This weeks activities included a trip to the Tulip Festival and Golden Gardens Park. Set in the country side of Skagit County in the small town of Mt. Vernon lies a wonder for sights to see. Imagine looking out onto a sea of water from the beach. Now replace this water with endless rows upon rows of brightly colored Tulips. Absolutely Beautiful! I have never seen such a sight of so many flowers. Forget Strawberry Fields forever, the Tulip field trumps it and then some. Words do it no justice so I will just post the pictures.
Chrissy's friend and co-worker Kyle came out to visit us last weekend. He was the first visitor to our humble abode. He said that he had a great time here and we had fun having him! Thanks for coming out Kyle! We also felt it was a perfect time at the Tulip Festival to take his Senior Picture. After some ridicule and fussing, he finally played along. The result is as follows:
Too funny!
Before Kyle left, he wanted to visit the Ballard Lock & Dam. This is the barrier that stands between the Salt Water of the Puget Sound and the Fresh Water of Lake Union. This also happens to be the home of the Salmon Ladder. Salmon need to get back to their birthplace in order to breed. With the obstruction of the Dam, they were no longer able to make this epic journey. Therefore a "Salmon Ladder" was created to allow access between the two bodies of water. The Salmon Ladder is less of a ladder and more of a series of steps. Salmon have incredible jumping abilities that allow them to jump or climb of the steps that stand between the waterways. This is an amazing sight to see when hundreds of thousands of Salmon make this trip. Unfortunately, the Salmon spawning period does not happen until June. So we were not able to see any fish. Although we will be back in June. So look out for that. We were able to check out the rest of the Lock though:
Some more pictures can be found here:
http://photo.net/photodb/slideshow?folder_id=908739
Some more pictures can be found here:
http://photo.net/photodb/slideshow?folder_id=908739
Last week Monday was a beautiful day for a picnic. So why not go to the beach? Golden Gardens Beach is located on the West End of Ballard overlooking the Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains. It was kind of cool to see that a LOT of people also had the same idea. It was an awesome people watching opportunity primarily due to the fact that everyone was having such a great time. Also, the sunset was unbeatable.
Now onto the side notes. Often I would peer out our window at the building across the street. I always thought it would be a good place to skateboard, although I lack the skills to test it out. Fortunately a group of skaters also shared my interests. So I busted out my Zoom lens and took pictures from the balcony.
Last Sunday I surprised Chrissy with a breakfast delicacy courtesy from the one and only Judy Meier (Chrissy's Mom). Even though it may look like I had no idea what I was doing, those who have had HULK PANCAKES before know that they turned out perfect. Thank you Judy for the wonderful recipe!
Finally, I was acting up the other day. So Chrissy felt the need to put me on time out in the corner until I learned my lesson.
UNTIL NEXT TIME FOLKS!!!!
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Nice little story, you're going to have to put something up about all the perfect times of year to visit you, like in September when DMB comes to the GEORGE!!!
ReplyDeleteThe pictures are gorgeous, as always. I want a tulip field.
ReplyDeleteJess
ha ha ha, George... It's actually called the Gorge. And YEAH, you should DEFINITELY come out for the weekend of my birthday and check out Dave and the Gorge!
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