Millies thoughts:
As we travel further north into our northwest adventure, I can’t help but reflect on our last couple of week’s experiences in Oregon and now in Washington. Such natural beauty I could never have imagined and am unable to describe. From the rugged shores of the Pacific Coast, with miles and miles of sandy beaches sometimes cluttered with debris from the Japanese Tsunami, to the mountains with vegetation so thick it reminds me of the movie Jurassic Park. We have scoured the forests for a glimpse of the local legend Big Foot, to no avail. Although we have seen evidence of bear in our campgrounds, or was it Big Foot?
We have drove through and visited quaint little fishing villages along the seashore with homes so picturesque, I wanted to stop and sit on their front porch to try and absorb the surroundings. Flowers grow in abundance with huge blossoms and bright colors. Homes have lovely window boxes with an array of summer flowers. For my friends in the Windsorgate Garden Club, I wish you could have experienced the garden tours with me.
So many flower varieties are the same as we have in Myrtle Beach, however due to the cool weather here; there are others I’m not familiar with.
Overall, I have loved the Northwest US, as I have loved the Southwest and many other areas we have visited. California has been my least favorite, although we did more “tourist’ things there. I really love exploring the natural beauty of our country and seeing the world from the passenger seat of the motor home. I am eagerly looking forward to discovering what’s down the road. Life is good!
Boring dibble from Larry:
Monday July 2nd we traveled a couple hundred miles up state, the first half was on secondary roads and passed through low hill country with winding rivers, picturesque fishing villages, and cultivated timberland. Once on the interstate we entered increasingly suburban territory the closer we got to Seattle. Seattle offers up a suburb skyline to travelers coming from the south It has many high rise office buildings that you see from a long ways off. They are divided into two distinct groups, east of the interstate are older, lower buildings, and west are an equal in size cluster of obviously newer and much taller buildings. Just a little further west is the Space Needle Tower and it is dwarfed by the newer skyscrapers. We will visit Seattle on our return trip as we will be backtracking down I-5 before turning east.
Tuesday July 3rd we left the motorhome with the intention of going to Everett Washington to take a tour of the Boeing Airliner Factory. We detoured down a side road to stop at a berry stand and discovered a wonderful little town. La Conner is an old fishing town reborn as a boating center, artist colony, and tourist destination. We spent all afternoon wandering around the gift shops and art galleries, with the bonus of most of them being on the town waterfront. A lot of the local art is very high quality and uniquely original.
One of the gallery owners told us that the San Juan Islands will be hectic on the 4th of July and suggested if we go on another day we would better enjoy it. So we are rescheduling our airplane factory tour for the 4th and will go to Friday Harbor in the San Juan’s on Thursday. Boeing will probably not be working on the Holiday, but I’m sure it will still be very interesting.
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