Back to Vancouver
On the way back, we made a few stops at some amazing places!


Crater Lake was formed by a volcano thousands of years ago. The lake is almost 2,000 feet deep and very cold and incredibly blue.


We visited Mount St. Helens about 15 years ago and decided to visit again when we found ourselves passing very close by. We were glad we did. Usually when people show you rocks, they tell you the rocks are 300 million years old or something. This rock, though, is 3 years old, formed from lava that is still forming a dome in the volcano.


There is some fabulous art glass by Dale Chihuly at Tacoma. We just had to stop to see it again on our way through. Beautiful!

Coastal Vacation

We drove along the coast of Oregon this summer, and saw lots of beaches, rocks, and fog. Very picturesque.

Big Tree Vacation
We rented a car and drove down the coast of Washington and Oregon to northern California.
We saw lots of rain forest with big trees.


We stopped at Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park to see an alpine meadow, high on a mountain ridge. There was still snow in places at that altitude, and the very first flowers of "spring" were blooming.


These are the redwoods of northern California, the tallest trees in the world, up to 380 ft. high.

Back in Olympic National Park, this is the Hall of Mosses in the Hoh Rain Forest.

Sam

Sam took his dog along for a walk to the park one day.

What a cutie!

Oma buying "food" at the "store".

Visiting Our Newest Grandson
We visited our grandsons (and son and daughter in law) this summer. Jonathan, our newest grandson, was just over 8 months old and learning to crawl and teething.


Jaws!
Jonathan was teething, so he would open his mouth wide and dive for anything he thought he could bite on.


Crawling!
While we were there, Jonathan learned to crawl. Before he figured it out, he was totally frustrated because he would see something, try to get to it and end up just pushing himself backwards farther and farther away from it.


Who you looking at?
Eating was always an adventure with food ending up all around his face and on the floor. This was during a visit to Bowen Island.

Awww!
Isn't he sweet! Jonathan with his mother on one of our many walks.