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Photos from Spokane and Yakima

  • That’s a lot of chopped vegetables
  • Watching Ratatouille while making ratatouille
  • Chilling at a park
  • Another local trail
  • This was a man-made waterfall
  • Spokane river
  • Driving across the state
  • It’s so… brown
  • Columbia river
  • Didn’t expect Washington to be this rocky and dry
  • Still a nice view though
  • Wow that’s hot
  • Somehow we still find some time for video games
  • Crazy work schedule this week
  • Finally cleaning the car
  • We remembered to close the windows right?
  • Getting all those bugs off the front
  • Cowiche Canyon trail in Yakima
  • Weird desert flowers
  • The photo behind the photo
  • Only green near the water
  • Shelby loving the 90 degree heat
  • Sun’s out guns out
  • Peace out
  • Mt. Adams in the distance
  • Top of the hill
  • This was about where we passed a rattlesnake
  • Conquered the heat, leaving Yakima tomorrow
  • Getting tan!
  • Random waterfall on the way to Mt Rainier

Photos from Mt. Rainier

  • Always gotta get a pic of the sign
  • Wow these national parks are really something
  • We need to get some of these parks in New York
  • I think we found next years Christmas tree
  • These views were from Sunrise Point in the North East portion
  • Another nice alpine lake
  • That’s Mt. Rainier in the distance
  • Continuing up the road now
  • Starting the Sourdough Ridge trail to Frozen Lake now
  • Elevation 14,400 feet at the top
  • Sunrise lodge
  • Can you spot the goats?
  • There they are
  • Yep that is a volcano
  • Trail continues along the mountainside
  • Any view that you’re in is a great view
  • Why hello there little fella
  • Probably associates people with food
  • It is pronounced “Ray-neer”
  • We won’t be hiking to the top of this one
  • Any view with me is pretty good too
  • More mountains I guess
  • That doesn’t look frozen to me
  • Surprised they let her in with a hat from Glacier NP
  • Who put all this snow here
  • Slip-and-slide
  • Running out of things to say again
  • Too many photos!
  • Stop taking pictures! Oh wait I took this one
  • Pretty flowers or something
  • This is what I have to deal with
  • Okay this one is good
  • Let’s try one with the wide angle lens
  • Dinner with a view
  • Crazy roads to and from the park
  • Next day – part two
  • Wow the road goes right up the mountains
  • Think this was reflection lake
  • Great views along the road
  • Driving up to Paradise
  • Starting up the trail
  • Marmot!
  • Wait… this is Paradise?
  • Where are all the flowers?
  • Apparently we got here too early
  • View of Mt. Adams in the distancemaps
  • Trying to recreate the rock picture from four years ago
  • Mountain goats!
  • We are keeping a list of all the new animals we see
  • Video chat with a view
  • Umm my feet are getting cold
  • Better and better views
  • Finally some dry ground
  • Glacier vista point
  • There is a glacier somewhere in there
  • This was as far up the skyline trail as we got
  • Sun was going down so we turned back here
  • Brave souls going further up the mountain
  • One last picture at the top
  • Lots of marmots here
  • Heading back down
  • Finally found some flowers
  • Long shadows now, sun was getting lower
  • Out of the snow, thank goodness
  • Nisqually river at the base of the mountain
  • Rickety old wood suspension bridge we drove over

Photos from Seattle and Olympia

  • Clouds in the morning, good thing we finished Mt. Rainier yesterday
  • Driving into Seattle
  • Not a bad view from the parking garage
  • Pike Place Market (Obviously)
  • Wow very busy
  • Lets get out of there
  • On to the waterfront (Elliott Bay aka Salish Sea aka Puget Sound)
  • Space needle
  • We did not go up sorry
  • Silly tourist trap
  • Kerry Park with a view of Seattle
  • No point in going up the space needle when you can go here for free
  • Walked 3 miles to get here
  • Nice cruise ship with a waterslide
  • Park in Olympia
  • Glad to be back in cooler climate
  • Twofie time
  • This is an estuary, where fresh water meets saltwater
  • Shells on these rocks were cracking and hissing as they dried out
  • Funky tree
  • Another nice trail through the woods
  • With a water feature!
  • Beach along the bay, technically part of Puget Sound I think
  • Finishing some work at the park
  • Nice shot of a pond at the park
  • View of Mt. Rainier from a grocery store
  • Some nights we get stuff like this out the bedroom window

Photos from Olympic National Park

  • Alright lets get this started
  • Kalaloch Beach. Our first view of the Pacific Ocean from the US West Coast
  • Photo op with the “tree of life””
  • Playing around on the beach like a giddy kid
  • Thanks for doing all the planning work for this park!
  • Alright it’s cold and wet let’s get out of here
  • Elk ahead!
  • Well, 90% sure these are elk
  • Hall of mosses trail
  • Honestly this is the clearest stream water I’ve ever seen
  • Mega ferns
  • Can confirm there was moss here
  • Cool picture with the wide angle lens
  • Haha the photo behind the photo
  • I guess this are is considered “old growth”
  • The photo behind the photo
  • Wow lots of moss
  • The trees don’t mind all the moss
  • Big tree
  • More big trees
  • Random river stop while driving through the park
  • Twofie #1
  • Apparently this place isn’t even in the movie
  • Idk I guess this town is important or something
  • Sorry I’m not a twilight fan
  • I’m sure someone out there will apprecieate this as much as she does
  • Last one
  • Back to the ocean now!
  • Not easy getting this shot without people
  • Wow she caught me again
  • Obligatory ocean pictures
  • This was First Beach in La Push
  • Rocks looked like a dragons spiked back
  • Sorry there are so many pictures
  • Okay last one at this beach
  • Off to Second Beach now
  • Emerging from the woods onto the beach
  • Twofie #2
  • Why is it so cold and cloudy?
  • Wow awesome
  • So many drift wood trees
  • We took so many pictures here
  • Here’s the only one we took with both of us
  • Walked for a while along the beach
  • Another random lake picture
  • Trail to a waterfall now
  • More big trees
  • The bottom of this bridge was a single long board from a tree
  • Marymere Falls
  • Very good
  • I approve
  • We slept here!
  • Up early for a big hike
  • Low clouds were very scenic this morning
  • No time for pictures we need to get hiking
  • Alright now we’re talking
  • This trail was steep!
  • And relentless
  • Up up up the whole way
  • Finally our first view
  • Not too bad but it’s better at the top
  • Here come the rocks
  • Lots of rope assisted climbs at the top
  • Why is it always rocks
  • Made it!
  • Twofie #3
  • Not bad
  • Ultra wide
  • Money shot
  • One with her
  • One with him
  • And one with both
  • Okay back down now
  • Down is harder with the ropes
  • Last one on this mountain (Mt. Storm King)
  • Down to the lake now
  • Finally warm enough for here to loose the jacket
  • Yippy! A tunnel
  • Trail to the lake
  • Okay this is just too good
  • I wanted to go swimming but didn’t have time
  • Devil’s Punchbowl
  • Why is it called that? I have no idea
  • Lol taking pictures of the “really pretty” water
  • My phone fell off the rock and got a micro scratch on the first attempt to take this picture
  • One last view
  • Back through the tunnel
  • Very nice
  • Here is the “very pretty water”
  • Hurricane ridge visitor center
  • The photo behind the photo
  • Okay we’re almost done now
  • Thank goodness, I can only say “nice view” so many times
  • Nice view!
  • There were a ton of deer up here, with people all around them
  • Way up above the clouds
  • I don’t remember who took this picture
  • Can’t wait to charge the car’s battery going back down that road
  • Last one at the park!
  • Lavender ice cream after a long day

TRIP STATS

Days Traveling: 365

Miles Driven: 34500

Average MPG: 37.6

States Visited: 48

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