washington

Friday morning before we left Oregon we took the kids to Humpback Rock.  Jason and I were able to visit here last year and it was so amazing.  The sun was shining, the tide was out and it was a little chilly.  We were prepared for the chilly this year, but we weren't able to plan our visit during low tide so we weren't able to see all the fun sea creatures that live on the rocks.

When we left Oregon, we took a slight detour on our way to Seattle to see Mount St. Helens.

As with most mornings on our trip, the fog won.  Or so we thought!

These were the views from the observation deck when we first got there.  The guides sent us on a hike anyway and said by the time we got to the next lookout, the clouds could clear.  We had barely started our hike when it started thundering.  I'm not typically one to run from thunder, but we were so high in the clouds, I was convinced we were in the storm.  

We decided it just wasn't in the cards for us this visit and we hopped in the car and headed down the mountain.  Much to our surprise, when we got to the next overlook, the clouds seemed to be parting.

We got out and took some pictures and as we waited, the mountain came into perfect view!  I was glad we got to see it because Bryce read about Mount St. Helens this year and was excited for this excursion.  

The big crater in the center is where the eruption blew the mountain apart.

This was a slight detour, but well worth it.  We even got to Seattle in time to have dinner in the space needle.

We went in the CN tower in Toronto a few years ago and it was much higher than this.  This was more my speed.

We were leaning back against an angled glass wall.

Standing/sitting on the glass floor.  

That's a long way down.

Pretty views of the city.  You can see the Seahawks and Mariners stadiums. 

The space needle had a restaurant on the revolving floor when it first opened.  They have since made the revolving level the glass floor and moved the dining up to the observation level.

We found a table looking out over the city and enjoyed dinner and drinks as the sun set.

Pretty view at night.