Sunday, August 17, 2014

Silver Falls at Mount Rainier and LeMay DriveIn Movie....J, J, J and O !

A great day in our great Pacific Northwest!  Took off early in the morning... Jillian packed a lunch for us to enjoy after the hike. This was a gentle hike as Jillian is still recovering from her shattered kneecap... It meandered a bit, uphill, then downhill, but we were rewarded with a beautiful, up close ad personal view of the falls.  Standing on the bridge over the creek where the falls ended... Mother Natures Air Conditioning... Felt so good...  We passed some hot springs... warning that we were not go near them, but found a puddle on it's way to the river... and yup, the water was warm...
The rocks had moss growing... the trees the same... like a green blanket covering them all.  Wish that one could make a bed of it... then again, I think of the bugs... and NO WAY!
We came back to T-Town around 4ish... changed, cleaned up... well, not in that order... and Oliver convinced us he wanted to participate in the rest of the day. We drove to The LeMay Museum... parked in the field where the movie was to be shown (it's about 5:30 at this point... Movie started at 9).  We took a walk up to McKinley... about a mile away... and planned on a meal at the "Top of Tacoma"... with Oliver in tow!  It worked out perfect, cuz we could use their outdoor seating for our meal... and he could sit there under the table.  Brought his little portable water dish.. he was a happy camper! The "Top" is a funky bar with yummy food... quite eclectic!  
Anyway, headed back down to the car and settled in for our flick "American Graffiti"... You know what... after 60 minutes into it... we were all exhausted and started falling asleep.  We ended up sneaking out early... Still... We had a great time... a nice new memory!


























1 comment:

  1. Gorgeous day! How European of you, taking Oliver to dinner :) What a great way to spend time together!
    judy

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