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Friday, August 8th, 2008

Washington State Trip

On our first night in Washington, we enjoyed a relaxing dinner and evening at the Paradise Inn, located in Mt Rainier National Park. The next morning we hiked the Paradise and Skyline trails at Mt Rainier. The trails contained a vast expanse of pristine old-growth forests, subalpine flower meadows, snow covered trails, and we came across a few marmots, and what I believe was a red fox. We then traveled to the Olympic National Forest where we spent the evening in our cabin at the Sol Dol Hot Springs Resort. After settling in, we noticed a deer and her fawn just outside our cabin. The next few day we drove North along the Pacific Coastline and then East to Bremerton where we rode the ferry from Bremerton to Seattle on Seattle’s Kitsap Ferry. Over the next few days, we caught up on some rest and then headed out to explore Seattle. We ate some wonderful seafood meals at restaurants along the waterfront, smelled the fresh flowers and fish at Pike Place Market, rode the elevator up the Space Needle, and walked and relaxed on the grass at the Olympic Sculpture Park.

If you’ve never been to Seattle, I encourage you to visit. Prior to this trip, my last journey to Seattle was in July of 2005. I can’t express in words, the great things about Seattle. I’ve always found the transportation very accessible, there are plenty of bicycle paths, pedestrian crosswalks, and the city and its residents are more green conscious than I’ve seen in any city I’ve traveled to.

I snapped several hundred pictures on our trip. It will be a few days before I’m able to post more than what you see below. Please be patient. Thanks!

Seattle Public Market

Dried Fruit Logs

Space Needle

View of Seattle from the Space Needle

Public art near the Space Needle

View of Mt Rainier while onboard the Washington State Ferry from Bremerton to Seattle

View of Seattle from the Washington State Ferry

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Friday, August 8th, 2008

Seattle Neon Signs

Seattle Glass Blowing Studio

Elephant Super Car Wash, Serving Seattle Since 1951

Rudy’s Barbershop

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The Crab Pot Restaurant and Bar Located on Pier 57

Bread of Life Mission for Homeless Men

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Friday, August 8th, 2008

Olympic Sculpture Park

The Olympic Sculpture Park has transformed a nine-acre industrial site into open and vibrant green space for art. This new waterfront park gives Seattle residents and visitors the opportunity to experience a variety of sculpture in an outdoor setting, while enjoying the incredible views and beauty of the Olympic Mountains and Puget Sound. Admission is free.

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Friday, August 8th, 2008

Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort, Olympic National Park

Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort is located 12 miles into the heart of the Olympic National Park. The resort has outdoor mineral water hot pools. The Sol Duc River and Falls are a short hike through the majestic primeval old growth rainforest.

Hot Spring Pools

Deer and her fawn outside our cabin

Soleduck Trail Sign

Soleduck Falls

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Friday, August 8th, 2008

Mt Rainier National Park

Paradise is famous for its glorious views and wildflower meadows. When James Longmire’s daughter-in-law, Martha, first saw this site, she exclaimed, “This must be what Paradise is like.” The park’s main visitor center, the Jackson Visitor Center, is located at Paradise. This area is also the prime winter-use area in the park, receiving on average 680 inches of snow per year. Winter activities include snowshoeing, cross-country skiing and tubing. The road between Longmire and Paradise is plowed throughout the winter.

Paradise Inn located within Mt Rainier National Park

Site of the camp from which General Hazard Stevens and P.B. Van Trump made the ascent of this mountain, 17 August 1870.

Taking a rest from hiking Mt Rainier. I never thought I would be hiking in snow in August.

Wildflowers along the trails

We were hiking along when we heard loud whistles that were grower louder and louder as we hiked down the mountain. We spotted a Marmot in a burrow and then saw a Coyote crossing in path in front of us. We discovered that Marmots typically live in burrows, and hibernate there through the winter. Most marmots are highly social, and use loud whistles to communicate with one another, especially when alarmed.