we headed to Mickey D’s and got a tee niny snack.  After that we loaded up back in the car, drove on the ferry and let the fun begin.  Anna Grace loves, loves, loves being on the ferry.  Her fellow passengers are not […]

Dana got himself a wee bit lost.  This occurred because he was looking at the map (heh heh heh).  He then decided to follow the signs the kind traffic wonks of Seattle provided for him as a way of locating the ferry station.  He then argued with the signs and implied that he would like […]