Each April the Skagit Valley, which is 60 miles north of Seattle, holds a Tulip festival.Today was gorgeous with blue skies but cool temperatures -- around 60 degrees -- and we decided to experience the Tulip Festival first hand. We put our mountain bikes on our new bike rack and drove to Mount Vernon -- the Tulip capital. The breathtaking tulip fields exceeded our lofty expectations. These picture give a glimpse of what we found but do not convey the full beauty of this marvelous exhibition.
We rode 23 miles as we went by all the fields that were in full bloom (Rosie says "It would have only been 15 miles if I had been the navigator"). Here is Rosie riding along the road on her 80 pound cruiser/tank for a bike!
We originally were going to take our road bikes but at the last minute Rosie suggested it might be better to take our mountain bikes/cruiser. She was right on the mark as we soon discovered we could ride our bikes through the dirt paths in between the fields.
On the left is a painter with a most colorful subject. In the background you can see a few of the majestic mountains surrounding the Skagit Valley. The only disapointment of the day was the clouds were over Mount Baker -- the third highest mountain in Washington at 10,778 feet.
The variety of colors was incredible from pastels to deep, rich reds and purples.
One of the other tourists we came by agreed to take a picture of both of us.
The last fields we rode by (above) were the most impressive of all. Brad stopped his bike and put his hand over his heart. It was acres and acres of crimson and gold -- Logan High School's colors. Rosie thought it was going to move him to tears and claims she heard him humming his school song the rest of the afternoon "Neath the crest of Wasatch Mountains with her...".We wish all of you could have experienced this marvelous day with us. It was every bit as impressive as anything we saw in Holland when we were there years ago at peak tulip season.
We agreed that a bike tour of the tulip fields each April will be a tradition as long as we live in Washington. Come join us next year.
Mom and Dad
6 comments:
Mom and Dad,
It is so beautiful, I am so glad you got a chance to go see the beautful tuilps, the pictures are awsome, thanks for sharing. I love you all, thanks for everything, and I am excited to see yo uall soon, love you
Mels
What a cool memeoy, sorry I couldn;t go today,
WOW! Wish I could have been there. This is stunning. Tulips tulips galore. It looks like you two are getting good quality time in...and thank goodness there was a moment in honor of Logan High.
These pictures were fantastic. It would have been great to be there with you both. It looks so lovely. I especially liked the part about the Logan High song being song. John started singing his high school song when he read that part.
Amazing!! It's like heaven on earth!
Rosie, Brad, I love the colors of these bright tulips...I can see that Brad monitored the mileage (check out that professional heart-rate-altimeter-hotchocolateheater-emailpush watch) while Rosie made sure that you guys stopped to enjoy the flowers too!
What a beautiful experience. Thanks for sharing it...
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