Summer 2011 in Review: June
It was an awesome summer for our family. Every month was action packed with wholesome goodness family fun, and a whole lot of delicious baked goods! Let's start off with…
“That banana slug has antlers!”: A walk through St. Edward State Park
“That banana slug has antlers!” Our little naturalist has a great view of the natural world and he calls it as he sees it. It’s our job to encourage his curiosity and his sense of wonder and if that means he sees antlers, then they’re…well, we’ll help him out and let him know that they’re actually antennae (or tentacles) and used to watch television. We just can’t lead him astray.
We spent last Sunday morning at St. Edward State Park in Kenmore. It’s a short drive from our house which made it convenient. We’d been traveling all week and didn’t feel like spending a lot of time in the car. The State Park is a former Catholic seminary and became a park in 1977. It’s primarily wooded and offers great hiking and mountain biking.
Happy Birthday to Me!
I'm 37 years old today. To put it simply, it's been an awesome 37 years. My family is not with me today since I'm in Alaska but am truly thankful…
I’m leaving, on a jet plane….to Kodiak, Alaska
Alaska in August is what I'm talking about. Fire season has died down a bit. The sun is shining. Wildlife is roaming. Next week, I'm in Kodiak for two days…
Heather Lake Hike in Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Did you grab the camera? Shoot, forgot it. Did you bring our iPod for the drive? Nope. Boy those kids are eating a lot on this drive to the trailhead. Do we have extra food? No. Ugh, my pants are too tight. Why didn’t I wear others?!? Hey, did you grab the Northwest Forest Pass before we left? Uhhhhhhhhh, no. If this is how the drive was going, I couldn’t wait to see how the hike would turn out!
After a quick stop at the ranger station to see if we needed to buy a day pass (we didn’t), we made our way up the road to the Heather Lake Trailhead. We arrived at 10:15am and the lot was almost full. This is definitely a popular hike.