These are a few photos from prior to leaving Tall Chief…we visited Snoqualmie Falls. It is beautiful and we chose a good day, as there were not too many people around!
We also visited a Lavender farm…it was also quite beautiful!
We have moved back to Paradise RV Park for a few more weeks. Ed is doing better everyday. He is still battling with fatigue and is very easily run down, so we are taking it a bit easy. Lots of “Chill Days” as we call them. On August 4, the surgeon removed some of Ed’s sutures, but had to leave some because he wasn’t fully healed yet. We returned a week later on the 11th and they removed the remaining sutures.
We also visited the Olympia F.L.A.G.s since we passed right by them, I left a few more painted sand dollars. These beautiful sunflowers were at the Olympia park where one of the galleries resides.
Ed’s scar has healed so beautifully! A huge credit to the plastic surgeon!!
After resting a few days, Ed is doing much better! We visited Mt. St. Helen’s on the 15th. We stopped at a fun little tourist trap area that had the bigfoot statue below. The man who ran the shop was a SERIOUS bigfoot believer and ‘spotter’. He had some interesting stories!
We went to the Chehalis County Fair on the 17th. We had a good time! There were tons of exhibits and games (Ed’s favorite)! I got a huge dish of garlic parmesan fries that were cut fresh on sit….they had chicken strips and were OH SO GOOD!!!
A few days later on the 19th, we went to Mount Rainier National Park. It was beautiful. We went hiking and crossed a log ‘bridge’ that was interesting. At the end of the hike was a falls, very rewarding end to the hike!h
We took a trail that was just across from the village in the park. There used to be a resort there many years ago where people came for the ‘healing spring waters’.
When we were driving to the park, we stopped at a gas station and saw this interesting camper. I kinda dig it, Ed thought it was ‘weird’. LOL
Several days we just hung out and chilled. Ed had good and bad days. His stamina was still a bit lacking, so we took it easy. We did venture around the campground a bit…there is a cool trail that passes by the little lake on the property. It is good for fishing, but we have yet to take that on as a hobby! I prefer just taking photos of the lake.
We went letterboxing at Seaquest State Park, Mossyrock and Ike Kinswa State Park. These two cool trees are at Ike Kinswa State Park.
We found a great Mexican food restaurant in a town about 15-20 minutes west of Paradise, called Winlock. They have this crazy egg statue…not too sure of the story, but it is a conversation piece for sure! LOL!
On Friday the 26th, Ed had his last in person appointment with Dr. Lee, the plastic surgeon. Dr. Lee gave us the go ahead to continue on our travels and leave Washington! We loved Washington, but are definitely thankful Ed is doing so well and we are ready to continue along our travels!!!
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