We left Mission Springs C & C Center to drive to Grants Pass, OR the first day. There we met up with friends that we had worked with briefly at Mission Springs, Rick & Melissa Young. The scenery in Oregon quickly changed to evergreens, larger peaks with a little snow and gorgeous rivers that would eventually feed into the Pacific Ocean. God gave us clear skies until we reached higher altitudes and then just a few flakes of snow, but not enough to make us quit driving.
We stayed in Grants Pass for 2 nights so that we could go to visit Crater Lake. Snow on both sides of the road at least 20 ft. deep. No joke! Feeling a little claustrophobic!
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And of course the further we got over the border into Oregon & Washington more snow began to appear on the mountains and much higher peaks! I will never tire of this beautiful scenery.
The highways, bridges and overpasses
are very ornate in the west.
Now we are following Spring up the coast and God is giving us a palette of beautiful flowers.
And now oceans and mountains are appearing in the same picture.
So different from the East Coast where it is flat and sandy.
Now that's what I call a big piece of driftwood.
Heather in bloom.
So many versions of rhododendrons.
Murals in Arlington, WA.
Eating at Nutty's Junkyard Grill.
The absolute best hamburgers and shakes ever.
Then we spent a day in Seattle experiencing the Ballard Locks, the Needle, City Market where they throw fish when you make a purchase, very inexpensive flowers from all over the world, eating at Ivar's fish market, taking a ferry ride to Bainbridge, eating lava cake with ice cream, back on the ferry at sunset and then home by way of the floating bridge (yes, made with hollow concrete slabs and it floats on water).
City Market
The first Starbucks.
Bunches of flowers for no more
than $10 each.
Eating lava cake with ice cream!
Don't tell our kids - it was our dinner!
Don't tell our kids - it was our dinner!
Coming back on the ferry
with the sun setting behind us.
Never tire of the mountains on
all four sides, even the ocean side.
The Needle (part of the World's Fair in the 60s) and a little
information about the restaurant at the top and how it turns!
City Market
Ocean side ferris wheel.
A ferry ride with the Olympic Mtns.
in the background. Snow never
completely melts.
Seattle from the ferry.
Sunset coming back from Bainbridge, WA.
Our resident tour guide, Judy!
She knows more than anybody from this area.
Off to the Tulip Festival, whole month of April. The Skagit Valley produces more tulips and ships more than Holland.
My favorite!
Then I went back to Seattle for a peak at the
Chihuly Glass Exhibit. I had seen it before in
Phoenix but one never tires of it.
Deception Pass
This is where the Skagit River flows
into the ocean with torrential currents
and high winds.
Below is another chain of mountains
to the East.
Then off to see the Boeing Aircraft Center.
This is the newest model Boeing
is making which can carry cargo at
the same time it carries passengers.
Lighter weight, faster and costs less
to make.
The 6 hangers used to exit the new planes
for a test run. They are flown with a Boeing
employee pilot and a pilot from the buyer!
Now we really did come to Washington to work a project! Below is the other couple who worked with us Walt & Rosanna Jacoby from Nampa, Idaho. And a huge welcome to them as this was their very first project. They worked hard, played hard, ate, sightseeing (!) and rested hard! They are going to make great SOWERs.
Left: Us
Right: Rosanna & Walt Jacoby
The men.......
formed a new
garbage dumpster pad near
the mailboxes,
painted this whole barn, top to bottom,
(during)
(after)
resurfaced the tops and replaced the skids on 40 wood boxes placed in various locations on the campus,
here they are being
loaded then relocated,
repaired benches in the arena
that had been damaged by fallen trees,
landscaped in the
volunteer RV park,
and painted the front of the big barn.
Walt on his knees begging the GL to
let him go home to eat lunch!!!!!
The ladies repainted one of
the signs at the stables,
reglittered many animals for the
Lights of Christmas displays,
Remade about 10 hula hoop
decorations that are hung from
trees for summer camps,
repainted several Christmas scenes, and
worked on a picture page project that the campers will be working on during the summer months.
Can't say enough about the Spring flowers.
God made such beautiful things in the
State of Washington for us to admire.
He is the Creator of it all.
To God be the glory.
So now we are packing things up, pulling in the slides, putting the tray tables in the upright position and getting ready for another trek to Prince George, BC. Yes, over the border into Canada. We hope to get to Cache Creek the first night, then Williams Lake, then Barkerville and on into Prince George. The end of May we will meet up with our Alaskan caravan friends, Roy & Sue Anderson. They will be traveling with us into Alaska and through Alaska for the entire summer. RVcrazy or what? We will let you know in September!
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