Another Fun Weekend

The kids and I enjoyed taking Daddy to go and see the temple last Friday night. It is just so beautiful. And we are lucky because it only takes us about 15 minutes to drive over there. We can't get over how many different beautiful kinds of flowering plants and trees they have.

On Saturday we decided to drive over to Snoqualmie Falls, which probably is about 40 minutes away from us. It was a beautiful drive and when we got there we could definitely hear the rushing water! We went up to the lookout and started to feel a thick mist. It was almost hard to see through it down to the falls. It's amazing how much water comes up in the air because of the force of the water falling down into the river. Now I understand why we saw people walking around with rain jackets! Then we went on the 1/2 mile hike down to the bottom of the falls. It was a nice hike and so beautiful!

We made it! In the evening we went over to the Ballard Locks which is where ships and boats must go to go from one water level in the ocean (Puget Sound) to the higher water level of the lake (Lake Union). They go into the locks and secure themselves and then the water level in the locks either rises or falls to get them to the right level. Then they go out the other side. It was very neat to watch!

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We will have to go back when the salmon are "running" in July. They have a salmon ladder where the fish go from one body of water to the other when they're migrating. They jump out of the water, so it must be quite the sight to see. I tell ya, this summer is just like an extended vacation with all of the sight seeing we've been doing lately!