A Gorgeous Site You've Got to See!!

Our temps have been in the twenties this past week, and as a result there's been a lot of freezing all around here. So when my daughter got home yesterday, we decided to take a drive to Snoqualmie Falls. These falls are so beautiful year round, and whenever we have out-of-town guests we always take them to the falls. This past summer, we visited the falls three times. This is a picture from the summer.

So when we saw a photo in the newspaper on Saturday, we KNEW we had to go see them for ourselves! All these photos were taken by my daughter, Katie. She is a photo journalism major in her last year in college. This is the way the falls looked yesterday!

I was in total awe when I saw this site! As pretty as her picture is, it still doesn't do justice to how beautiful the whole area was in person! Plus, even though you can't tell it, it was snowing at the time, too!

As we drove back, we came upon this river with a bridge over it. Katie was playing around with the shutter speed on her camera to get this beautiful affect. It was already getting dark, but she was still able to get a beautiful picture.

This was a little side road that was still fresh from the snow.

I made Katie get out to get the photo below. She said she felt like the paparazzi! I told her she wasn't taking a picture of "people"...only their home. LOL! This was a neighborhood we drove through that's on an airstrip. People have "hangers" off their house and then drive their airplanes on the roads to get to the airstrip. I've been back here several times and always noticed this house where they collect old fire engines. There are a lot of trees in front of their house, but we could see at least four old fire trucks. This part was out in the open and made for a Christmas card scene. That's why I just had to have a photo!

The snow was short lived, but it was so pretty coming down yesterday. I know I carry on about the snow, but I don't care how much you dislike it...there is something special about DECEMBER snow. It just adds to the Christmas spirit. By February and March, I'm not that excited about it. I guess that's why I love all those Christmas movies, where it always snows on Christmas Eve! Even in Southern California! LOL! ~~Annie