From the coast to the mountains

Wednesday we took the morning to see a little more of the town of Raymond, WA.  There was a great paved, flat bike path right near where we were staying... so on the bikes we went for a beautiful ride along the river and into the town of Raymond.  All along the path were these iron sculptures.


All larger than life depicting the animals and people of this area.

 Loved it!

As we entered the town we stopped to see the Carriage Museum, so well designed and unusual.

 The museum has a collection of 20 beautifully restored carriages from the 1890-1920s owned, restored and donated by a local family.  We were the only ones there at 10AM and had a private tour of the museum. Included in the collection is the carriage used in Gone With the Wind.

 Plus they have an entire educational room where children can dress in period clothing, make butter and sit in a one room school room...I felt right at home!

We left Raymond midday for another zig of our zigging/zagging trail. Back east on tiny back roads with Katie Bauer's house our destination the following day. After a couple of hours in the Motorhome we're usually ready for a campground and we found a beauty! Ike Kinswa State Park...wooded with our site on  Mayfield Lake. Warm, though clouds filled the sky we had a wonderful evening here.

Taking back roads we got to the Bauer's home mid day Thursday. Warm, pretty and time for walks and talks. Katie and Paul moved to WA and built this lovely home in 2009 with a most stunning view of Mt. Rainier to the east.

We were lucky to see the mountain all day Friday as the clouds cleared and we had a gorgeous, actually hot, day here. 

 Paul was so happy to have a project painting the garage doors

Katie and I chatted while we did some weeding in the gardens. As the day got warmer the guys decided to cool off with a dip in the kids' pool.

Katie and Paul's daughter, Karen, and her family came for taco dinner Friday night, such fun to see them all again and meet the newest Sanford, Solomon Justice.

 So now it's Saturday morning and we were up early to watch a lovely sunrise over Mt. Rainier.

We'll move closer to Seattle to do some sightseeing the next few days.  Rain is expected for most of the week ahead but we've loved our stay here can't believe we've had such gorgeous sun and heat the last few days.  Thank you, Katie and Paul for the bed and breakfast stay, such fun to spend time with you both...just might come back soon!

Off we go to our next adventure...