Places

Here are some places we saw along the way.

Mt. St. Helens; just image it in your mind in the haze and clouds. That is what we did!

Snowy peaks along Lake Chelan

Hazard Creek

McGregor Mountain

Rainbow Falls and the new trail

Animals

Just a few animals spotted during our travels.Can you see that elk? Nick spotted this cow in the park at Mt. St. Helens, so we hopped out of the car and ran up the hillside in hopes to get some more photos. No chance! We did see A LOT of elk herds though on the hillsides and even took a short "nature walk" to get a closer look, no luck again though.

A lion in action

A seal in the snow

Some kind of little deer I think

Trust me :-) Those white spots are mountain goats

Amber the cow! I fussed at Steven for taking a picture of Amber's "best side", but then I realized it really is her best side as we enjoyed milk from those udders all week long..and ice cream too!

Amber's calf

Matthew's bird, I think it is a parakeet

Tip the dog (I guess that is obvious)

Millhouse (or Outhouse as Steven called him) the cat

Now Mary says this is a hamster, but I told her it is just a rat with a short tail. What do you think? I guess it is only fair to show the cool video of this thing (whatever it is) eating grapes and storing them in his cheeks. Enjoy! Well I couldn't get the thing to load so I will try again another night.

Transportation

Here are all the forms of transportation we used while traveling to and from Stehekin.

Our flight left from Columbia on February 4th in the early AM. We arrived in Seattle around 10:30 the same day! Boy oh boy..that was nice. The flights back, not so much! We left Wenatchee around 5:45 on Monday February 14th and arrived in Columbia on Tuesday February 15th.

Our little red rental car! It traveled the roads between Seattle and Rochester as we visited Katie, her parents, and Nick. Katie...if you are reading this. WE APPROVE! The red rental also served us well when we visited Mt. St. Helen's on Saturday with Katie and Nick. Due to the weather, the place was packed and we had trouble finding a parking spot...can't you tell?

The light rail train from the Seattle airport to the actual Amtrak station was super nice and clean too. I think this would be a fun way to travel to and from work!

Now, the bus wasn't so nice or so clean. Don't let the picture fool you! I borrowed this one from a website and actually we weren't supposed to take a bus at all, but the train was canceled, so on the bus we road from Seattle to Wenatchee on Sunday night.

And the Lady II took us up lake on Monday morning. Thanks to Chelsea, Nick, Nancy, and Mistaya for helping us with travel arrangements and giving us rides EVERYWHERE. Oh yeah..and Jake and Dawn too for the nice rig in Stehekin. :-)