Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Category: Travel
Mt Rainier on a summer day…
We don’t usually make the drive to Mt. Rainier on a sunny Saturday in the middle of summer. But this past weekend that is exactly what we decided to do, heading from Renton through Enumclaw to the Sunrise side of the mountain. We didn’t… Continue Reading “Mt Rainier on a summer day…”
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It Happened at Seafair
It was a different time and a different town. There was a big airplane company but no technology. The Smith Tower but no Space Needle. There were wrestling matches and roller derby and stock car racing, but no major league sports. It was the… Continue Reading “It Happened at Seafair”
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Olympic National Park and Sequim Lavender Festival
Olympic National Park. Almost a million acres of preserved wilderness, old-growth temperate rain forests, glacier capped mountains and glacier carved lakes, wild rivers, the longest undeveloped coast in the contiguous United States. Nearby Sequim, in the rain shadow of the Olympics. Self proclaimed “Lavender… Continue Reading “Olympic National Park and Sequim Lavender Festival”
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All dressed in green for the 4th of July
It wasn’t exactly red, white and blue… more like, green, green and more green.. It was a drizzly day on the 4th of July this side of the mountains so we opted to go east where the sun is always shining.. On the… Continue Reading “All dressed in green for the 4th of July”
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Tales from Longfellow Creek
When I was growing up we lived in a house near the woods and in front of the house flowed a creek that provided me and my friends with hours and hours of entertainment. Whenever we had nothing else to do, one of us… Continue Reading “Tales from Longfellow Creek”
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Just a walk in the park….
The morning started out a bit overcast but held the promise of sun and so I ventured out to Gene Coulon Park to walk along the southern shores of Lake Washington. A paved pedestrian trail where bikes and dogs are not allowed make it… Continue Reading “Just a walk in the park….”
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Coast Redwoods
Off we go on another road trip down the beautiful West Coast (and best coast) of the USA, headed toward the majestic Coast Redwoods! We leave Seattle and after three days cross the border into California on Highway 101 enjoying the same awesome… Continue Reading “Coast Redwoods”
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Snoqualmie Dreaming
I love living in the Pacific Northwest where we are surrounded by an incredible landscape of mountains, rivers, forests and seas. Within a couple of hours you can be at Mt Rainier or Olympic National Park or Columbia River Gorge. Or you can opt… Continue Reading “Snoqualmie Dreaming”
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Great American Road Trip – the long way home
So this is it. Come along for the final installment of a four part series on our Great American Road Trip. After 21 days on the road we were just past the half way point of our epic journey across the USA which started… Continue Reading “Great American Road Trip – the long way home”
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