Chelsea's Beautiful Bridal Shower

This Saturday I went to my friend Chelsea's bridal shower.  It was a beautiful day -- sunny and maybe 75 degrees.  It was outside on a back patio and most everyone there was from the Seattle area so were complaining that they were overheating ;)  I enjoyed sitting in the sun, sipping a fruity drink and watching Chelsea open presents. The hostess also had an adorable French Bulldog named Norman, he was absolutely precious and wanted to eat and drink everything we were!

Happy wedding, Chelsea!

Bride-to-be!

Lisa and me.

Norman...so cute!!!!

To The Teanaway We Go!

Last Sunday we went on a nice, long hike with our friend Wayne.  We headed out to Central Washington around 6 am and embarked on our hike a little before 9 am.  The weather was perfect and sunny all day.  We hiked roughly 15 miles by creating a loop with three different trails: Iron Bear, Teanaway Ridge, and Miller Creek.  The wildflowers were absolutely beautiful and they changed dramatically as we changed elevations.  Wayne is an expert in identifying flowers so he named off just about every flower on the mountain that we saw.  I can only remember a few of them, but here's a guide to help you identify wildflowers, if you are so inclined: http://www.wta.org/magazine/WT-06-08-WILDFLOWERS.pdf/at_download/file

A butterfly on my hand ... it tickled!

Mt Stuart

Lupine

Scarlet Gilia

Arrowleaf Balsamroot 

Temple

(L) Mt Stuart (R) Dragontale

Tigerlilly

Summit of our hike.  Top of Miller Peak.

Fish Lake Follow Up

Hi there -
Got a few photos from our rock climbing guide, Alasdair Turner. He's also a photographer. Check out his site:

http://alasdairturner.smugmug.com