I have had the pleasure of visiting WA twice now and I have to say it's one of my favorite places for sure. Everything is just beautiful out there from the mountain tops to the rivers that flow between the mountains. If you have never had the chance to visit, I do recommend it for sure.  The picture on the right is the Columbia Gorge that separates WA and OR (WA on left and OR on right).  I know the photo doesn't seem real does it?  It was unbelievable from this look out point where back in the day there use to stand a large hotel/chalet that was created by a woman entrepreneur (pretty sweet the lady had skills!)

The city of Seattle is just as pretty as I thought it would be.  We ate at the space needle restaurant that rotates around so you can see all of Seattle.  If you make the trip to the city I would definitely recommend eating up there because then your fee for viewing the top is covered instead of paying the $16 fee.






Mt. Rainier has got to be one of the coolest mountain tops I have ever seen.  The mountain is massive and you can faintly see it in the Seattle photo but it literally looks like Mt Olympus from the Space Needle, just sitting in the sky.  You can park at the base of it and walk up to where you can literally touch it if you want.  It was so cool while we walked up there because as you turned around to look behind you there was just this mass of mountains that stood in the clouds that felt something like the Sound of Music seriously that makes you want to bust out in song too.

Umm so we wanted to recreate the "Sumo" video but ya know...

Mt Rainier is a must if you visit WA, trust me!










One other thing that we had the chance to visit was the Apes Caves at the bottom of Mt St. Helen.  These caves were formed from lava tubes when it erupted over 100 yrs ago.  The camera that I took actually did an awesome job of capturing the inside of the cave but you literally could not see your hand in front of you, it was that dark.  It's also about 45 degrees down there (hence the jackets).  No one has touched these caves to make them functional etc. they simply put a ladder down there for you to go down and you are literally on your own.  As we walked down there with our flashlights there was one time that when I shined my light straight ahead there was a huge opening but it looked like something from the movies.  So Rachel says "oh man, did you see that movie The Descent?"  As you know nothing is down there (hopefully) my mind totally pictured things crawling on the walls haha.  Anyways just make sure you check out the Apes Caves if you have the chance when you visit WA as well!

We have a ton of pictures from the trip, so I'm pretty sure we will be posting a lot more here soon, so stay tuned!

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