Our Move to Seattle: Highlights of our first year

We moved to Seattle in February 2008 and shared blog posts and photos during our first few years in Seattle.

- Troy & Lesley H

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Highlights of our first year

Posted by Lesley at 4:00 PM

We've done so many fun things over the past year living in Seattle. We've had so much fun exploring the area and spending time together. One of the coolest things about living here is that we're so close to natural beauty. There are two mountain ranges close by, tons of evergreen trees, lakes and other bodies of water, and so much more. Here are the top 3 highlights of our first year here with a brief description of each:

Tulip Festival & Deception Pass - Going to the tulip festival for our one year wedding anniversary was really nice and romantic. We stayed in a nice bed and breakfast, which we'd never done before, and saw field after field of colorful tulips in bloom. It's just amazing the number of flowers in such a small area during the tulip festival. We went to Deception Pass during the same trip and it was almost equally impressive.

Exploring North Cascades National Park - Hiking on Cascade Pass in NCNP was so cool and was definitely the best, most fun, and most beautiful hike we've ever done. The drive through the mountains and past the rivers in the valleys was so peaceful. Glaciers stood still near the mountain tops and almost looked as if they were hanging there, suspended in mid-air. Hopefully we'll go back again this summer.

Visting Mount Rainier - Visiting Mount Rainier was pretty awesome. The mountain itself is so breathtaking and beautiful. We went in early June and there was still a ton of snow on the ground, but it was warm enough to wear short sleeves at the same time. The drive up to it was pretty and took a surprisingly long time, despite the fact that we live relatively close to it. It's definitely the tallest mountain I've ever been on. We could have spent so many more hours there hiking and exploring. A day really is not enough time to do Mount Rainier justice.