Scott was In South Korea serving his LDS mission in spring 1980 when Mt. St. Helens erupted and as a student of geology, he has always wanted to see it. So we added it to the itinerary of this trip to the Northwest and made it on Day 13. It's a … [Continue reading] about Mount St. Helens
Update: June 23 I finished this challenge! Here's my post with my books. Thanks to Bev at My Reader's Block, I've been tempted by a super fun challenge-Book Monopoly. I've joined the group that sponsors this at goodreads @ Crazy Challenge … [Continue reading] about Monopoly perpetual reading challenge
We spent the day exploring the corner of Washington and the mouth of the Columbia River. We started the day by going to the North Head lighthouse, which was built in 1898 and has been active to the present. It has a 65 foot tower and the light is 190 … [Continue reading] about Southwestern Washington
Day 8 of our trip we headed into Olympic National Park out of Port Angeles, Washington. We stopped first at Madison Falls which was a short trail to a beautiful waterfall in the Elwha Valley portion of the park. … [Continue reading] about The edge of the US-sort of
We got an early start to catch the 8:15 am ferry from Port Angeles, Washington to Victoria, B.C. The view above is looking back to Port Angeles with the Olympic Mountains in the background. The crossing took over an hour and a half plus Customs so it … [Continue reading] about Our Visit to Butchart Gardens