Hard to believe that just 1 week ago we were shivering in freezing rain while doing some chores outside, and Wednesday (yes- 5 days ago), it snowed on the hills right above us as well as in Seattle. Today the Lord blessed us with a real SUNday.
After a wonderful church service, our church had a potluck and egg hunt at Island Lake Camp, just 10 minutes from town, but you'd never know it. Towering fir trees around a lovely lake, and a great lodge where we ate our lunch and had some great fellowship before the kids scrambled all over the lawns and forest hunting eggs. It was above 60, so off course most of the younger men had on shorts and flip flops- and we all enjoyed being outside without a sweater or jacket- I think for the first time since October!
We had the rest of the beautiful afternoon left, so Jim and I decided to drive across the Hood Canal Bridge to Quilcene and take a hike down to some falls. What a glorious day- the shrubs are just leafing out, daffodils are blooming along the roadsides and the sun was shining.
I have to remind myself daily that actually LIVE in this gorgeous area. 4o minutes from our door we are in Olympic National forest, hiking through a forest cloaked in moss and lichens, with the roaring Quilcene River at our feet. Doesn't get much better than this- (especially when I work in an office with no view all day) .
