Fourth of July Weekend

Considering that most of the local Fourth of July celebrations were canceled due to Covid and that I am not a huge fan of fireworks at home, our weekend was pretty low key but super enjoyable! We spent Friday morning moving the last of our stuff from our house in Ferndale and cleaning it so that it is ready for closing on Tuesday and then spent the rest of the day at home. Kyle and I went for a run around Lake Padden and Annaliese came along and rode her bike. It was a bit drizzly and muddy but she did great!

I started Saturday off with a run/hike up the Pine and Cedar Lakes trail with Kelsey. She's training for the Wonderland run in August (a crazy 90+mile run around Mt. Rainier) so she's doing crazy long hill workouts to prepare...once I was done running, she repeated the trail three more times!

Once I came home, we packed sandwiches and headed to Anacortes and biked the Tommy Thompson trail. It's a flat mostly paved trail about 6.5 miles round trip. Everyone had fun and we stopped for ice cream on the way home to end the day.

When you decide to stop for ice cream and have to scrounge around the car for enough masks for everyone...looks like we need to work on the proper way to wear a mask!

Sunday was an even nicer day, so after we finished watching church, we made sandwiches (again) and headed up towards Mt. Baker. We always pass the trailhead for Excelsior Pass on our way to the sno-park in the winter and talk about hiking it but never have, so we decided to try it. At mile 1.5 was a campsite which made for a perfect spot to have lunch; plus it had a gorgeous view of a waterfall! Hiking is one of those things where we have to make sure and get back to the car while everyone is still having a good time!! Next time, we'll get an earlier start and pack more food because it sounds like there is an amazing view of Mt. Baker from the top!

There were some huge trees that had fallen down!

Kyle and Haleigh looking at the river.