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I’m on a roll, catching up on personal posts…

September 2, 2008 – 4:04 pm

When our kids got home from overnight camp, we took them to the mountains for a week at a lake house. The best part was we could bring our boat and our dogs so everyone was happy. Our day’s were spent on the lake water skiing, wake boarding, surfing, and tubing and our nights were spent around the campfire enjoying s’mores and each other. Now it’s back to the reality of school, work and homework but it’s all good. I’m sharing a few of our family moments from a great week for an inside look at my own kids.

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final vacation post…

September 1, 2008 – 2:59 pm

Started day 5 by checking out the Claylocke beach area, Ruby beach, 1st and 4th beach although each was gorgeous in their own right none compared for us to the magic of the others the day before. We then went to the Quianault Lodge for the evening, took another hike up to the falls and relaxed by the lake and campfire enjoying the company of other guests from all over the world. Day 6 was incredible, we drove to Mt. Ranier, checked into what I call our fantasy cabin at the Storm King Spa and went on to explore the inexplainable beauty of Mt. Ranier. We hiked through wild flowers one minute and snow the next, we came back down to Longmire at the suggestion of a fellow photographer to catch a gorgeous sunset over Mt. Ranier. Dinner at the famous Copper Creek Inn with the best blackberry pie we had all week (and we had it almost every night). Day 7 we woke up at 5:30 am to catch the sunrise over reflection lake which was well worth the early hour. Next we started our biggest hike of the week, we got above the snow line for an up close look at the glacier, saw a black fox along our 8 plus miles made our way down and had a late lunch at Paradise Inn. Finally it was time for some well deserved R and R back at our cabin/yurt. We took Jacuzzies on our deck and then had incredible massages at the spa. Day 8 we went around the other side of Mt. Ranier to Sunrise and hiked through this mountain known for their wildflowers, we did get to see a black bear in the meadow below us which is always cool. After this hike we went on our way to Seattle for our last night. We checked out the famous pikes peak market along with all the characters that frequent this spot. More fresh gorgeous flowers, fruit, veggies, seafood and crafts than you can imagine along with street musicians galore. Then it was a sad farewell to a vacation filled with adventure, beauty and too much blackberry pie. I hope you enjoy this last sampling of photos as much as I enjoyed the journey taking them. href=’http://www.yourmomentscaught.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/wash-5.jpg’>

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Vacation posting part 2

August 30, 2008 – 7:18 pm

Day 3 started with a bike ride along the discovery trail towards Sequoium. Next was our drive along the coast to Cape Flattery, and this is a drive you just can’t believe. The most twisty, turning crazy roads I have ever been on. My husband was trying to control his male hormonal urge to take the turns at 60 mph and I was screaming for him to slow down the entire trip. We then hiked straight down in the rain to see what can only be described as something from another world, we really felt like we had just entered another planet. Oh, and I should mention that Cape Flattery is the most western point in the United States. Hiking back up in the rain and by this time dark got my heart racing again followed by another round of those roads to get back home. The following morning we drove to the Hoh rain forest walked through the hall of mosses (which reminded us both of the wizard of oz) then hiked the Hoh trail and came face to face with a bull Elk, apparently we came much to close to this Elk but we escaped unharmed. We ate lunch in the now famous town of Forks, the town where the Vampire series of books Twilight takes place. Another side note… I couldn’t resist reading the book that I was hearing so much about and am now completely obsessed and hooked on this series. We next checked into the Monitou Lodge (very cool spot, I highly recomend) and went onwards to the breathtaking 2nd beach. You have to climb over tons of driftwood just to get to the beach which changes hourly with the tides. This is like no beach here on the west coast and was a awe inspiring scene. We also visited Rialto beach that night to see the sunset and then back to sleep in our cool lodge. More coming tomorrow….

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And now we interrupt your regularly scheduled programing…

August 30, 2008 – 6:44 pm

of babies, bellies, and gorgeous children to bring you my long overdue travel pictures. I am ashamed to admit this is almost a month overdue at this point, but I have been swamped with actual business blog posting. My husband and I once again traveled out west while our children were away at overnight camp, this year our destination was Washington State. I think I will have to break this up into several blog posts to cover all of the areas properly, and if anyone has any questions regarding where we stayed and what we did for your own vacation planning don’t hesitate to ask.
Day 1: We landed in Seattle and drove to Port Angelas a beautiful area, we wandered around the pier and went to bed early so we could be up at the crack of dawn to hike hurricane ridge at sunrise. The hike was gorgeous we ran into some black tailed deer. Next up was a visit to Lake Crescent with a short hike to Merrymore Falls followed by some kayaking on the oh so pristine Lake Crescent. Following are some of my favorite images from these first 2 day’s…

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