June

Sylvia's Mom's visit and a trip to Astoria/Fort Stevens

Kenny at his school playRattlesnake Ridge hike with Ilana


Kayak trip with Jean on Lake Sammamish/Sammamish RiverTouring Seattle with my mom, in for a visit from Charlotte


We took a boat tour of Lake Union and Lake Washington


Peter is seven years old! He receives a mask and snorkel set for his birthday


We had a birthday party at the Somerset Rec Club




Firemen come to visit a local block party, and Peter gets to try on a fireman's outfit


At Pike Place Market


We watched a cruise boat loading up with foodAt the Olympic Sculpture Garden


Eric took my mom and Peter for a ride in an airplane


And Peter falls asleep!We also did the Boeing factory tour. You're not allowed to take pictures, but they do have a pretty sophisticated setup where you can have a picture taken, then you can pick the background, and they'll email it to you.


At the Japanese Garden at the Arboretum


At the locks


We went hunting for amber on Tiger Mountain


We actually found quite a few small chunks


The Boehm Chocolate factory tourSelfie with mom


Walking through the neighborhoodJuly 4th parade in Somerset - egg toss, fire truck


We visited Astoria, including Fort Stevens State Park and Fort Clatsop (the winter encampment of the Lewis and Clark party). The view from our hotel




A beautiful trail down to the water




Peter found lots of yummy thimbleberries


Unfortunately, lots of the fort that you could previously walk through is now closed


The hotel we were staying at had bikes we could use, and I found a tandem for Peter and me.


We spent a lot of time over a few days watching a transport ship being loaded with logs - it was very close to our hotel




At Fort Clatsop


Picnic at the beach


At the wreck of the Peter IredaleClimbing trees






We took a long bike ride along the entire Riverwalk trail


Setting off a glider at the Astoria Column


The view from the columnAt Cape Disappointment State Park - the Wild Cucumber plant was everywhere


Deadman's Cover was a beautiful little bay where we had a picnic lunch




Overlooking the Columbia River