Washington Wednesday

Wednesday was our free day to do whatever we wanted to all day long. We decided to drive to Snoqulmie Falls east of Seattle. It turned out to be a perfect day to see the falls. The waterfall itself is 268 feet tall. There are two observation decks for the falls themselves, but the day we were there you could not access the lower observation deck because trees had fallen on the trail. Here are a few shots of the falls though...

Standing on the observation deck you could feel the rumble of the water vibrating the platform It was amazing! Maelee loved all the mist on her face too.

Okay, I am totally obsessed with Japanesse maple trees, especially the red ones. I hate to admit how many photos I took of this type of tree while I was up there!

After we were done at the falls we headed over to Bellevue to see the Seattle Temple. It was just as beautiful as I remembered! On my mission I never really had a chance to do much walking around the grounds, so it was fun to see the different kinds of plants they had planted there.

I admit it, I am a little obsessed with this Photoshop effect too. I used this same effect on a bunch of the pictures I took, but I will spare you of having to see them all!

I just loved this tree with these great pink blossoms on it. It was also on the Temple grounds, but I don't have a clue what kind of tree it was.

We pretty much took it easy for the rest of the day after we finished up at the Temple.