Connor & Christen's visit continued....

Overnight camping at beautiful Snoqualmie Pass!

Our campsite was right across from Denny Creek so an awesome place to play!


Awesome wildflowers!



The tent was pitched and we were soon on our way to do the Denny Creek hike! This is a popular family friendly trail that leads to a series of waterfalls and to a smooth natural waterslide....a massive rock face over which the creek flows.




The trail winds 1.3 miles through the green, forested valley before coming to the rock waterslide.








The water is VERY COLD! Even in August!
We were not propperly prepared for a swim...but getting wet was great fun!


Brrrrr!!!!!!!!!!! Connor was pretty sure he had hypothermia!

Headed up to the falls!

Watch out! Crox are slippery when wet!

Connor, Christen & Pa made it!

This rock face provides a slippery summertime escape from the heat as the cold water slides over the granite slabs. Christen looked very surprised as she hit bottom. ( :

The creek is shallow enough to be safe, but stong enough to be fun! Connor shows us that crawling back up was next to impossible!

Christen is always there to pose for the photographer! ( :

Returning to camp to a warm sweatshirt and a warm fire was inviting!

Spider Dogs and S'mores made a good dinner!

PERFECT marshmallow!!

Happy Birthday Granny!

A cheese pretzel was my cake and Christen made a flame for the birthday candle!

No place I would rather be on my birthday than with my Grandkids!!!! In the woods!!! ( :
Awesome!

Back to the creek to throw stones and purify water!

SPLASH!

Awesome wildflowers around the campground!
The waterslide was so much fun that we went back the next day for another round of fun!

When we got home Connor baked me a fabulous cake!

Thanks Connor...great job!!! Very tasty!

Connor & Christen in front of our house...

On to Railroad Days in Snoqualmie to rekindle some memories!

We stayed away from the stale gummy worms this time. ( :

"Deja vu!

Next stop...Snoqualmie Falls! It is disappointing that there is construction going on and there is no hike to the base of the falls until 2013! ) : But we took in an outdoor wedding reception and rolled down the big hill until Christen got sick. They went so fast we had to stop them at the bottom. Connor said he felt like a kid again!

The falls were tumbling pretty well for August!

Unfortunately the time together came to an end and we headed to the airport at 5:30 AM on the 21st!

We get there to find out there was a 2 1/2 hour weather delay. They finally took off at 10:10 PST and arrived at JFK at 6:30 PM EST.

We don't like good-byes! ) :

They are off!!!

We spent the rest of the day at the computer informing Jodi & Larry of their status as they were enroute to pick them up. Their plane circled over Lake Erie for an hour but finally went into JFK.

They were told they could not eat their sandwich they had with them becasue it had peanut butter on it and someone was allergic. It was a long day with no lunch! But it looks like they didn't suffer too much. I am sure they were happy to see Mom, Dad and Montana (who was waiting in the car)

Thanks for coming to visit us C & C! We had a great time and MISS YOU!!!

Love, Granny & Pa