Map Washington State.
Back in Washington we went to the RV Park in Issaquah, near Seattle.
Chris caught up with her chores and I with mine.
The market has a huge selection of seafood and other fresh goods for sale.
Vista of Seattle.
This is famous fish shop at the market where they attract a crowd to watch them throw large fish across to the fishmongers for filleting. The crowd roars and applauds each time one takes a flight.
There was a fair on and I heard the Blue Angels were to put on a air show.
I had to go and see them. We went to Mercer Island, an area near the river that we thought we would get a good vantage point. As we walked down toward the river the Blue Angels flew over behind us on a low level pass and at super sonic speed. I had to brace myself as the sound shocked me and nearly knocked me off my feet.
The aerial display was awesome.
It seemed many other locals had the same idea and we got caught up in a huge traffic jam when we tried to leave.
There is a picturesque scenic drive out of Seattle called the The Cascade Loop
Mossy trees in one of the forests.
The melting spring snow on North Cascades NP
A mossy creek.
A farm house that has been crushed, I guess by snow.
Ross Lake overlook.
In the midst of this spectacular vista runs high tension power lines. In fact the island in the lake made a good base for this tower.
Washington Pass
My Sister and brother-in-law, Lyn and Ian, flew in to Portland, Oregon to join us on a road trip down the coast and across to Las Vegas. We set up camp near Battlefield close to the Oregon State Line.
Our first trip was to Mount St. Helens
This is one of the bridges on the road leading to the mountain.
North Fort Toutle River
This was a crystal clear mountain lake we stopped to view on the way up.
Ian enjoys the view.
For those old enough to remember, Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980 exploding out the side of the mountain and causing many deaths and major destruction.
Here the ranger at the Visitors Centre shows 2 photographs. The left is the mountain as it looked some time before the eruption and the right shows the enormous bulge just prior to the eruption.
A ground squirrel watches the tourists.
Ian, Lyn, myself and Chris.
Happy hour by a fire.
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