Vacation Photos-Finally

I know you've all been anxiously awaiting the rest of our vacation photos so here are the ones I have picked out to post. Saturday and Sunday I spent most of the day in class but Saturday night we got a chance to wander around town, eat dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and check out the waterfront. Sunday night we (Jerry, Kelly, and I) headed south to Tacoma to spend the evening at the casino. I was pretty excited to win $200 on the slots but then Kelly won $1500 on slots and became the big winner of the evening. Overall-a successful night out.

Monday I went to classes in the morning and then we drove out to Mt. Ranier National Park. We saw some great waterfalls and scenery but by the time we got further into the park it was too foggy to see much or do any hiking so we didn't actually see much of Mt. Ranier from the park, but you can see it from a lot of other places around the area.

Tuesday after classes we did some shopping around town in the afternoon. This included Pike's Place Market. We didn't see them throw any fish but they had amazing deals on fresh flower bouquets. This one was huge and only $10-make a perfect anniversary bouquet!

Tuesday night we ate dinner at the top of the Space Needle-we had great views and great food.

We got to see the city from the top in the daylight...

...and stayed around long enough to see it at night as well!

Wednesday we took the ferry (which was huge) to San Juan Island to take a whale watching cruise. It was cold but we got to see quite a few whales. We also got to see a few harbor seals but my seal pictures didn't turn out that great.

Thursday was out last day in Seattle and we drove out to Olympic National Park. You could see snowy mountains and ocean all from one spot. It was really pretty.

There were some deer that wandered up around the parking lot as we were leaving. They seemed totally unconcerned about all the people, dogs, and cars around.

After we got back from the park our final activity was a dinner cruise on the Puget sound. We got some really nice views of the city and the mountains from the boat.