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Family Visit

After spending time in Colorado, my folks, nephew, and sister road tripped to Washington to visit for a week. My brother-in-law had already come out before Lindsey to compete in a downhill bike race, so he waited for our arrival. But here is a snapshot, (see what I did there? :) ) of their visit.


We spent plenty of time at the beach. I took them to La Push and Rialto, two of my favorite spots. Then, the day Lindsey and Joe went to explore Seattle, my folks and I took the kiddos to Salt Creek, picnicked, and literally watched a whale in Crescent Bay for about 5 hours just feeding. I never see whales there and was so stoked to see one. It was incredible. 

Kids being kids

Gray whale at Salt Creek 

We also did a whale watching tour out of Port Angeles. Although it was not as amazing as the October trip, we still had a blast staying on Monarch, a graceful humpback, and then heading toward Race Rocks to check out the sea lions and seals. We saw porpoises and harbor seals, as well. It was a fun trip.
Monarch on our whale tour

Gray whale at Salt Creek tail

Monarch's tail


Bye-Bye!


Wave Jumping

Mom watching the whale

Momarch before her deep dive


Monarch

Perfect Day at Sat Creek

These two

Pointing at the whale

One, two, three...JUMP!

Pilings at the Marina



King of the rock

Race Rocks Light House



There she blows!





Getting ready to deep dive





Daschund on a paddle board



 Before the family left, I had to get some good family portraits (they have none...So I thought that was a bit ludicrious!) of Lindsey, Joe, and Damion.


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 Can't wait to see them again. Love my family. 














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