and it was like a park! so pretty!
it kind of looked like this. a lot.
then i found another scenic overlook! washington's another good state to trust for the overlooks.
the wildflowers are a bit, um, dry.
eventually, the mountains came into view...
now, the last time that i saw these mountains, it was the very end of december. there'd been no snow the whole way, and actually gorgeously sunny in wenatchee. then we hit the mountains, and we're soon at the side of the road watching the driver put chains on the greyhound bus. white out conditions. we couldn't take one of the passes because they were doing avalanche control. yeah.
this time, it was much prettier. maddie continued her rockstarness all the way up and through the mountains and down the other side! by this point, sara had called to tell me that the blue angles' practice had closed the I-90 bridge from 12:30-2:40, so i might have to take the other bridge into seattle. i figured i'd just pull off at one of the exits before the bridge, and then i'd just get back on I-90 after the bridge opened. good plan, right?
well. not quite, as i didn't actually know the last exit before the bridge (the other side of mercer island, it was kind of confusing), and, well. i ended up stopped on the bridge for about 20 minutes before they reopened it. thankfully, it was only about 20 minutes, and it was a lovely time to stop and do some crosswords.
seriously, i did crosswords. on the highway.
but then the bridge opened, and the day was glorious, and i was on my way into seattle! all the way to I-5. where it was friday afternoon traffic on sea week. hmmm.
this time, it was much prettier. maddie continued her rockstarness all the way up and through the mountains and down the other side! by this point, sara had called to tell me that the blue angles' practice had closed the I-90 bridge from 12:30-2:40, so i might have to take the other bridge into seattle. i figured i'd just pull off at one of the exits before the bridge, and then i'd just get back on I-90 after the bridge opened. good plan, right?
well. not quite, as i didn't actually know the last exit before the bridge (the other side of mercer island, it was kind of confusing), and, well. i ended up stopped on the bridge for about 20 minutes before they reopened it. thankfully, it was only about 20 minutes, and it was a lovely time to stop and do some crosswords.
seriously, i did crosswords. on the highway.
but then the bridge opened, and the day was glorious, and i was on my way into seattle! all the way to I-5. where it was friday afternoon traffic on sea week. hmmm.
there was some traffic. but it was stopped when i took the picture this time :)
skratty's exit was only a couple down the road, and by about 3:30 skratty and i were unloading maddie in our new home!
*phew* made it.
*phew* made it.
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