Spring Hike

A couple of weeks ago we hiked Tokul Creek. This is a really pretty hike with some old growth trees as you can see in this picture this tree is pretty massive (Jeff's dad is not a dwarf). You get there by driving up into the mountains and oddly enough there is a cow farm right across from the trail head.





Here's Jeff giving me one of his goofy smiles. (I rarely get a real smile on camera) He's standing on this bridge which overlooks the creek. Which by the way is not your run of the mill trickling peaceful creek. It's more like rapids but I guess it looked like a creek to someone.






We took Remmy along for the hike and he was leaning over to look down at the creek too. As you can tell by looking at his back legs he wasn't too thrilled about being up so high. He didn't quite trust that he couldn't fit through the gap between the fence and the bridge. But either way I thought it was cute that he was checking it out.







So this is the creek that runs below the bridge that we are all standing on. I told you it was more like rapids. Although we did get a lot of snow this year so maybe the water level is a little higher because of snow melt. Either way it was a cool view.





Speaking of view this is the view from the trail. You can see the whole valley and the mountains in the distance. It was a bit overcast which is why the pic looks a little white and muted, but the view is spectacular. And this was only like 20 min from our house. That is the plus about living in Washington you have amazing hikes just out your back door.


And by the end of the hike all of the dogs (I only have one but Jeff's parents have a couple) were tired and hot. Libby jumped in this little creek (see this is a creek, ok enough about what a creek is) and layed down to cool off. I couldn't resist getting a shot and I love the fact that I caught her with her tongue out.

Spring

Spring has finally come! Spring is one of those touch and go seasons for any of you who are not familiar with Washington. There can be days where the weather is brilliant and then it will rain for the next two weeks. But when the weather is good, there's nothing like it.
Spring also means that we spend a lot of time in the yard. On this particular day I had just finished mowing the lawn and I looked up and saw a rainbow in the sky. I'm not really sure how this came to be as it had not been raining, but whatever the reason I thought it would be fun to get a picture of it.








Speaking of yard work Jeff and I have been working on taming the trees in our yard. This is a Laurel, yes for any of you who are familiar with this species it is generally a bush. As you can see our bush turned into a massive tree, which looked nice but was creating a bit of a moss problem on the roof. I haven't lived in Washington long enough to know the details but with all the rain and moisture here, there's a lot of moss which grows on the roof and the problem is made worse by trees hanging over, maybe it has to do with the shade. Anyways as you can see we gave the tree a massive haircut and literally had branches piled up to the roof. We did eventually get them cleared away.

As most of you have kids and post pictures of them all of the time I had to throw one in of my dog. Remmy was soaking up the sun and enjoying laying and rolling in the freshly mowed lawn. He loves hanging out in the yard while we work. Occasionally he comes over and starts digging in my garden while I weed. I think he's just trying to figure out what I'm doing but sometimes he digs up my bulbs so I don't encourage his helping. Hope you are all enjoying spring as much as we are and we'll keep you posted on our trips this summer.