Archive for the Travel Category

Last weekend, we went for another day trip to a nearby town. Here in the Pacific Northwest, ferries are a common way to travel. Lil’ C loves the ferry so off we go…..

The Washington State Ferry:

You drive your car onto the ferry …..

Then you can wait in your car, or go to the upper deck where they have plenty of seating or you can enjoy the view at the front. Even though the ride is only 30 min, the ferry is very well-equipped. It has a cafe and even free wi-fi.

A couple of views of the downtown Seattle from the ferry. See the Space Needle??

Where were we going?? To see this……………


Purple Lavenders


White Lavenders
Aren’t they beautiful??? They smell really good too. Unfortunately, we went too early in the season, so majority of the lavender plants were more like this ……….. : (

Will have to try to go back & visit in mid-July. Hopefully it will be in full bloom. So ended up nothing much to see. Decided to go to another place. Guess where we ended up? See part 2…
But before we left, I couldn’t resist taking this picture. The whole house setting looks so beautiful. Like a painting!! I think it must be the owner’s house. See his front yard? All surrounded by lavenders… how nice. No need to buy air freshener for the house!! hehe….

One of the reason that I love living in the Pacific Northwest is the abundance of interesting places to visit. So when weekends roll around, we try to make short daytrips to nearby places. Since we’ve just moved here this yr, there’s still a lot more places to visit. In the meantime, just sharing a couple photos from recent trips.

Snoqualmie Falls

Deception Pass

A lighthouse on a nearby island