Yesterday, Rosie and I made our annual bike trip to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. This has become one of our favorite days of the year as the brilliant colors of the literally millions of tulips is a feast for the eyes. This was our best year yet as we caught the flowers at their peak and were lucky to get a gorgeous day as well -- a rare thing in western Washington this time of year.We took our dear friends, Glen and Diane Harston with us and they seemed to enjoy it as much as we did.
We always do this trip on our mountain bikes -- we drive to Mount Vernon and bike from there. It is a great place to ride and we avoid the traffic and hassles of parking a car. In addition we can ride our bikes through the tulip fields. Can you imagine a more beautiful setting for a flat bike ride? (For the record, I would still prefer a beautiful mountain pass)
We ended up riding about 25 leisurely and very enjoyable miles.
Every once in a while a different colored flower will show up in the uniform rows of color. Note the lone red flower in the sea of yellow.
At one of the fields we found an excellent impressionist painter who was finishing up two weeks of work on this tableau.
Note the snow capped mountains in the background on the picture below.
It is hard to choose which color of tulips is the most beautiful. For me, when the brilliant crimson and gold are next to each other it is stunning. It is also inspiring as I had the others put their hand over the heart in honor of the Logan High Grizzlies school colors.
I almost burst into the Logan High School song "Neath the crest of Wasatch mountains..." with this backdrop. Of course, Rosie could not find any blue tulips that would match the Sky View school colors as blue flowers are extremely rare and generally found in very high altitudes.
Join us next year for this unforgettable experience.
6 comments:
Wow! I would really have loved to come with on this one! These photos are so beautiful. I also enjoyed the distinction regarding the grade of the path.
You've inspired me to add this to my bucket list!
Holland would be jealous.
Holland would be jealous.
So beautiful dad.
OK for the record. If you will notice that indeed there aren't any blue tulips, but with a sky that blue truly blue isn't needed on the earth! The gold tulips with that blue sky in the background are true Sky View colors! "Where the mountain peaks meet the starry sky!" Go Bobcats!
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