Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
I'd recommend it at least once. The first time I saw it the colors were unbelievable. Unfortunately sometimes so is the traffic. Probably good to go on a weekday if you have time. We went with Esther and Ido our 80 something neighbors when I took the picture above.
They were good neighbors. Ido would sit on his front porch with a spotting scope and watch the sea lions and whatever else he could see on the waterfront. Esther was our first baby sitter for my oldest daughter. Rachel was a colicky baby and needed to be held a lot. She was a crier. Esther volunteered to sit with Rach so we could get out of the house for awhile. I'll never forget when we got home and Esther had a sort of crazed look on her face and her hair was messed up and wild looking. She was normally a very proper woman...but Rachel had been giving her a run for her money.
Esther and Ido are both gone now. Very nice couple.
I've got to get ready for my trip to Montana today. I was looking for a collapsible fishing rod and searched through some of the stores in the Bozeman area. It's funny to me that most of the shops cater to someone who would want to spend a couple of hundred bucks on an Orvis rod or some fancy named rod like that. I think I'll check out Kmart or Jerry's Surplus downtown before I go. I had an old Shakespeare rod that I bought for maybe 10 bucks that I would wager to say I caught more Montana trout on then a lot of those guy's with the three hundred dollar models.
Not sure if there will be any fishing this time of year anyway.
One thing I do want to check out is the Boiling River. It's a spot where a natural hot springs enters a river on the 45th parallel. The river might be too high to use it this time of year. People have gotten washed out of the warm water into the high river and drown. I'll tie a big anchor to myself. Yeah that's the ticket.
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I haven't had a chance to confirm it but I think, from talking to one of my sisters, that my brother bought one of those Z cars
I'm really glad he got a fun car. I was afraid he was going to buy a Ford Escort :-) or some utilitarian? vehicle. A single guy like him should have a sporty rig.
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Here's one last picture of that oldest daughter and my friend Tim from about 17 years ago
