Umpqua Lighthouse

During our long weekend in Winchester Bay, we visited the Umpqua lighthouse.

Pups in the river

We spent the weekend in Winchester Bay, Oregon. There was a little beach near the campgroung, so of course we took the pups. They had a blast

Again....

So pretty!

Tulips...again

Some closeups.....

Tulips everywhere!

The husband and I drove about 3 hours to Mount Vernon WA today. We missed the town's annual tulip festival, but got to see several fields of tulips. We spent the afternoon dogding showers and mud puddles. The flowers are farmed for their bulbs and most are exported to the Netherlands. The flowers are byproducts and usually are left to die after the bloom. These are some pics of the fields, with more to come soon from the Roozengaarte complex.

My Whodeeeee

Today, I celebrate the best birthday present ever. I got him 2 years ago. Whodee, you are the BEST!

so cute, our kids

Cape Flattery

The pups experience waves for the first time! They didn't like it :(

A young eagle hanging out in a tree.

Today, the boy and I went to Cape Flattery, the most north western most point in the lower forty eight states. It was about a 4 hour drive to the trail head. We saw several kinds of wildlife including bald eagles, starfish, seals, a sea otter, a possible puffin, some odd birds with red beaks, yet to be determined. Of course sea gulls were everywhere!

Painted Desert Petroglyphs

During our trip to Washington, we traveled through Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park. Here are some Petroglyphs contained within the park. It is also home to another "Newspaper rock".

I once heard someone say that if we were to disappear today, the future generations would have nothing solid to figure out our technology or history. Our books and computers would not survive as long as these petroglyphs have. It seems our ancestors had it right, if you carve the important stuff in stone, it will be there forever. Makes you wonder what they were trying to say to the future generations. Makes me wonder what I would say in stone if given the opportunity.

Skagit Eagle trip

A few weeks ago, Alan and I got up at 430 and drove about 3 hours to the skagit river area where the eagles come every year to feast on salmon returning to spawn. We were not able to get there during the peak time, due to my work schedule, and some very wet days. However we managed to see more than 20 eagles.

While we saw over 20 eagles that day, we did not get any great photos, they were just too far away, and my camera was just not good enough to capture good clear photos. Makes one rethink the camera they have and thoughts of a new one are there.

Alan poses like his neices do for photos....what a funny guy!

The last three are just some pretty things we saw along the road.
Maybe next year, we will have gotten a better camera with better zoom and telephoto lens and luck out with the eagle sightings.

Alison's visit

So when your friend comes to a conference in Seattle and only has an afternoon to visit, what do you do? Well, we took the underground tour of Seattle. It was pretty neat with lots of good stories and humor inflicted thoughout the tour. A lot of very cool things to see. So here are some photos of the underground and the last picture is Alison! We also visited the market and saw some fish being thrown. Then we capped off the afternoon adventure with a dinner with my brother. All and all we figured we walked about 3 miles ....the boy and I are feeling it today.