Cathedral Grove
On Friday morning we headed out to Pacific Rim National Park and Long
Beach. The drive was from Parksville along Highway 4 to Port Alberni and
then on to Long Beach. Before Port Alberni we stopped at Cathedral
Grove. It is a stand of Douglas Fir that range in age from 300-800
years old.
Looking up, looking waaay up.
This tree had fallen and it managed to fall between two trees at the far
end.
Here are the girls walking along the tree.
Some of the sunlight still finds it way to the floor of the forest.
Here is a picture of our rental car. It is a 2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid.
We managed to squeeze everything into the trunk. The trunk is a liitle
tighter due to the extra space taken up by the batteries for the car.
The girls like the fact that it is a hybrid and considering gas is about
$1.10/litre, I'm liking it as well. It took awhile to get use to
starting it, just push the button. When we got to the ferry terminal I
had some time to read the manual.
Coombs Country Market
After the beach we headed over to the Coombs Old Country Market. First
we stopped at the Thrifty Foods to take a picture with the giant
shopping cart.
The cart next to our car.
This is the place where they have the goats on the roof.
Claudia and Angela watching our for goat poop.
A green roof.
There are a lot of little shops as well as the main market store.
We went next door to the market where there were more shops.
Claudia bought a new hat.
It's always a fun place to visit.
Downtown Seattle
We took the bus downtown from Woodinville, it was the express bus, but
it was still a long ride. It was a bendy bus, whenever the bus turned a
corner the kids would swivel around.
The space needle from the I-5.
A parking enforcement vehicle.
There were a bunch of these vehicles driving through the downtown area.
A walking clam.
Our first stop was the Pike Place Market.
The girls and Jesse posing on the pig.
Some of the sights from the market.
We found the very first Starbucks.
Gillian and Angela all excited about ordering from the first Startbucks.
It was crowded.
Waiting for their order to be called out.
Angela carried her empty cup around the whole day because she wanted to
save it.
Angela outside a bookstore
Pike Place and Pike Street.
The gum wall down one of the alleys near Pike Place Market.
Close-up gum shot.
This wall is just covered with ABC (already been chewed) gum. And people
just keep adding to the collection.
We marked ours with some Canadian gum.
It was back up to the fish market to watch them throw around some salmon
(just under the sign).
They were trying to find a 14-15 lb fish, so they would throw one up and
weigh it, but it was too small so it was thrown back.
Big tongue sticking out
Shanna bought some crab for dinner, in the middle of the picture is the
crab being tossed.
Another pig towards the waterfront.
We walked along the waterfront for awhile and then we took the bus up to
Chinatown.
Angela and Claudia with Christopher Columbus.
A pirate in one of the stores.
How big of fish could you catch with this lure?
A giant stuffed penguin, good thing it wasn't for sale.
The dragons wrapped around the light poles in Chinatown.
Our last stop was Uwajimaya.
