WASHINGTON STATE

We went down south to Washington state last week

for a quick visit with my parents and some time

away down at our cabin.

My husband left on a Thursday and met his hunting

buddies at our cabin. I flew down on the next

Sunday and our plan was to stay with my

parents for a day and then drive across the

state and then down to our cabin.

I have a series of pictures detailing our trip:

High fashion in Stanwood. I was waiting

in the truck for my husband and saw this

man going into the store.

My husband came home from hunting with

his back thrown out. We went to the chiropractor

and it helped, but he needed a walking stick for

most of the trip because his back was hurting

so bad. It was a bummer thing to have

happen, but we got through it.

This a very nice organic farm we stopped at outside of

the little town of Concrete. They had the best homemade

ice cream! It was very quiet here since it is already the

off season and other than a few people hunting for

pumpkins and a lady that locked her keys in her

car it was just us visiting.

Their little delivery vehicle-cute!

There were an abundance of fresh gourds and pumpkins

for sale from their patch, as well as homemade jams.

This was the porch outside viewing part of the pumpkin

patch. The white flags you see on the posts were to

mark a walking tour through the property that

explained how they grew everything organic and

what the growing season was, etc. I think it is a

great idea for kids to learn how real farms work

and see how food is grown in real life.

Continuing on down the road we passed by

this miniature chapel. The door is full sized,

which shows how small the chapel is. It was

next to a river and the ground was deep

with leaves--very quiet and serene.

There was a campground right in the area with a whole

bunch of these cabins to be rented. I would imagine

this place was full during the summer...we saw

barbeque pits, a baseball field, a tiny store and

walking trails on this property. What a fun place

to spend the summer with other families.

This was a beautiful vineyard we passed as we headed into

the mountains.

We are entering the beautiful town of Newhalem.

It is so clean here you could eat off the streets. The

people that live here work for city light and they

have their own library, store, parks and

school building for the employees. It is like

something out of the past with quiet streets

and pretty little houses with wooden siding.

You can read more about it here and see

some really beautiful pictures.

Here we are beginning to climb up the first pass with

Ross Lake on our left. It was so nice not to fight any

traffic--most of the tourists have gone home so the

roads were pretty empty.

oooooo noooo--the legendary Bigfoot!

Continued tomorrow...