The Pacific Northwest
My family and I recently went on a vacation to the northwest. I could really live there if not for the rain. The air is so clean and fresh, and it always smells that way.
Utah has been unbearably hot and dry this summer–more so than usual. Combine that with the the numerous fires burning up the state and the air is smokey and dense. There is a gray haze over everything. Going to Seattle was just what the doctor ordered.
For the next few days I’m going to be blogging about great things to do with kids in the northwest. One of the highlights was going to the Bonneville Dam in the amazingly beautiful Columbia River Gorge. It was almost as cool as watching Niagra Falls. The spray was beautiful to watch. Visiting the fish hatchery there was educational and inspiring. We got to view the fish going up the ladders trying to get back to their birth places. How they instinctively know how to get back is one of nature’s amazing miracles. To me, anyway.
A few miles down the road was Multnomah Falls. This isn’t just an ordinary waterfall. It’s a “double decker” one, as my kids called it. It cascades into one deep pool and then down to another pool. Standing on the bridge at the halfway point was thrilling! Our children of all ages loved this.
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