Washington oh Washington

so i went to Washington State last week and i had a blast. now everyone knows that i travel to visit friends and this was no different. i went to Washington to visit my sister, Nikki. before this visit i had not spent any large amount of time with her in........2...no....3-3 1/2 years....crazy i know. i have lots of stories and a couple pictures so i am going to try to get most of it out cuz i get going about one thing and forget about the rest. here we go.....

Day One:

I left Austin at 8am on Thursday.....i really don't like flying that much especially when i am alone..but it was ok. as we were flying i got the chance to see some of the great creations that God has blessed this earth with. mountian ranges and valleys are amzing at 31,000 feet.

just a sidenote SEATAC is worse than ABIA.

after Nikki picked me up, i found myself starring out the window with my mouth open at all of the pine trees. simply amazing.

Day Two:

That morning we headed out to Mt. Rainier. Being from TX only makes it slightly difficult to read a map in WA. the distances are much shorter than I am use to....luckily Nikki was there to make fun of me along the way....... Holy snot.....i think that we could of stayed on that mountian all day....us TX kids were having a complete overload on our senses....the smell, the view, the lack of sound, the taste and the feel was out of this world. and yes i said taste......snow taste soooooooooooooooo good.

so we met Hank on the way up the mountain. We hungout for a little bit then we continued our way up the mountian. we ended up at a real live mountain lake!!!!!!!!!!!

We hungout there for awhile attempting to take in everything that was surrounding us.....we were in the clouds.

and we mananged to fit in a little free climbing eventhough we couldn't feel our hands.....

as we headed back down the mountain we saw Hank and decided to pick him up and give him a ride to town.....

so there is Nikki getting a picture with Hank.....our friendly snowman.......

Hank sat on the windshield for close to 50 minutes.....he was a great snowman!!!!!!!!

Day 3:

we went to Seattle....it was overcast and moist

there are too many people in that city!!!!!!!

sis took me to REI Flagship.....it was awesome.....2-story...climbing wall....snowboards, skis......pure craziness

then we went to the farmers market

then i tried crab cakes...not too bad

Day 4:

i flew home

great story HUH!

well that is only part of the story there were many other things we did.....

i had an amazing time....can't wait to go back or just move up there.....

Washington state has so many national parks and forests i really don't get why Seattle has such a high suicide rate....ppl don't know what they are missing out on.

OH and do go to Washington in the middle of the semester.....I am having a hard time getting back into the swing of things.....