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Craaazy 

Some of these trees were over 200 feet tall! 

This tree was hollowed out by fire, yet it's still alive because of the sap in the tree. 

We went to see the Giant Red Woods in California. It's hard to capture how majestic and huge these trees are. You can see Lindsay in some of the pictures. Walking on these trails is so peaceful and around every corner you see another amazing site. When you leave you are in wonder of God's amazing creation and can't help but praise Him. 

My advertisement for Chevy 

We came across a heard of Roosevelt Elk. Pretty impressive creatures 

I think we should wave. He has an angry blue ox and a big axe. (These guys are also in the Dodge truck commercial) 

We made it! 

From Eugene we drove down to California. We stopped here for lunch. 

The largest winery in Oregon. Beautiful view, nice drive to get there, good food, good wine... 

hmmm...I think that's a lot of barrels of wine 

This was the BnB we stayed at in Eugene. By accident we showed a day early, but luckilly we were able to stay here two days. This was our private porch. If you're ever in Eugene, check it out. It's called the River Walk Inn 

Awww...ain't she pretty. 

In Eugene they had this beautiful rose garden. 

Downtown Eugene, Oregon they had these cool statues. I'm not sure what they were for, but we liked them 

The Willamette Valley in Oregon is a neat valley surrounded by mountains and foot hills. All the wineries were located here. 

We visited a couple wineries in central Oregon 

Grandpa and me being mountaineers 

A view of the mountains 

This time of year the mountain flowers were in bloom. 

One of my favourite pictures from the whole trip 

Hiking at the base of Mount Ranier on the Carbon Glacier hike. The trees were covered in moss. 

Flying into Seattle from Vancouver. View of the Space needle and Music Experience building (colourful building at foot of space needle) The music experience building is designed by the famous Toronto architect, Frank Gehry. 

I will began my series of blogs with a recollection of my trip to west coast this past summer. My wife and I flew into Seattle, Washington, where we were met by my Grandpa. We than stayed with him for 3 days in Tacoma. During those three days we visited with him, went hiking at the foot of Mount Ranier as well as ventured up to Paradise on the south side of the mountain. We than rented a car and drove down to the north-west tip of California and proceded to drive north along the Oregon coast. This trip took us 10 days to complete, upon which we returned back to my Grandpa's and stayed with him for the remainder of the trip.

For the following blogs I will post pictures from our trip and share my memories with you.

(note: I've been reading a lot of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, hence my style of writting....I tend to adopt whatever style I'm reading at the time)

So it has come to my attention that it is time for myself to start a blog of my own. Upon the incessant pleadings of my good friends, I have conceded. So here, on the 12th day in the month of September of the 2006th year, I have begun my blogging journey.

I has begun........