I got a picture of the full moon this morning.
After a light breakfast, we decided to walk to the Pilchuck Monument. I am not sure of the details but the Pilchuck School of Glass owns a whole bunch of property surrounding the school. They have opened it up for hikers, bikers, horseback riders .... but the school property is very private. We had to sign a waiver before entering the trails. No cars allowed. Debbie and Joe had been in the area mountain biking but not walking. Google said 5 miles round trip with an 800 foot gain. So I was nervous, to begin with. But I was curious since Chihouly had been at the Pilchuck School.
There were a lot of trails so there was a lot of guesswork of which trail to take. All of them were uphill.
We found out on our way back that this had not been the main way, but it worked.
Joe was pretty confident about where we were going.
Pretty woodsy trails.
And then we found it!! 2.95 miles later
Convolving Forms designed by Alison Baudoin 1976 to honor John Henry Hauberg, the owner of the property and supporter of the school.
What a great view. Debbie & Joe's place is off in the distance of the far right.
We decided to go back down a different way. After a few false starts, Joe managed to get us down safely. It was hot, I don't like going uphill and I especially do not like walking in a somewhat lost fashion, so I was a little frustrated and tired. It did take us longer to get down than it did to go up.
It was pretty. I sure enjoyed the monument and the view. It took us 3.86 miles to come back down. I was ready for a rest break. We went straight to lunch.
We went to the District for lunch in Mount Vernon. It was a pizza and brewpub kind of a place.
Caprese salad and vegetarian pizza, which were both very tasty.
Elderberry cider
It felt good to sit for a while.
There was a Sunday market going on. We checked it out after lunch.
Then we headed back to Debbie and Joe's. We enjoyed riding in Joe's new vehicle, a red Porsche Cayenne. It was time to pack up and head out. George noticed that we had a tire that was low. Joe had an air compressor and fixed us up.
We were on the road by 3 pm.
We had seen a car off the side of the road when we were nearly back to Debbie and Joe's. When we drove by again the cops were there and they were looking at solving the problem. You can't tell by my picture but the car was off the road.
We had a very slow start due to some accident. We tried taking a detour which may have been a mistake. When we got back on the freeway the road was clear.
Going through Seattle
We dropped Nathan off at 7:45 and we were home by 8 pm. What a nice trip.
