Some Snippets of Western Washington...

I was told I should update my blog semi-regularly, but since I'm not yet traveling, I don't yet have Spanish wisdom, pictures of cute Guatemalan kids, nor stories of awkward adventures, encounters, and teaching plans...  BUT never fear, I have some pictures from the past few weeks.

I totally kicked Casey in the face and still feel bad... it was a big wave....

We'll see what we can do...


One of my favorite things to do when I'm home is go tubing.  We've had a few fun tubing adventures (another is Friday at 3 at Kopachuck!) and it's been quite enjoyable to meet/reconnect with people.


My dad took a day off work when I first got to FI and we went over to geek out at Grand Coulee Dam.  It was great!  A gorgeous flight, super sweet, airstrip, cool dam tour, and unbeknownst to me a preview of where I'll be going to camp with high schoolers next week!

Dam from the air

Inside of the dam... it's massive!!!

Every time I fly by Mt Rainier, I make a resolve that one day I will climb it...

This is near where high school camp is next week!

Finally, this is Toby (my beloved golden retriever)'s last week with me.  He's going to live with "Old Dean" and they're already friends, so I don't think it will be a problem at all.  For my dad's birthday and to give Toby one last crazy adventure with us, we boated up to Blake Island and went on a 5mi. hike.  After an intellectually stimulating boat ride (1 hr each way), a long hike, and a rather intense standoff with a deer, Toby was exhausted.

Now I'm packing.  The thought of it is totally overwhelming, but life is going to pick up pace as Guatemala approaches.  YAY!
Toby isn't much help with packing...