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Here we go to Washington!
Beautiful Multonomah Falls and Columbia River Gorge
Westport Elk Herd and Sunset on the Beach
And for today's installment, we'll visit Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge and then Wynoochie Dam and Lake in the gorgeous Olympic National Forest.
Sabrina and I started the morning off by grabbing a couple Caramel Apple Red Bull Smoothies (yes, they are absolutely delicious) and heading off for a stroll along the boardwalk at the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge. The weather in Southwestern Washington could not have been better for a day outdoors.
Being August, there weren't a lot of birds. But there was a lot of beautiful foliage and flowers!
We did see a plethora of beautiful purplish barn swallows!
The boardwalk itself is quite picturesque. It would be a perfect place for portraits or wedding photos!
There was a small downed tree across the path, so we had to go around. But I snapped a shot first. I think it looked cooler in person. haha
Ah ha! Wildlife! This slug bug was pretty gigantic...at least to me. It was about 6-8 inches long.
After our lovely stroll, we stopped by Ida's house to say hello to the family and then headed to meet Lee, Trinity, and Logan at Wynoochee where they were camping with Lee's family.
The drive was just amazing with so many gorgeous flowers, pristine farms with horses, and random deer appearing. Sabrina and I knew we had to stop to get some photos on the way back, but in the meantime, we were already later than we meant to be so we hurried on up.
Just in time to head for the lake with the kayak, paddle board, family, and dogs!
That's none of the above, but it was beautiful sitting on the grass and pine needles so I had to capture it. :-)
Wynoochee Dam
Trinity and Logan on the paddleboard (is that one word or two? I don't know so I'll use both at random.) in the sparkling water.
This old guy just loved to swim! Elsa did her best to harass him the entire time, but he pretty much just ignored her. lol
This is Lee setting out in the kayak. I amazed myself by kayaking around the entire swimming area twice! And I even swam, but I confess I am in way worse shape than I believed and had to holler for Trinity to come rescue me on the paddle board. haha
Trinity leaving Logan in the dust....errrr....water.
So she could catch up with her dad!
These two absolutely spectacular kids had a blast flipping off the swimming platform! Is there anything these guys can't do??
After a delicious family dinner of carne asada tacos, Sabrina and I headed out to capture some photos. It was just about sunset and originally we were going to walk to Wynoochee Falls, but we didn't have time. So we had to settle for some beautiful photos!
And I even got a deer! Although the shot ain't the greatest.
But the day sure was!!!
xoxo
Nikon D3300
