Deception Pass, fishing, and other adventures

DECEPTION PASS

We got to spend a night camping with the Dyers and other friends from their ward up at Deception Pass. The combination of islands, beaches, lakes, and forests make this place absolutely stunning and sadly the pictures do not do is justice. 

Esther's favorite games while hiking (and every other time) are galloping like a horse and playing hide and seek with daddy. Can you find them?

 Boo!

FISHING
Apparently, the Salmon run up a river near us so we (meaning Chris with my full support) are taking up fishing! I was surprised by how fun it was for the whole family.  Esther explores along the river and, inevitably, gets soaked in the water, Sam sits with mom while I read, and Chris does the actual work (naturally) of fishing , and we all get to enjoy being outside in a pretty place. Now we just need to make it out to the river this week since the fish are actually running!

Snohomish River

DONKEYS

Up the road from our house is a pasture with miniature donkeys that are SUPER cute. Esther and I have had to pull over on several occasions to admire them. So when we learned that one of those very donkeys would be at the Snoqualmie Ice Cream - o - Rama (what exactly is an O-Rama anyway?) we knew we had to be there.  We met Little Red Man, but Esther who was in desperate need of a nap, didn't get her usual thrill out of the donkey.  We also got to see some goats, a miniature horse, chickens, and best of all, some Alpacas which are very cute and apparently quite lucrative since their fleece can be sold for up to $30 an ounce. Who knew? Chris is considering them as a future pet for our kids since they fairly easy to maintain AND they are an income producing animal unlike dogs, cats, and especially goats. (The Hardy can understand.)