Golden Evening
Dinner at Ray’s and then a stroll along Golden Gardens to watch the sun go down behind the Olympics, and to avoid the occasional basking shark in the sand.
F spent some time engaging in his interpretive sand dance routine
and posing for pics.
Welcome home poster for mum
Delayed by Hurricane Ike, mum finally made it back from Nicaragua.
We’re glad she’s home :-)
Water dancing at Rattlesnake Lake
A very hot day at Rattlesnake Lake quickly turned from sunny picnic to water splashing on the rocks.
Canoeing Lake Union Style
H in Union Bay with SR520
Kim and F watching jumpers from the university taking a dip
Abstract Yokohama
Inside the fastest elevator/lift in the world
A proper walk along Kaiko Promenade
Japanese road side
Mum's away
Mum's away, so treats for breakfast.
New friends have arrived too: meet sonic + starwars (hiding in the water plants)
Talapus Lake
With Mum in Nicaragua, what better way to spend the first day of Autumn than a little hike to Talapus Lake ?
The lake is in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness ...
...so you need one of these.
Aside: We also needed to renew our
NorthWest Forest Pass
— turns out Talapus was the first hike that the ranger in North Bend did when he was a kid...
On the way up there are some good rest spots alongside Talapus creek.
There's also muddy spots to avoid.
H is looking pleased with himself because he did a Matrix-style triple stumble around this particular patch, avoiding getting his knees, face and bum covered in the sticky stuff.
Not forgetting the skunk cabbage to pose by.
We found a quiet spot at the edge of the lake for our lunch: but dad forgot the swimmers so we stayed dry (just as well really)
On the way down F decided to do route finding by "taste" rather than by "sight"
wile H did impressions of Dad's ears.
Sign of a good walk? Muddy legs :-)