Jay & Pat: Washington State Trip

This past week (July 16-21) Pat and I had a great trip as we went to Washington to attend the PNW Regional Annual meeting. The meeting was held in Olympia (sorry, no pictures from there because I was in meetings most of the time.) We did have a great time in Seattle as well as the couple of days that we spent in Bellingham.

I will apologize for the number of pictures, but there were a lot of great moments. We will keep the text brief for you.

This picture was taken from the top of the Space Needle where we had lunch in the revolving restaurant. The weather was fantastic!

You just don't get that many days in Seattle where you get to see Mt. Ranier like this. Do you see it in the background? Those are not all clouds.

Looking across the Puget Sound.

Pat took this great shot from the bottom of the Space Needle.

Admiring the terrific seafood in the famous Pikes Marketplace.

Pikes had enormous quantities of beautiful flower arrangements for sale.

These next two pictures were taken while we were dining with business friends at CJ's Beach House in Birch Bay. Amazing sunset. I took the first one. Pat took the second.

A great waterfall on the road to Mt. Baker. The name of this falls is Nooksack Falls.

Another great view on the Mt. Baker Highway.

Moss on the trees and ferns everywhere made quite a sight.

Mt. Shuksan

These next 3 pictures were taken at Picture Lake towards Mt. Shuksan. An incredible picturesque place. Wouldn't you agree?

We didn't know it at the time of our sightseeing trip, but the road up to the ridge, known as Artist's Point, had only been open a couple of days after being plowed out. You can see the snow was still very deep.