Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival, Rain or Shine
We first discovered the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn, Oregon, during covid. It was our first road trip in 2021, after we’d (mostly) been released from our quarantine and social distancing. Even though we were outside, we still wore masks.
Fortunately, it was a beautiful, sunshiny day.
We made the same trip the following year but weren’t quite as lucky with the weather.
We tiptoed through the tulips with our hoods up and under umbrellas,
and stayed clear of the benches.
We plan to swing by again this year, hopefully under blue skies and sunshine.
I’ll let you know how it goes!
Sharing with #Sunday Stills.
~ Susanne
Cats and Trails and Garden Tales 
Gorgeous! 🌷
Thank you!
Lovely views with the flowers and the distant mountains! Do you remember Tiny Tim who tiptoed through the tulips?
Yep! 😁
I just read up about him, he died in 1996 of a heart attack and was diabetic too. Sad.
Oh, I didn’t know that. He seemed like a pleasant, harmless fellow, even if I didn’t care for his voice.
He was a trip!
What a great adventure! I love that you travel around the northwest discovering new places and returning to old favorites!
We were happy to discover this gem, and hope to swing by again on our road to you-know-where!
Aren’t they incredible? I remember them from Cee’s blog xx
They truly are! 🤩
I love tulips! You pictures are incredible! Thank you. Hugs, C
Thank you so much! It’s a wonderful tulip farm!
Wow, your images are so sharp and clear, especially those with Mt Hood in the distance! Mine pales in comparison. It was a little hazy that day (4/10/24). What a difference the rainy day makes, but I’m sure the tulips loved the soaking. Wishing you a successful trip this year. Are the Skagit fields in bloom yet? Thanks for sharing, Susanne! 💐🌷
Thanks so much, Terri! That sunny day was amazing with Mt. Hood in the background. The rainy day was, well, gray and rainy, and tricky taking pictures under the umbrella! Skagit Tulip Festival is going on right now, which is amazing, and much bigger. I don’t think we’ll make it up there this year, but we do have a road trip planned soon and will stop by Wooden Shoe if the weather is decent.
I would like to see Skagit some day!
Definitely worth the trip! Daffodils, tulips and snowbirds!
WOW! Beautiful photos.
Thank you! It’s a wonderful tulip farm!
So beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. 😊
Great photos of a beautiful place!!
Thank you! Somehow missed your comment! 🌷🌷
Looks a bit like little Netherlands.
The Fab Four of Cley
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I’d love to see the Netherlands, too! 😊😊
Hi Susanne
Besides Keukenhof’s vast fields of tulips, the Netherlands have beautiful cities. It’s worth visiting them.
Keep well
The Fab Four of Cley
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I like tulips. They are not just pretty, but sturdy and hardy.
Yes, and so colorful, making a wonderful display en masse.
Agreed.
Seeinng them like that is so impressive! I hope that you don’t get rain for this year’s trip.
Best wishes, Pete.
Thanks, Pete. 😊 I’m hoping for clear skies and sunshine and the forecast is looking promising.
The tulips look wonderful whatever the weather but I am sure visiting, and photographing, is much pleasanter when it’s dry. Fingers crossed for sunshine on this year’s visit 🤞🏼
Thanks, Sarah. 😊 I prefer blue skies and sunshine too, and the forecast is looking promising.
Thanks for the memories. I grew up in Holland, MI where tulips are a symbol of Dutch heritage.
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful. We went a few years ago. I really loved it. I’d love to drive up the skagit valley one as well, but that’s quite a drive for me. I’m late getting around to the comments fro last weeks posts.
I loved it as it was smaller and more intimate than the Skagit! But tulips are amazing in both places!