Monday, December 10, 2007

Sunny On Thanksgiving


Can anyone believe the fabulous weather we had on Thanksgiving? The sun shone so brightly wee had to hop in the car and drive through Western Washington before heading to the family get together in Elma.

Our first stop was down the hill to Puyallup. neither of us had taken much time in the old downtown and were sweetly surprised by the various sculptures decorating the streets. We walked around awhile on the almost empty streets admiring the art before deciding to drive on.

The road took us to parts of our state we hadn't explored. Travelling between the farms in Yelm, Rainier, and Tenino, I started making plans of a springtime bicycle ride on the Yelm-Tenino Trail. From Chehalis and Centralia, the adventure continued along highway 6 to Raymond. Just a week later this area would be under 10+ feet of water, but today was a day for adventure and plans for more.

Along this route, I spied a yellow barn, decaying in the trees so made Michael pull over for a shot or two . . . or twelve. Other picturesque barns dotted the fields and we made note that a weekend in a friends cabin on the coast would afford us the ability to explore some more. As our time was getting short, we had to speed our trip to get to dinner.

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