Catch totals

Anne - a silver and a pink
Jen- a king and a silver
Dad- 2 King's, a silver, couple throwbacks, lost 3 others.

Fisher girl

2nd fish in the boat

A big king! 7:24am

Beach visit

We walked down to the beach after dinner. Anne got all dressed up to
ward off the wind. It wasn't too cold. Afterwards, we hung out in our
cute house and watched tv, and of course made our sandwiches for lunch
tomorrow! Everything is packed, and it's time to get some sleep.

Anne hanging out in the living room

Westport welcome

We are staying at an adorable rental house of the captain of our boat.
There was a framed photo on the wall in the kitchen- Dad's big catch!
This place is super cute, with three bedrooms, great woodsy vacation
decor. We are relaxing before dinner.

Checking out the casino

Tree

Our big tree is keeping our picnic table dry. It's awesome. And it's
raining a lot! And thundering.

Baker Dam

I don't know if this will work, but here's a video of us going across
the dam.

Beautiful Lyman City Hall

Flyover

Fly-In

Some of th planes we saw- there were lots more!

Campin' Trip

We have a cozy two bedroom cabin near Burlington. It's actually only a mile and a half from the Skagit Valley Casino and the Skagit Speedway.

Today Anne and Alex trekked up past Deming on 542, and we toured Concrete. We saw a bunch of planes at the Fly-In, and a fly over of some small planes.  There were some sweet classic cars there as well. The farmers market had the same selection of crafts as we saw last year.

Jeff and I wandered on our way back through Hamilton and Lyman. They both feature taverns, a post office and Lyman had a sweet town hall that Joe M would be jealous of.

Our trip over the Baker Dam happened when I suggested we check out Baker Lake. We never made it there, but 16 miles later we did run into the dam.

It's an Edmonds kind of day

We wandered down from the kids house to Edmonds Marina Beach to check
out the sand castle competition. We saw some great sea monsters and
mermaids, as well as castles with moats.
We are now at Rory's for lunch- still planning to swim at the Lynnwood
pool.
Good sister day.

Spelunking

We visited the Cave of the Winds for a 5pm tour today. Jeff wasn't
going on the old people and babies "Discovery Tour." We took the
lantern tour. Our guide ran (that's fairly literal, it was a very
brisk pace) through the main tour sections and we used little kerosene
candle lights in buckets to meander through a different part.
It was supposed to be an hour and a half, and our guide may have
walked fast, but he talked slow. Our tour was an hour and 45 minutes.
Right at the beginning we went through a 150 foot section that was
only maybe four feet tall. I had a "Descent" (movie I saw with Anne a
couple years ago) moment and freaked myself out by the end of it.
Luckily, we paused for 20 minutes to hear the story about the cave
mummy. I recovered after that.
Cool small places, if you like that kind of thing, and interesting
little stories and legends about the cave.
Jeff liked the lanterns- because he could play with them and it was
more authentic. Its definitely as close to the experience of going
down with a couple people and some candles. We had to swing the
lanterns around and get close to the rock to see the molds and
formations.
We paused for a bit in "Lovers' Lane" and blew out our lanterns. Our
guide proceeded to scare people with his story and flashlight. I just
stayed behind him, and was safe. :)

iPhone worked well to grab a pic of the $10 posed photo at the end.

Garden of the Gods

Some scenery...

Garden of the Gods

It's the Wakeman family! We checked out the visitor center and drove
through to some of the rocks.
Now, Jeff and Larry are window shopping in Manitou Springs and Cindy
and I are relaxing in the shade at a park. (yes, that's right- dad and
son are the shoppers today)

I think this is a different expression from Jeff?

Cherry Juice

As we came down out of the canyon, we stopped at the Cherry Tree to
get Jeff some cherry juice. They had raspberry cider, too.

It's warmer down here already! We had a good lunch at Local's Grill in
Estes Park, and browsed in the shops. I just bought one thing- a pair
of fleur de lis earrings.

Jeff in Estes Park

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARKO!

By the river

It's cooler now.
We saw a golden lab clambering on the rocks with a dad and some kids.
It looked like it was having fun.
We are ready for lunch- have to eat soon, so we're ready for steak
dinner tonight, yum!

On the way to Estes Park

We're heading into the mountains, where it's cooler.

Getting ready for yearbook camp

Balloons are filled with some solution to make them stay full all
night. We shall see tomorrow!