A Day out in Seattle
Recipe for a day out in Seattle: take the bus to downtown; then stroll through bell town , stopping at Patagonia , and on to the Olympic Sculpture Park .
Lunch at the Old Spaghetti Factory and then a walk along the water front to any random coffee shop for a rest of weary feet.
Wrap things up with a Seattle Sounders FC home game – beating San Diego Earthquakes 2-1.
Sorted.
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Finn’s Last Day
For the last day at BCS for Finn’s class story time was in the garden with Mrs Cambell & Mrs Simmons. Fantastic school, we’ll miss it.
I’m not sure where squirting water at the photog came into the story, but at least it wasn’t me getting damp.
Lake Serene
Martin was back states-side for a brief visit, but not so brief that a short walk wasn’t in order. So with Chris we took another amble up to Lake Serene…
Chilly.
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Panorama Hike
With a big breakie at Paradise Inn behind us and the boys safely off with grandparents it was onwards & upwards for us.
We left the guide service hut and dirty snow at Paradise behind…
…and climbed up along the western side of Alta Vista through Paradise Park
The trail led up through the snow – a different route from Camp Muir last July – and was helpfully signed to avoid embarrassing falls down step slopes.
The view from Panorama Point was amazing, with Alta Vista, Mazama Ridge and then Mounts Adams, St Helens and (just visible) Hood on the horizon.
Mount Adams (from last years’ escapade )
Mount St Helens (not as much as there once was)
We even had some company for lunch
The way down was fun: steep and slippery. Fay tried plunge stepping before giving in to the charms of glissading (at which she was too fast for me to get a pic).
Wide brimmed hat = no/little sun burn
Kuhl cap & no hair = red ring of embarrassment next day in the office
Some more pics on the way down and then a well deserved drink back at the Paradise Inn.
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(Bed)Room with a View
The morning view from room 317 at the Paradise Inn on Mount Rainier.
Better than the
hotel in London
; but waking up to
this view in Padstow
is still my favourite.
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Christine Falls Hike
A gentle hike through the woods along the trail blazed by the Mighty Finnster…
…to a bridge…
…over the gushing Van Trump Creek.
Just below, the creek drops over Christine Falls and then beneath the road that winds up the mountain from Longmire to Paradise.
Our Favourite Creek
Kautz Creek . A great place if you wonder off the beaten track a little, which isn’t difficult.
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Unidentified Flying Object
With Grandparents in town Fay & I had a Sunday to hike up to Panorama Point on the southern flank of Mt Rainier. Snow all the way up to 6,300 ft with some amazing views, including this one of a large
lenticular
cloud floating east of the summit.
Getting down was fun & fast
J