Friday-Friday July 18-25th
Hello from Lacy Washington,
We have been hanging out in an Airstream park close to Olympia Washington. We came down I-5 past Seattle and the traffic was horrific, we needed some time to veg out. We have been taking day trips around the area. Our first one was to Mount Rainier, about 55 miles from here. The mountain stands alone and is glacier covered. You travel thru large old growth trees, up, up, up, to Paradise.
Sunday we went to downtown Olympia to the farmers market. It is located by the Blood inlet, with a nice marina to view. There were lots of fresh vegetables and fruit and flowers.
The next day was overcast so we decided to go into Olympia and take a guided tour of the Capitol building. It is beautiful, mostly all marble, with the largest collection of Tiffany lighting in the world. From there we only had to go about one mile to view Tumwater falls in a lovely downtown park, with a walk along the river.
Tue and Wed were catch up days. We had some insurance issues to take care of as our motor home ins. was due and we needed to change carriers to save some $$$. Also our windshield had a crack in it and we needed to get that fixed before we changed carriers.
It’s all taken care of now so today we ventured out again, this time north to Tacoma where we found the mall, the downtown, and a fabulous town park, Point Defiance. It has a beautiful garden with the most beautiful hydrangeas I have ever seen, also lots of roses, begonias, and fuchsias. A marina, zoo and beach with a 5 mile scenic drive along Puget Sound. If we have time we go back to Tacoma, as there were 3 museums we would like to tour.
Tomorrow Fri., we leave Lacy and head over to The Olympic Peninsula where we will tour the coast and go to Victoria. We will come back here for the potlatch and Salmon Rally Aug 2
Hope all is well with you .