Anne: Fangorn Forest, WA

Doesn't it look like he's trying to lift something on his shoulders?

Tourista Part 4 -- Picture Perfect

Ben's mom and brother came to visit this past week, which basically meant we were tourists all weekend. This is what happened.

Friends of ours told us about a lovely little park that overlooks Seattle and I'm very thankful they did. It didn't hurt that it was a beautiful day. The little dome of a cloud on the middle right side of the picture is  Mt. Rainier. It's hard to see and doesn't do the scene justice, but it gives you enough to use your imagination.

Bicycling the city

Enjoying this beautiful weather we've been blessed with we went on a bike ride around the city. Experienced our first Seattle "summer" beach Saturday at Golden Gardens. It was PACKED! And rode down along Salmon Bay et al before stopping here at Ship Canal Park. Bicycling is just one of a kind...Seattle stay sunny so I can keep on riding!

Goslings

When Jen and I were kayaking, we saw a number of goslings on the shore. This time Ben and I found them chowing down on some grass. 28 if I remember correctly! It made us interested to learn about Goose culture as there were 4 geese guarding them, but clearly they weren't all theirs. If they made a honk all the goslings would gather and when they were stopped for too long they would plop down on the pavement. It was truly entertaining.

Gasworks Park Pines

Explored Gasworks Park for the first time today. It was your average Seattle day, gray and a bit windy (luckily the rain stayed at bay until we were inside). It was a fun little place, interesting paint job on the old industrial pieces and seeing where they played paintball in 10 Things I Hate About You. It felt like we could be in Pittsburgh at an old steel mill on the Allegheny. But you don't get to see pictures of any of that (I'm not a good tourist). Instead here's water droplets on some sort of pine shoot things.