Bridal Veil Falls Hike

For the 4th of July, Nick and I decided to go for a hike during the day. We had no clue where to go and randomly came upon a website that had different hikes to waterfalls, so we started driving and found one! It starts at the Lake Serene trail head but after about 1 3/4 miles you can branch off to go to the falls. It was a beautiful hike. We haven't gotten to do anything like this for a while and we really enjoyed it, although my calves were angry at me for the next couple days. Here are some pictures from our hike. The trail head starts just off of Hwy 2 near index road for those Washingtonians out there.
























There were lots of stairs along the way, hence the reason my calves were so sore the following days.



















I thought this was a fun sign.














Apparently it keeps going down but I didn't want to get to close to the edge to see where. See sign above.














Where did the middle of my bridge go?

Time Flies

June 29th marked the 1 year anniversary of our engagement. I can't believe it's been that long. Not too much longer til our first wedding anniversary. Anyway, we celebrated the day by visiting the spot where Nick proposed...the Woodland Park Zoo Rose Garden. It was gorgeous, just like it was a year ago. Here are some highlights of our visit. For those of you who don't remember, Nick proposed in the little gazebo. Enjoy!









I don't know why the lady that took this pic of us couldn't see that it was crooked.??




See, I cant get it straight.

Get out and ride!

OK, so I'm not too good at the frequent blogging thing. So maybe, as I've found to be the case with journal entries, it's best not to worry about writing something deeply meaningful, insightful, or moving, but just to write.

This morning Lisa and I took a ride from Bothell Landing to Gasworks Park and back. We tried out a neat app for our (G1) phones called My Tracks. It records our location and progress by tracking us using our phones' GPS. It's pretty nifty, though it looks like it might not always be entirely accurate: for example, it claimed we made a 2,474 foot gain in elevation. Really! I must be a much better climber than I realized!

Anyway, for your viewing pleasure, I am embedding the map we recorded.


View Track 3 in a larger map

Pretty cool, eh?

6th Folder, 6th Picture

1. Go to your sixth folder

2. Go to your sixth picture

3. Blog about it

4. Tag 6 people


Here's my picture. This was my brother and sister-in-law's kitty. I believe this one is Lani. (they had two) Adorable isn't she? Sweet cat, but they were both definitely trouble makers. She liked this spot on the back of the couch. They no longer have the kitties. They went to a good home once the human baby came along. So tag you're it. I don't know who actually reads our blog but if you are reading this, consider yourself tagged.

Nick Turns 30!

I know its a couple weeks after the fact, sorry. Well, Nick turned 30 on March 16th. He was feeling a little sad about hitting the big 3-0, so for his birthday I decided we should go have some fun and pretend we were kids again. We started our day at one of our favorite restaurants, the Crab Pot. Its right on the Seattle waterfront. Its in that same building with the carousel downstairs..you know which one I'm talking about. Anyway, its great fun. We get the Pacific clambake, so they come and just dump the food right on your table and hand you a mallet and a bib. Check it out:

After lunch we walked about 2 blocks to the Seattle Aquarium. Nick has never been and I haven't been there since its been remodel (actually since elementary school probably). Here are some cool pics we took there.

We even found Nemo!...and Dori and Marlin.

Then we took the Monorail to Seattle Center.

Then we headed to the top of the Space Needle.

It was really windy and rainy up there. We spent most of the time observing from inside.

Then we took the monorail back and went to Gameworks for a while. I forgot to take pictures there though sorry. After that we headed back to Everett and went to Sharri's for dinner in hopes of getting their ultimate fries, but it turns out they no longer come with guacamole and sour cream. :p After that we went Cosmic Bowling!!

It was getting pretty late after that, but cake and presents were still a must.

All in all, a pretty good day I'd say. Happy Birthday Nick! Love you!