November in Review: Why We Do What We Do
What am I talking about when I type, "Why we do what we do". This short post is about why we continue to maintain a website and write what we…
Uncle Mark visits and Ethan takes him on an Aardvark hunt
“We’re going on an Aardvark hunt, we’re going to catch a big one” and the two fearless adventurers, protected by their firefighter hats and carrying shopping baskets and snakes, set off through the house to find the fearsome Aardvarks that lurked in the back halls. Nephew Ethan, along with his sidekick Uncle Mark, stormed the house so all could get a good night sleep.
October in Review: The Month of the Heffalump
Heffalump! What the? Okay if you don't have kids you probably don't have any idea what a Heffalump is. I didn't either until earlier in October I randomly selected for…
Big Four Ice Caves Hike (Mountain Loop Highway)
Another gorgeous weekend in the Seattle area provided the opportunity to hit the trail. We got a mid-morning start today and headed back to the Darrington District on the Snoqualmie-Mt.…
Salmon Days & Family Farms
We welcomed the month of October with a bang! We headed south on Saturday for the Issaquah Salmon Days Festival in beautiful Issaquah. We followed that up with the Festival of Family Farms in Skagit County on Sunday. Both days offered some of the best reasons of why we love the Seattle area.