Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Home the Long way
We headed east from Redmond and stopped at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (Painted Hills)--see photo.
Then off the beaten track to find the town of Winlock where Joyce and Don are building a cabin. We made it to Prosser Washington for the night and came home the next day via Yakima and Leavonworth.
Over the Mountains
From Sweet Home (where my mom lives) we drove over the mountains to Central Oregon to see Kit's sister Milli. We had a nice visit there and a day trip to Smith Rocks State Park to take some photos with the new camera we had bought in Eugene.
South to Oregon
Last Tuesday we took the car (for a change from the truck) south to Oregon. We like to get down to visit my mom and do our turn with helping her shop. We also went down to Eugene to see our neices's new house and visit some friends, AND do some shopping. The pictures I am posting here were taken with a new smaller camera we got for the trip to France. On our bike ride to see our friends Ed and Kitty, we rode past our old house on 17th street which is looking quite nice. The new owner is more into plants than we were.
Monday, June 18, 2007
More Photos from Hurricane Ridge
Father's Choice
For Father's Day, (Sunday, June 17) Kit decided he'd like to spend the day hiking with his daugher. So we took the two ferries to Port Townsend. Then Kirsten drove us up to Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic National Park. We hadn't been there since Kirsten was small. Down below it was damp and chill; on the way up it was pea soup fog, but at the top it was fine hiking weather with little wind and some nice sun breaks. Though there are still patches of snow, the wildflowers are beginning to bloom.
