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My friend is spending the summer in Seattle. We decided to be 'pen pals' for the summer. She sent me a great postcard on her last turn, so I had to send her something just as clever. This is what I came up with.

4th of July

I'm a little behind on the blog, but the weather finally turned around and it seems to be summer finally! It was nice to have a small crowd and relax this 4th.


Cooking hotdogs on the beach.


Munching hotdogs on the beach.


mx.sara.michelle.

Hiking to Leigh Lake

get Schmidty!

What do you do when you are partying like it is the one and only day you will ever party at America's most prestigious private ski resort …and you stumble upon Scott Schmidt milling around the crowd?

…You ask him to sign your boob, that's what!

And for all you fools with no idea who or what Scott Schmidt is!?, I recommend you pay your dues:

http://www.thenorthface.com/catalog/sc-brand/scot-schmidt.html#/hopup/?showme=1/brand/?id=1&item=0

Ski or DIE!

Old Highway 2

I took a walk up Old Highway 2 and to Shannon Lake, just off the beaten path. I'd never been here before and it was kind of neat.

Shannon Lake.


The valley from high on the hillside.


An old VW Bug.


Curling bark.

RoSs CrEeK cEdArS

I took a friend from out of town up to see the cedar forest and it was quite lovely. Not too many skeeters yet.

Geology Club trip to Yellowstone!

I went to Yellowstone this weekend with Geology Club and our club advisor. She's really intelligent and I learned SO much. She has done a lot of research in the park and knows the best places to go.

I can't remember which geyser basin this was in but I was fiddling with my color accent because the pools were such pretty colors.


Just because it's a post about Yellowstone, I have to add a picture of Old Faithful


Our "guide" for the trip checking out the difference in the scum below the boardwalk. She's a geology professor.


Dead tree surrounded by travertine at Mammoth Terraces.


Mammoth Terraces


This is some photosynthesizing scum in Norris Basin.


There were 2 grizzly bears across the meadow but of course, the geologists found the rock with obsidian veins.


This was such a beautiful creature.


This is the Yellowstone Canyon. I didn't know this existed and it totally blew my mind. The pictures don't do it justice at all but it took my breath away!