Washington State

We love this state.  It is beautiful.

 

We visited Mount St. Helens. This is a place that has been on my bucket list and it was worth seeing both sides.

 

 

 

You can see where the mountain blew out the side

Fish Hatchery

Lava River

Mountian and Toutle Lake

And then there is Ape Cave.  

Things we have learned:
Climbing boulders is not for us
People in a cave are very kind - Thanks Manwell for getting us out.
I heal quick

This cave is beautiful in a dark, wet kind of way.  It is only 1/2 mile of boulder climbing but I messed up my ankle and people said I would not be able to climb out the "ladder of doom".  So we turned around and went 1/2 back out with a bad ankle. 

 

Deep hole

The ceiling

One of many boulders

This is the easy part

 

And this is my gift from Ape Cave

So now I am caught up with the blog. 
Tomorrow I head to Michigan for Athena's baby shower.


 

 

Oregon - Lots of stuff to do

Part of our trip to Oregon included a night with a harvest host.  We stayed at Siena Ridge Estates Winery.  It was rainy so we didn't get to tour the vineyard.

 

 

We also stopped by Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum.  It was a great museum, probably one of the best. 

This boy is in training for Battle Buddies

 This is the Spruce Goose built by Howard Hughes.  The history in this campus is fantastic.

 

We drove to a town called Tillamook.  On the way we had an adventure and had seafood by the ocean.  Bill had the best oysters he has ever eaten. Then we visited Tillamook Dairy. So a couple weeks ago we stayed at the dairy farm where cheese was made by hand. This is all automated and the cheese was wonderful.

 

 

 The next part of our journey takes us to Washington state.

One more state closer to Alaska.

 

 



Grants Pass, Oregan

We stayed at a really nice campground called Joe Creek Waterfall RV Park and it is for sale just in case anyone out there is looking.

From the campsite we checked out the area.  The first day we drove to Crater Lake.  We were not dressed for the weather, but it was beautiful anyway.

We also stopped to see a waterfall called Mill Creek

 

 

 On the second day we headed for the redwoods. 

Before we got there we seen some whales

 

And the birds

 

And then the redwoods

 

 

The  forest reminded me of the movie Ferngully

 

We have seen some beautiful places on this adventure. 

I hope you enjoy the photos.