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The drive to Seattle took us about 12 hours. We were so excited to be going somewhere so the ride didn't seem that long. On our way we passed through 3 states: IdahoOregonand Washington.The ride home was a little longer since we were a little further west. This ride did go on forever! We had had lots of fun but we were ready to be home and with our sweet Molly. It also seemed longer because of the time difference (Seattle is an hour behind).
The scenery was so pretty once we got pass the desert. Everywhere we'd look we would see green. I took a couple of pictures on our way back from Canada. The sunset was so pretty, I made Justin pull over so I could take a picture. This picture doesn't really capture it.I loved it when we would go over bridges. This is the best picture I could take in a moving car.We were excited to see gas this cheap in Tacoma. This was back when gas was much more than it is right now.I almost made Justin go west so I could see Forks. Do you think I would have run into any vampires?It was fun to go on a road trip with Justin. We listened to a couple of books on tape and many hours listening to Justin's IPOD. Funny, we never listened to mine. I wonder how that happened! One last picture of Justin being silly, trying to make the time go faster.We were so happy to finally make it home. I had to constrain myself not to run in the house looking for Molly, but to wait for Justin and calmly walk in the house. When Molly saw us, she dropped what she was doing and yelled, "Daddy, daddy, daddy" over and over while running to Justin. It was so cute, I was trying hard not to cry. She gave daddy a hug and then immediately said, "I want my mommy" and lunged for me. It was great to be back!
After our busy, busy days in Seattle, this place was just what we needed! It was about an hour drive to a little island called Fox Island. We stayed in this charming Bed & Breakfast...it was such a beautiful place! It was just a little room fixed up in the basement of someone's home-it had a kitchen, a little living room, and a little bed and bathroom. When we got there at about 4:30 in the afternoon the owner had tea things all set out. It reminded me of a place you would read about in a book. It was perfect. It had a sliding back door with a small patio and then it had a little patch of grass with some lounge chairs. We enjoyed just relaxing there-reading our books and playing games. Then just step off of the grass and you're on the beach. At night the tide would come up and the water would sometimes lap up onto the grass. It was so quiet there. Just really peaceful and serene. Like I said, just what we needed after a few busy days.
We had our own separate entry.The first night we got there, Justin thought that maybe he'd take a swim in the 47 degree water!He never made it that night. Our last night he finally went for a dip-he couldn't leave without getting in!
It was fun to go for walks along the beach. I didn't know that my husband was so good at skipping rocks!The first night we didn't realize that the tide would come up and we almost got stranded down the beach somewhere! Well, we wouldn't have been stranded, we would have had to swim to get back...I was surprised at how fast the tide came up! After that we made sure to only go in the morning.It felt so nice to just relax on these lounge chairs. The weather was perfect-it felt great to be outside and not break a sweat! I also taught Justin how to play Rummy-he beat me but I called in Beginner's Luck.The sunset was beautiful. We waited too long to get the perfect picture-the sun disappeared so fast! But it's still pretty.I also loved that after the sun went down, it didn't get dark right away. I asked the owners about that and they said it's called twilight. We don't have that here in Utah but it was pretty cool.
While we were staying here, we went into the town-called Gig Harbor-and walked around the shops. It was our last day and we were both pretty tired of walking so we ended up heading to the huge movie theater to watch "The Dark Knight." If we were ever to go to Washington again, this is definitely someplace that we would stay again!