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Home for the Summer 2019




Summer in the Northwest

Fourth of July 2019

Fourth of July Gathering
Family and Friends

Fourth of July 1989 "Cousins"

The next generation of cousins: 2019

Lots of fun with Simon and Lily

Pt. Defiance Zoo:


                 
   

Simon's Baseball Games:












A Bainbridge Overnight:


 

Taking the bus and ferry to Seattle and then the train to Auburn: 

The ferry

Feeding the seagulls at Ivar's
The Seattle waterfront looks so different without the viaduct.
It's going to be a huge improvement when they are done 
with all of the construction. View is from the Pike Place Market.


Lily's 2nd birthday:


Just Hanging out:

Some Camping Trips:

Ranger Creek near Chinook Pass/Mount Rainier

Port Townsend, Port Ludlow and Port Angeles


Colonial Creek with the Kids:

On Diablo Lake on the North Cascades Highway


Lily's favorite thing to do was to play in the mud:


We are about ready to start heading south.
We'll be camping along the way and should be
in San Carlos around the second or third week
in October.

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