Swing Set

Coming to you from Blogosphere Headquarters for the 4th time this week! This was my project for the week. The kids needed something to help burn their energy. I had gotten a couple of swings and the slide out of the trash at work and they had been in my van for a while. It felt good to actually build something again.

Here's Nikki giving me directions.

2 big A's

We went to Mt Vernon area to check out the tulips today. There are several different farms and fields but we just went to one (I'm hungry, tired, etc: the usual). In the garden area, they had every variety of tulip available (a lot!).

Hint: Cameron didn't take this pic

Today was gorgeous and I took a little ride down south. I headed down Chuckanut road on the south side of Bellingham. It is very windy and runs along the water. One of the enjoyable things about riding is enhanced smells. The trees, flowers, and salt water are way more noticeable on a bike.

Lots of riders out today. It sucks getting stuck behind a group of slow Harleys with loud pipes. Man, I hate Harleys.

From the road you see the San Juan Islands and Vancouver Island too I think.

The southern part of Chuckanut ends near Skagit Valley with all of the tulip/daffodil/iris bulb farms. We are planning on taking the whole family there this coming week. It was a zoo there today being a weekend and sunny. I didn't hang around there that much because of the crowds. Four way stops in the country were backed up for a quarter mile in all directions even with police directing traffic. I just passed everyone on the shoulder and got out of there. I am sure it will be a lot better when we go during the week.

Somebody had better get fired: I see some red tulips!