Our time began with a car trip from Seattle across the Cascades to Yakima to visit Dan and Brynn in their new home - it is so cozy and comfortable. They had just gotten new living room furniture.
The second day we were there, we went back to the vineyard where they were married, Silverlake - the winery had added a lot of outdoor features like this waterfall.
The four of us
We also went to a farmer's market to get fresh asparagus for dinner - we went to Jim and Dixie's after this for an evening on their beautiful back porch that overlooks the Yakima valley.
The next day, Daniel wanted to take us to a look out near Mt Rainier after a 4 mile hike - this was on the way with the mountain in the background. It was still really cool - temp wise
Here is view from Dad's camera -
Well, we didn't quite make it to our destination cuz the roads were either closed or still had snow. The one we tried to take caused our vehicle to high center and if it wasn't for a couple of good samaritans with a shovel, we'd probably still be digging out - about a foot of snow. On our way back, we stopped to see this enormous cedar.
On our way down, we stopped at this lookout to take in the view - there was an enormous water fall to our right that plunged hundreds of feet to the valley floor.
Here it is - Clearwater Creek falls I think!
We spotted this little guy at the same place as the falls
We also stopped to look at this still frozen lake, Dog Lake - you can see a tire in the water!!
One of the other cool things we saw on our way back were these volcanic flutes -
And we also saw trilliumDad made a video of another falls - pretty cool!
Dad made a buddy of Bella but Rusty remained a little elusiveI left on Tues of that week for Seattle to attend American College of Sports Medicine meetings but dad remained with Dan and Brynn for the rest of the week
They went target shooting...
They weeded Brynn's iris garden and then they brought dad back to Seattle on Friday
We went on a Duck tour that used amphibious vehicles from WWII - the ride went all over Seattle and finally out into Puget Sound to get a watery view of Seattle - our guide was hilarious. In addition to Dan and Brynn, two of my grad students joined us for the afternoon.
We saw this former coal gasification plant that had been turned into a city park during our tour -
And then all too soon it was time to head back to Texas. Dad took this picture of Mt St Helens from the air - you can tell where it erupted. You can also see some of the other volcnic peaks in the background - we had such a great time - wish we lived a lot closer!!
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We need to send you more of Brynn's photos so you can upload them too, she got some really good ones of Dad destroying target clays.
I heard Brynn's a pretty wicked shot herself!
Haha, yeah I had fun with the 22's. *grin* So long as I don't have to hold the gun up (wimpy wimpy!) I do pretty well.
Oh, and what on earth were we doing in that picture in front of the ducks vehicle? Daniel and I look like a pair of dorks; at least Mom D looks cute.
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