It is now one month to the day since I last posted.

I really do want to post more often! Sigh… This month was just a busy one, and it didn’t get off to a great start.

I was in a car accident. Nothing major, no one was hurt. Just a fender bender where I caused the bending. I was merging onto the highway and after looking over my shoulder to make sure i had room to merge, when I turned back around everyone in front of me had started slamming on their brakes. I wasn’t able to swerve quickly enough and ended up catching the person in front of me.

I have never been in an accident before. The main thing I remember is the smell.

Shortly after this, my month did get better. Rachel & I took a short trip to Seattle. I had never been to the northwest, let a lone to Seattle. I love the combination of a metropolis nestled in such beautiful landscapes. Mountains in every direction and right on Puget Sound. We were there only three days but we were able to experience every kind of weather that Seattle can produce – one day was sunny, hot and beautiful. The next was cloudy with a 5 minute drizzle. The last day was off and on with thick storms.

We had one day where we could make a day trip out of the city. We decided try our luck with weather and go to Hurricane Ridge. If you are unfamiliar with Hurricane Ridge, it is in the Olympic National Park. It has an elevation of 5,200 feet amazing views of the mountains within the Park and to the north, a view of The Strait of Juan DeFuca, Victoria B.C. as well as the coastal mountains of mainland B.C.

Sadly, as we started our accent of the mountain the clouds rolled in, along with the wind, and sleet. What was a 65 degree day dropped below 40 as we climbed. When we got to the top we barely had 40 feet of visibility:

Both Rachel & I loved our time in Seattle and hope that we can make it out there again soon. I’d love to have more time to experience the city and areas near by (Mt. Baker, Bellingham, Anacortes, San Juan Islands…etc).