Vacation Part 1

We made it to Vancouver, WAshington tonight, and after a 2 hour long swim in the pool with Rachel, I decided to give you a glimpse so far of our vaction.

These are in no particular order btw. Here we have mountnoma(?) falls supposedly the second highest waterfall in America. Very beautiful, but packed with people. We forgot that it was labor day weekend. I love the beautiful trees and moss all over the ground. Green everywhere.


Cliffs seem to be the theme in Oregon.

I love ferns. I have a travel journal from years back full of ferns from almost every state I've been to.

Our bow-tie towel waiting for us at Holiday Inn Express. They give us a huge breakfast every morning. We best buds.

Full size Stonehenge replica. Some rich old guy who fought in WWII made it as a memorial for a bunch of soldiers. Cool lookin.

The parents

RAchel wall climbing.

Our sacrifice to the Washington Gods.



A vacation isn't a vacation without a squished penny to show for it.

Twin Falls Temple.

Me and the temple



Mt. Hood in the backround of the stonehenge mountain. It was SO windy!

Our first night in Idaho KOA. We had to set up the tent at 11pm in pitch black. It was anew tent too. Fun times.

The dock for the foot paddle boats.

The brindge at some gorge. Can't remember the name, you'll get all details when I get back to Utah. Base jumpers too. Videos to come.

Shoshonie Falls, Idaho.

I love all things mossy.

We'll oot n' aboot for the next couple of days. Just thought I'd give you a peek of our adventures so far. HAving a blast, and no sunburns, sickness or injuries so far. Seeya laters!

Bec

Farewell

Me and the fam(most of us) are off to a two week vacation to Washington, Oregon, and Canada. I may be the only one returning too. I'm the only one with a passport to get back into the U.S. If that happens, I'll throw a big party at my newly empty parent-free house.

A couple of our stops along the way will be Dale Chihuly's workshop and neighboring museum (just go to google images under his name and you'll see why I love the man), La Push & Forks Washington from the ever worshipped twilight series, the space needle, and buchart gardens where I hear is the most amazing sunken garden ever. Plus many more that will be spur of the moment excursions.

I'm relying on my two brothers and sister to water my garden enough to keep it alive while I'm gone. But just in case, I've had the soaker hose on for about 6 hours now. It's just starting to produce a plentiful harvest of tomatoes & squash, so when I get back I should have quite the produce collection.

I'll be sure to take mounds and mounds of pictures (you know me) and share several along the way if my dad decides to bring his laptop.

Rachel and I stopped at the library tonight to get a bunch of books for the driving part. One of them was all about HTML. I also have a book on TCP/IP I might bring. Might as well learn something along the way.

Must finish packing now.

Adios Amigos!