Monday, August 3, 2009

A Much Needed Break!

Here are a few pictures from where we've been lately! Now you'll understand why we've been MIA from the blog. I'll post more pictures and stories later on. Enjoy these for now.

The view on top of Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park - it was awesome!


On top of Hurricane Ridge


The Hoh Rainforest - they were experiencing a drought while we were there!


This is "sunset" at Rialto Beach - it was quite foggy!


Rialto Beach


Dungeness Spit! It was pretty neat out there.


This is at the Lavender Farms - definitely one of our favorite parts of the trip.


There were so many flowers out there and the lavender smelled soooo good!


There were fields and fields of lavender!














This is at the Dockside Grill at the John Wayne Marina where we ate for our anniversary dinner. The food was okay but it lacked the cajun spices!
The made a really good seafood bisque though.


Crescent Lake - the water was absolutely gorgeous!


Crescent Lake


Crescent Lake


The sunset over Hurricane Ridge.


The view from Hurricane Ridge


The sun set at like 9:00 so it was a late night for us.


The Seattle skyline from the space needle where we ate lunch before our flight on Saturday


Yep we ate lunch at the top of that thing! It spins around while you eat so you get to see the entire view of the city.


The moon over Seattle


Sunset over Seattle - we were surprised by how nice of a city Seattle is.

11 comments:

Cindy said...

My ex inlaws used to live in Auburn,Wa. We would love to go there in July when it was too hot here and we would go to the mountains and the kids played in the snow. I am so glad you had an awesome vaca. Did you go to Pike's Market too? Have a great week! I am so glad to hear from you. Give the boys a hug for me!HUGS FROM ARKANSAS!

shay said...

Oh my goodness what a gorgeous place! Talk about finding serenity. This is definently a place on my list to go to!! Hope you had fun and are feeling well! Much love xoxo

Anonymous said...

Those pictures are awesome, glad you got to see so many beautiful places! :) I was praying it would be a restful and restoring trip for you guys, hope you're coming back refreshed! -Em

Anonymous said...

i FEEL REFRESHED JUST FROM LOOKING AT THE PICS! i AM so GLAD YOU WENT! bLESSINGS TO YOU TODAY--i KNOW IT IS DOING gRAMMY A WORLD of good to "lean her eyeballs agin' you"!I hope I get to see you "up close and personal " myself soon.
Love you guys,
YFA Joan

Diane said...

WOW! These pictures are incredibly BEAUTIFUL~!!! So glad you got to go on vacation!!!
Will send out an update telling all your friends at Sager to take a look at these beautiful pictures posted here on your blog.

Love you guys,
Diane
:-)

Anonymous said...

Beautiful pictures, Steph!!

Anonymous said...

We don't know each other, but I have been following your blogs. Your vacation pictures were wonderful. So glad you got to go. Thanks for sharing the beauty of God's world with the rest of us.

Carol Pitts

Anonymous said...

Awsome photos!
Carol Fox

Anonymous said...

Hey You Two!!!!!! THANKS for letting us land in your home for a quick visit....boy, Steph, it makes my heart sing to actually see you doing SO WELL (the last 3 times I've seen you you have been prone in the hospital!!!!!!). So, it seems the vacation was just what the doctor ordered - you both seem like 2 new human beings! HOORAY! Love you both and of course the Ruekster and Edgar.....I know they are missing that second lap around the pond! Hugs and Kisses to all 4 of you! SKSB/MIL/MOM

theprovidentwoman said...

Those are great pictures. Looks like a wonderful vacation.

Kerwin and Vicki said...

Amazing pictures and it looks like a great trip. We are so glad you got to make this trip together. Vicki and I also love visiting the great northwest, especially in July when it is so hot here. It looked fun to be in sweatshirts in July.

You are a great photographer. Hope we can see more photos later.

Kerwin and Vicki.