The Twins' Papa & Grandma Take a Road Trip

Before we left on our road trip, some enjoyable moments were shared with Chloe and Claire. Here we find them sitting in their wagon, inside the house, having a snack. After a walk on this particular morning, the girls played outside for a bit. Chloe doesn't like dirty hands and she is showing me that it needs to be "cleaned". The dirty hand, from rubbing the wagon tire, didn't stop Chloe from "doing her ballet" in the next picture.

Below, Claire needs to "lock the door" with Papa's keys and she just told him she would "never" push the red button on the key chain. It has been done numerous times before, but today she wasn't going to do it.

Following a couple of days with the girls, we left on a road trip through Oregon and into Washington. It has been many, many years since we have traveled by car that far north. After a smooth trip and a good night's rest we visited Mt. Rainier National Park. Below are some shots of the beauty we saw.
We met up with my sister and brother-in-law, from Iowa, and their son who has recently relocated to Washington State from Florida. Talk about two extremes in weather! He is loving it, however, and was eager to show us the sights. Below is my sis and nephew.

A friendly little fox we encountered along the road.

My brother-in-law, Bob, and Papa, enjoying the sunshine at a little lower elevation.

My nephew's condo is right next to one of glass artist Dale Chihuly's galleries. Below are a couple of views, at night, of the art work that is on a walkway that crosses the freeway. If you are ever in the Tacoma area, it is definitely worth the effort to see.

The view below is actually in the ceiling of the walkway. Spectacular!

More adventures tomorrow in the area and then we will be heading home to see our girls again.

It is wonderful to travel, but is great to return to home to our family .