Headed out to the Cascade Mountains to go hiking. Some of the tracks in the valley would have been fairly muddy, so we went higher and hiked in the mountains. Here's some pics:
That's fairly close to the top of trail where we stopped - so beautiful.
Here's us at the top:
Kim brought snacks - apple rings and chilli and lime peanuts for us to munch on before heading down again. It was totally freezing at the highest point that we reached - there were clumps of snow around the place, which Rufus totally loved and he bounded all over. So cute. Man, he is such a forest outdoorsy dog. He rode in the back of the car with me and Emily:
Emily and I felt quite satisfied with our first hike - we were only out there for 2hrs, but that was long enough for us to feel tired enough, but proud enough of how far we actually went for a first time. We then headed down to the town at the bottom of the mountain called North Bend - home of Twin Peaks (I think that's where they filmed it). So we checked out the local diner:
And sampled their local specialty:
Cherry pie....mmmm...yum.....
We headed back to Seattle, got out stuff together and then went to a quick sushi dinner in the city.
It was cool talking to Brian because he's been all around South America and so gave me some travel tips and heads up for cool areas to go and places just not to bother with, so that was cool. Our time was quite limited, so we ate quickly and then headed to the airport where Emily and I flew back to SF. Hope to see you soon Kim! Hope it's sooner than our last 6yr break (before Malaysia).
Tues 19/6
Getting myself together - packing, doing errands, buying last minute stuff, sending off parcels, doing washing. Am now posting last blog for US. Going to go out with Emily now and get a "big salad" and then will head to the airport to fly out to Quito. I arrive on Wed at about 1.35 and the homestay guy, Gabriel, will be there to pick me up. Will hopefully email and blog as soon as I can get access to the net there.
4 comments:
I see the gallery of "self portraits on my travels" continues. You should seriously put every single photo you've taken at arms length together in one album.
hi annie, hope you had fun here in berkeley. didn't get a chanced to hang out too much but i'm sure you'll be back soon for more globetrotting fun. hasta luego.
Hey annie, just notice you've added another shirt to your wardrobe. A new Berkeley shirt, hey.
we should definitely get together before 6 yrs this time...I love the blog too. Nice pictures!
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