This week we drove 7 hours over to the coast to meet our new cousin and see what the Washington coast is like! We left at 7am and got there a little after 3 (we had to make a few pit stops.)
We walked out over Deception Pass...
We learned that the logs that float up on the beaches protect the lands.
Some people build forts for shelter, too.
We climbed on a douglas fir tree that is HUNDREDS of years old!
Next, we went to another beach...
...Where there was lots of climbing!
We even saw a seal!
And a nice man with a dog taught us to fish!
We also went to the pumpkin patch (especially since we missed going on the field trip there in Utah).
At the laundry, we worked on our time and money math skills!
While on the coast, we left Whidbey Island and travelled across the ocean/bay to Port Townsend by Ferry. That's when you drive your car onto a big boat that can carry cars across the ocean. We saw 5 otters diving for their food (fish), lots of different types of birds (especially gulls and ravens), and a WHALE (orca)!
It was fun to watch the ferry leave and connect to the land.
We practiced our art skills by picking designs to carve in our pumpkins!
And through all of the week, we worked on earning our Junior Ranger badges from the Cascade National Park and WA State Parks.
(This is a picture of lots of different badges. This is what we want our junior ranger vests to look like. So far we have 6, I think. Maybe more.)
Here we are taking our oath to be awesome Junior Rangers!
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