Pictures of Washington

I thought I'd do a picture post of the sights here for everyone who hasn't experienced it.

Sadly, Jason and I aren't big on sight-seeing. The first year we moved up here, we spent a weekend in Seattle as a homecoming trip, and we stayed in Seattle again for 4 days last summer when my parents were visiting. Other than that, we don't go to Seattle. The ferry is expensive, and if you drive you are looking at half a tank of gas, and gas is $3.11 here now. Oh, well. I'm sure I'll regret not seeing more when we leave, but for now we're content to be homebodies.

 The first picture is the view of Seattle from the ferry.

Here's a picture of on of the houses built on Lake Washington in Seattle. These go for more than a million dollars!

This was just a neat looking bridge that we saw when we went on the Lake Washington boat tour.

 More houses along Lake Washington.

See the home at the top of the hill? That's where the family lives, and at the bottom is the Mother-In-Law house. A lot of houses along the way are built like this. You have to be lowered down the hill by a pulley system.

Look closely - what you can barely see is Bill Gate's house. He has sand shipping in just to make a beach for his kids.

Recognize this? It's the houseboat from Sleepless in Seattle.

Jason and I stopped at a little stream up on Mount Ranier.

This is the view from Hurricane Ridge. This is as far as we got before we ran over a rock and punctured our gas tank. We had to stop and head home then.

Mount Ranier.

Here we are, again on Mount Ranier. This picture was taken in June, and there was still so much snow that people were building snowmen and skiing.

Another shot on Mount Ranier.

 We took this picture at the Kelly Clarkson concert we went to last summer.

Here I am at the Dungeness Spit. It's a 5 mile wide, 5 mile long sandbar near Port Angeles. At the end of the Spit is a lighthouse.

 This is the Real World: Seattle house.

A view of the Space Needle at night.

A neat view of a salmon tank.

Another view of Seattle from a boat tour.

I actually don't remember what this is, but hey, it's a pretty picture!

More views of Mount Ranier.

This is the Hood Canal Bridge. Jason's boat has to pass through it to leave and come home. The bridge actually slides open (not up) for the boat to go through.

Here's is Jason's sub, coming home from a long deployment.

Well, I hope you enjoyed the pictures! If we make it anywhere else, I'll be sure to take more pictures. :)