So tyler's parents invited us to go on a trip to Washington and Vancouver Canada. We were gone for about a week. We stopped in Seattle Washington and went up to the space needle. We were going to go in the morning but it was super foggy . So we bought our tickets for the space needle and then went to the fish ma
rket. There were so many little stores people were selling flowers, and jewelery. The fish market had all kinds of fish . When someone bought something they would through it in the air and then wrap it for the customer. Some of of the little crabs were still moving around even though they had ice all over them. We walked on the pier and saw all the freighters carrying crates from china and all over. We got up pretty early so when we were walking around there were hobos everywhere. Some were laying in the park and stuff. We had our map out and one kept asking us if we were lost and needed help. Later that day we finally were able to go on top of the space needle. Luckily it had cleared up quite a bit so we were able to see out a ways. We also took the underground tour in Seattle. It burnt down and they wanted to rebuild it higher. But the businesses didn't want to wait that long to rebuild them. So they decided to build some of it and then they would just level it off once they had finished building the rest of the city. It was pretty cool to see all the old buildings. After spending some time in Washington crossed the border into Vancouver Canada. I was really exited because I have never been to Canada before. Tyler served his mission In New Newfoundland and that area and has always really loved Canada. There were tons of HUGE trees. Which were covered in mushrooms and moss. It was cloudy pretty much every day and it even drizzled a little once. It was a really nice break from the utah weather. I loved all the trees and mountains everywhere it was so beautiful. We went to the Vancouver aquarium which w
as really cool. They had shows where the dolphins, seals, and beluga whales would do tricks. The seals would always growl whenever they wanted fish. It was super crowded with people around the otter tanks. But he decided to swim up and say hi to us. We went on several hikes some you had to walk on a boardwalk they made because the ground was so swampy. Tyler tried to find some bugs. Which he was actually pretty successful. He found a really cool moth which had red winds and a green body. He also found a pretty cool beetle. Because it was so damp and swampy there were tons of banana slugs...and they are huge. I almost stepped on them a couple of times. They are yellow and black and we saw some other kinds of slugs as well. Just crawling on the ground getting ready to get stepped on. On one of the hikes we saw some deer. They were just walking around the parking lot waiting to get fed. I guess they were
so use to people feeding them so they weren't very wild anymore. We also saw a bear. Someone pointed it out to us on the hike. Luckily he was far away. But I still didn't want to stick around very long. Some people told the ranger but she didnt seem that worried about it. She said as long as the bear wasn't hurting anyone it was fine. While we were out hiking we saw the largest red ceder. I could barley put my arms around it. The tree seemed like it needed a hug so i did since i am a tree healer after all! After that we took the ferry to Vancouver Island. Tyler saw some dolphins and the fin of a whale... Its really hard to tell with all the waves in the ocean...I wasn't able to see anything but I did see some fat harbor seals. One of my favorite parts was the beach! We were able to find some pretty cool shells and even saw some critters. There were tons of star fish all over the rocks, which were super slimy. So you had to be really careful so that you wouldn't fall in. We also saw some crabs which we think were probably dead. Since they were
on there backs. And the remains of some jelly fish...which the birds had half eaten. We saw quite a few otters off in the distance. They would stay on top of the surface and then dunk back down. We went to the butchart gardens which was really cool. They had all kinds of flowers and plants. There were waterfalls and ponds. In the garden there were Chilean rubba
rb and the leaves were huge. There were also some little multi colored flowers which I was exited to see because I had seen them in Chile on my mission. On the was back to Seattle we stopped in Forks home of Twilight. There were so many dazzled by twilight stores. I was surprised by how many fans there were walking around with Twilight t-shirts. They even had tour buses. We stopped at on of the stores and Tylers mom bought some souvenirs. We also stopped by a free museum. They had really cool shells from all over the world. But what was the highlight for Tyler was the alligator man. They had a little ancient alligator with a shrunken mans head on it. They also had just a shrunken head. Which was "real" supposedly. I really had my doubts about that one. We would stay at a hotel and then see some of the sights around that area and then move to a new area the next day. Some of the hotels even had pools and I was able to talk Tyler into sitting in the hot tub with me :) The drive home was a 13 hour trip. Tyler and I took turns sleeping on each other. I probably shouldn't have slept so much because that night I had a really hard time getting to sleep. It was a really fun trip. We saw a lot of really cool and interesting stuff.
So tyler's parents invited us to go on a trip to Washington and Vancouver Canada. We were gone for about a week. We stopped in Seattle Washington and went up to the space needle. We were going to go in the morning but it was super foggy . So we bought our tickets for the space needle and then went to the fish ma
rket. There were so many little stores people were selling flowers, and jewelery. The fish market had all kinds of fish . When someone bought something they would through it in the air and then wrap it for the customer. Some of of the little crabs were still moving around even though they had ice all over them. We walked on the pier and saw all the freighters carrying crates from china and all over. We got up pretty early so when we were walking around there were hobos everywhere. Some were laying in the park and stuff. We had our map out and one kept asking us if we were lost and needed help. Later that day we finally were able to go on top of the space needle. Luckily it had cleared up quite a bit so we were able to see out a ways. We also took the underground tour in Seattle. It burnt down and they wanted to rebuild it higher. But the businesses didn't want to wait that long to rebuild them. So they decided to build some of it and then they would just level it off once they had finished building the rest of the city. It was pretty cool to see all the old buildings. After spending some time in Washington crossed the border into Vancouver Canada. I was really exited because I have never been to Canada before. Tyler served his mission In New Newfoundland and that area and has always really loved Canada. There were tons of HUGE trees. Which were covered in mushrooms and moss. It was cloudy pretty much every day and it even drizzled a little once. It was a really nice break from the utah weather. I loved all the trees and mountains everywhere it was so beautiful. We went to the Vancouver aquarium which w
as really cool. They had shows where the dolphins, seals, and beluga whales would do tricks. The seals would always growl whenever they wanted fish. It was super crowded with people around the otter tanks. But he decided to swim up and say hi to us. We went on several hikes some you had to walk on a boardwalk they made because the ground was so swampy. Tyler tried to find some bugs. Which he was actually pretty successful. He found a really cool moth which had red winds and a green body. He also found a pretty cool beetle. Because it was so damp and swampy there were tons of banana slugs...and they are huge. I almost stepped on them a couple of times. They are yellow and black and we saw some other kinds of slugs as well. Just crawling on the ground getting ready to get stepped on. On one of the hikes we saw some deer. They were just walking around the parking lot waiting to get fed. I guess they were 
so use to people feeding them so they weren't very wild anymore. We also saw a bear. Someone pointed it out to us on the hike. Luckily he was far away. But I still didn't want to stick around very long. Some people told the ranger but she didnt seem that worried about it. She said as long as the bear wasn't hurting anyone it was fine. While we were out hiking we saw the largest red ceder. I could barley put my arms around it. The tree seemed like it needed a hug so i did since i am a tree healer after all! After that we took the ferry to Vancouver Island. Tyler saw some dolphins and the fin of a whale... Its really hard to tell with all the waves in the ocean...I wasn't able to see anything but I did see some fat harbor seals. One of my favorite parts was the beach! We were able to find some pretty cool shells and even saw some critters. There were tons of star fish all over the rocks, which were super slimy. So you had to be really careful so that you wouldn't fall in. We also saw some crabs which we think were probably dead. Since they were
on there backs. And the remains of some jelly fish...which the birds had half eaten. We saw quite a few otters off in the distance. They would stay on top of the surface and then dunk back down. We went to the butchart gardens which was really cool. They had all kinds of flowers and plants. There were waterfalls and ponds. In the garden there were Chilean rubba
rb and the leaves were huge. There were also some little multi colored flowers which I was exited to see because I had seen them in Chile on my mission. On the was back to Seattle we stopped in Forks home of Twilight. There were so many dazzled by twilight stores. I was surprised by how many fans there were walking around with Twilight t-shirts. They even had tour buses. We stopped at on of the stores and Tylers mom bought some souvenirs. We also stopped by a free museum. They had really cool shells from all over the world. But what was the highlight for Tyler was the alligator man. They had a little ancient alligator with a shrunken mans head on it. They also had just a shrunken head. Which was "real" supposedly. I really had my doubts about that one. We would stay at a hotel and then see some of the sights around that area and then move to a new area the next day. Some of the hotels even had pools and I was able to talk Tyler into sitting in the hot tub with me :) The drive home was a 13 hour trip. Tyler and I took turns sleeping on each other. I probably shouldn't have slept so much because that night I had a really hard time getting to sleep. It was a really fun trip. We saw a lot of really cool and interesting stuff.
