Summer in Seattle: 4th of July!

Ok. We have been meaning to post forever. We had such grand plans for being bloggers, we even started a few a while back and never got around to adding the pics and posting. But now, we want to share some of the fun we are having. Living together in Seattle has been great, especially with summer finally arriving. There are tons of fun things to do. Freemont Solstice Festival, random musical events in Volunteer Park, fun concerts and happy hour!

But we will skip all that and jump to our 4th of July. We went backpacking in the Olympic National Forest. Since it was a three-day weekend we thought it could be really crowded and picked a nice obscure hike- Tubal Cain. It was perfect. The wildflowers were all in bloom and provided us with our "fireworks for the 4th". The first night we hiked to Buckhorn Lake and camped. We had the entire alpine lake to ourselves! The next morning we hiked up to Marmot Pass for some nice views of the mountains. We didn't stay long since the wind was cold coming from the next valley over and we trotted back to our warmer ridge. There was still snow on the trails, but there was no problem passing it.



Then we wanted to hike to the site of the B-17 bomber crash and camp there the second night. On the way we passed an abandoned mine shaft. We decided to camp here- since we got such a lovely greeting from all of the mosquitoes near the marsh. I always forget how good food tastes until I go hiking. Red beans and rice never tasted so good!