I think the thing I am going to love the most about living in Seattle is that in a day trip, we can do go the types of places George and I would plan major summer vacations for.
In probably our second week here, we hopped in the car one Saturday afternoon and decided to drive to the Pacific. Less than an hour outside of city center we got into GORGEOUS driving territory. Curvy roads, canopies of trees, and eventually played peek-a-boo with the ocean through the passing trees until we decided to stop for a bit. Only a 2 1/2 or 3 hour drive and we were here.
Pacific Ocean, Olympic National Park
So over the past week or so, we have gotten a couple of stunning views of Mt. Rainier on clear days at the waterfront near our apartment. So this morning George said, “Let’s drive to Mt. Rainier today!” Again, less than an hour outside of the city, the drive itself became beautiful. Neat little towns, curvy tree-lined roads, and finally we entered Mt. Rainier National Park. “So, should we get the one year pass?” AAAAH! What a fun question! Usually when we go to these places I’m trying to soak up AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE because I don’t know when I’ll be back again. Now, we can go…well…next Saturday if we want! “Let’s go for it!”
And we got to spend the afternoon looking at views like this:
The skies alternated between stormy grey-white and electric blue.
Don’t worry…George got a lot of fantastic shots with his camera. I’ll post links later 😉
One last super-fun Mt. Rainier thing; sledding. In June. JUNE. I guess up here it’s still spring, not yet summer. This hill in about a month will be COVERED in an elaborate array of brightly colored wild flowers, but only for 6 weeks. I can’t wait until Alaina & Ben finally visit…we are SO going summer sledding 🙂
Though the sledders were bundled up in winter gear, I think it was mostly to keep dry. It felt more like 55 degrees from where we were standing. Jeans and tee shirts, though a light jacket would have been nice. There is just SO MUCH SNOW that it’s taking it this long to melt. So why not go sledding!
This all was only about 2 hours way…maybe an hour and a half. And we have a year-long pass, so we can come and go as we please 🙂
And hey…if we don’t want a long drive? For the moment, 2 minute walk, when we’re in the house a 15 minute drive to the pocket beaches of Puget Sound.
Sittin’ on the rocks
xo
en
