3/30/12

Pictures are worth a thousand words

 A cardinal in the backyard of my parents' house during the one and only snowstorm this winter.
 Took the boys candlepin bowling for the first time.  LB loved it.
 LB's snow angel.
 JC's snow angel.
 Enjoying the snow before it melts.
 Making snowballs.... their favorite thing to do in the snow.
 They were bundled up, but it was actually quite warm that day.
 Cutie.
 Our rig, getting ready to leave Connecticut for Washington.  An F250, towing a Jetta, with two motorcycles in the bed.
 The Verazzano Bridge in NY.  Special to me.
 The Delaware Water Gap... I've crossed this thing so many times.
 First peek of the Rockies.  The plains were so awfully boring, which is why I barely took any pics.  Sorry guys, those states just suck, especially Nebraska.
 Heading toward Denver.
 In the midst of the Rockies, on Loveland Pass.  We're overlooking I70 down below.
 Taking a high altitude break.  The boys didn't mind so much, but it really affected me and Hubby!
 More Rockies.
 Utah.
 Driving over the Cascades into western Washington.  PS- Idaho sucks, too.  I'd be content to never set foot in that state again.
 We got caught in a pretty bad snowstorm.  Hubby said it was the worst driving conditions he's been through, which is bad considering he grew up in NH.  Towing just made it more difficult!
 Snow banks that came above eye level.
 Exhausted by the time we reached Washington.
 LB had enough energy to make a silly face.
 The Olympic Mountains from our neighborhood.
 This greets me every day (when it's clear).
 Took a drive into the Olympic Mountains and up Hurricane Ridge.  This is from the summit.
Our neighborhood, lined with pretty pink tree blossoms.

So we're here and settled and safe, finally!  Only a few things missing, unfortunately one being a box of the kids' books.  But we are really liking it here, rain and all!  More pics to come as we explore the area, I'm sure.

3 comments:

Tonya said...

Lovely photos! The Rockies pictures were amazing. Did you go through Snowqualmie Pass? My ex and I drove cross-country to Seattle, and I have memories of going through the mountains - as you know, we have mountains in NH, but NOTHING like the mountains in the northwest. I'm curious as to where you settled. We lived in Redmond on the east side of Seattle for a few years.

Glad you had a successful trip!

Getrealmommy said...

Beautiful photos!!! Love the Rockies, Im a Denver girl at heart.

I just saw your comment. I don't know what a meme is. Can you email me? rkargas@hotmail.com

Clearly I don't know much about a lot of this blog stuff.

Melissa said...

Wow! Amazing pictures - glad you are getting settled :)