Tolt Mcdonald....

We stayed a Tolt McDonald in King County. We got to see salmon spanning, and slugs! When we drove up into the campground it was raining so hard. We were all pretty soaked when we finished setting up! Luckily closing down we had great weather.  We went to the library to use the internet, and for school . It was great! We enjoyed this campground. We figured out that it really comes alive at night when everyone takes their evening walks.

 

 

 Big leaf Maple!



Slug!

Our camper!

Seattle!

                                                                  

We hit up public transportation to get to the awesome city Seattle! We got off the bus and walked around and then we saw the library which immediately caught our eye.( you will see in the pictures why) It was crazy awesome! The architect of the building was amazingly done. On one floor of the library there was writing on the floor  which I thought was pretty neat. Before heading to the Klondike museum we passed by an indoor/outdoor waterfall. It was really pretty! Next we headed over to Pioneer square where  we got to read a lot about the Klondike Gold Rush. It was a fun museum! After that we walked around and stopped at Starbucks. Yummy! I got a smoothie that I really enjoyed. We stopped for lunch at sea food place called the Crab pot where we got clam chowder in a bread bowl. It was amazing! Then we walked to the Public Market where I picked up a lot of postcards five for a dollar. It was neat to walk through looking at what the stands had. Are last stop was seeing the Space Needle. It was really cool to see it! I absolutory loved Seattle! We had an amazing time!

The Glass Library!

 

Indoor/outdoor waterfall!

   

 Klondike Gold Rush Museum!

My smoothie from Star bucks!

Bread bowl from The Crab Pot!

Public Market!

The Space Needle!

Wenatchee Apple Capital of the world.

Me picking apples!

In Wenatchee we enjoyed staying at the campground for some fun bike riding, and park play. Yippee. And then we really got in to our thing and did some apple picking! Family fun for all! We went to a great farm with cheap apples, melon, and grapes it was delicious. What a fun day! After our stay there we went to a rural campground which was really fun. We went on  a nice hike! And enjoyed being out in the woods.

Pumpkin popper.

Welcome to Washington!

 Welcome to Washington!

 

 

Our first stop in Washington was Spokane. In Spokane we stayed at Deer Park. Deer Park was very unique. Why? Skateboarders staying out at the skateboard park for many hours that nobody I mean nobody wanted to stay outside except the brave (mom) and we thought that was bad. No-no wait till it was time to sleep. We woke up to the water sprinkler; it was like someone was spraying our trailer with a fire hose. (That’s putting it nicely) And what beats all, it was at 2:00.  We went to the library, and got some library books out. We told them where we were staying. The librarian said” I never saw anybody stay there.” We knew why. But things get better fast! We got to go to the beautiful gardens of Spokane. Walking around you get to go to all the gardens, for free. We went to the Rose Garden, and the Japanese Garden. They were beautiful! Our next stop when we went site seeing was the city of Spokane. I got to ride the Merry Go Round! I had so much fun! I picked out my horse, jumped on, and away we went! I figured out that when you go around they put out this little pole; you stick out your hand and try to get as many rings as you can. If you get a bronze one you get to ring you get to ride again. I really enjoyed my ride! After that we climbed and rode the Radio Flyer! It was really fun. We also walked around and saw the clock tower. Spokane was where the World Fair was. We got to see some of the remains of it. After that we went to the College to see the Bing Crosby Museum. We went at the peak of lunch hour; it was pretty crowded with all the College students. That equals embarrassed kids. We enjoyed seeing it, because we are pretty big fans of his.  We really enjoyed our site seeing in Spokane!

 

 

 

The Merry Go Round Building!

Spokane!

Radio Flyer!

Rose Garden!

Japanese Garden!

 

 

Final Day in Glacier!

 

The final day in Glacier we did some amazing sightseeing. We did round two of going to the sun road, and we were so happy we did! Instead of being in the clouds like our first trip to going to the sun road we were above the clouds! It was beautiful! Stopping many times along the way up, we got some amazing pictures!  Once we got to the top where the visitor center was,  we hiked up to Hidden Lake. We got to the top and were amazed by the beautiful view of the lake with the mountains behind it! Mom said it look like Lake Louise. We sat down, and soaked up the view. On the way down mom, and dad saw a coyote walking right next to the trail. It was pretty surprising because this trail is well traveled. We headed down opened the back, and ate our lunch. It was crowded at the top, you saw the same people circling around and around trying to find a parking spot. While pulling out a man came running and asked us if we were his “parking angel” We were!  We headed down to the most photographed place in the park Goose Island, on Saint Mary’s lake. It was well worth the stop! It was beautiful! After that we headed over to many Glaciers where we got to see some spectacular views and wildlife! We saw a mother bear and her cubs, a bear on the side of the road eating the bark, and swan. It was great viewing of wildlife! We really enjoyed Glacier National Park! It was very beautiful!

                                         The view from Going to The Sun Road.
                                                                

Our hike up to Hidden Lake.

The beautiful Hidden Lake.

Goose Island on Saint Mary's Lake.

The bear.

Hungry Horse Dam.

The Hungry Horse Dam is located a few miles from our campground. The Hungry Horse plays an important role in water storage, flood control, hydroelectricity power, and recreation for the Pacific North West.  The construction of this Dam took place in July 1948, and finished July 1953.  The Dam cost 102 million dollars to build. We really enjoyed walking across it.  

Hungry Horse Dam.

Hungry Horse is pretty big!

 

 

 

Meeting Friends in Glacier!

     While Patrick and I were playing basketball, we met three kids around our age whose family helps their grandparents run the campground, and started playing basketball. It was really fun! Also while we were playing basketball we met a girl named Delaney.  We started talking and sure enough her family is also on the road. They are traveling the U.S in the fifth wheel. We were really excited to meet another family doing the same thing. Next thing we know it we had a group of kids meeting everyday playing, basketball, volleyball, and kick the ball.  We spent hours playing sports and talking. We had a great time!