Fun fact: Washington State is the world's third leading producer of tulips. I bet you didn't know that. I didn't either until I just now made it up. But there is a big tulip growing area north of Seattle that we went to check out last weekend.
On the way up we stopped at an overlook to take some pictures of the valley so all of you not from around here could get an idea of what it looks like here. This is actually the Yakima area but Tri-Cities looks a lot like this from a distance and until I make it up Badger Mountain to get a good shot of our area, or you fly out here yourself, this is as close as you'll get.
So after about 5 and a half hours in the car, long enough for Ally to tell us that she didn't want to be on vacation anymore, we checked in to the KOA. No tent camping for us this time, too cold, we stayed in a cabin. Or as Ally called it, our tiny little house.
It took Ally a few minutes to get used to our new surroundings.
But once she saw the playhouse at the playground she was happy.
The next morning we went off in search of tulips. Fortunately, they like to keep a bunch of them at a place called Tulip Town for all of us tourist types to visit.
You aren't supposed to walk in the rows of flowers there but it seemed like we were the only ones following that rule. We managed to get some nice pictures anyway.
After we had had our fill of tulips (looking, not eating) we moved on to a quick drive over to Anacortes to see if there was anything to see there.
Anacortes is a small town on an island that looks out over the Puget Sound. We saw a few large boats getting worked on and several small ports. You can catch a ferry there to other islands out in the sound but we didn't have time. Maybe next time.
They also have these figures on the buildings downtown. We didn't really know what they were all about but thought they were odd so we took a few pictures.
We also took a quick trip up Chuckanut Drive. And no, that's not a euphemism for anything, it's a scenic drive along the coast. Although it was a little too overcast for nice pictures.
Stay tuned for our next exciting travelogue from the Pacific Northwest. Our next installment might be about the Oregon coast. Or not. You'll have to wait to find out.
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Pretty! Speaking of Oregon, have we told you that we will be near Portland for a week in August? Hopefully we can meet up with you!
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