I’ve gone though my photos several times and ended up thinning them down to 542 photos I can’t part with. I think I took around 1200!! Not kidding!! The areas we visited were Awesome in beauty and was hard not to try to record it all.

We started out flying out of Austin Wednesday afternoon and had a layover in Denver. Arrived in Seattle, Washington about  2 a.m.Thursday morning Texas time..but just midnight their time. So after getting our rental car and going to our Hotel 1 mile away we were tired!

Thursday we rode a Huge ferry from Seattle to Bainbridge Island, Wa. and that was neat. Then we drove to Port Angeles, Wa. Here is the Olympic National Park area. We drove up Hurricane Ridge & was cloudy so our mountain views were not good. The ranger said would probably be better Friday morning. So we went down to the town & drove around & found the beach area. Saw some geese & pretty scenery.

 

Early Friday we drove back up Hurricane Ridge & was Awesome! Mountains, snow & beautiful flowers everywhere. Lots of deer up here also.

Then we headed down to the tidal pools & checked that out. Was really, really rough climbing over all the mussels & rocks…but was unreal!! Starfish of all colors, sea urchins & crabs in all the tidal pools. Last night the water was covering everywhere we walked & was just neat. [ The second tidal pools we visited were better - so more photos later]

Then we drove around Olympic Park to see the rain forest. Was pretty but not as neat as we expected.

Saturday morning found us at the Columbia River Gorge area. We saw several of the biggest waterfalls along the way & then started on the fruit loop. We picked cherries. We petted & fed Alpacas. We admired the lavender fields & orchards & vineyards. We picked blueberries. Was really fun!

 

Then as we had time we went to the Bonneville Dam & watched the fish come up the fish ladders…& then visited the fish Hatchery. We drove back up the Columbia River Gorge road, a pretty drive of lots of waterfalls. And we spent the night in Hillsboro to be close to Church on Sunday.

These photos are not edited..& all the rest won’t be edited either. These colors are for real! Is Awesome country!!  Will post other photos as I have time!