LaConner, WA

Last week I joined up with an annual camping trip of family and friends (most I have known my entire life). We usually head east of the mountains for the big camping shin-dig, but this year there were too many people that were going to have to come and go, so we figured we’d stay a little closer to Seattle to make it easier on everyone. We settled on the Thousand Trails campgrounds in LaConner, WA. The sites we had were closer to the big open field in the middle of the campgrounds (when camping with children aged 2 months to 17 years old, it’s best to be close to the playground!). The campgrounds run right up to the water on Skagit Bay and I took a couple of walks down there. The first walk was a few hours before sunset when the reflections on the water were spectacular. The second walk was a couple of days later right as the sun was quickly falling behind the mountains.

Enjoy what I saw in LaConner!

Coupeville, WA

While I was working at the Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival a couple of weeks ago, I had a few spare minutes to grab some shots of things I saw that I wanted to remember.

Enjoy what I saw in Coupeville!

Sunrise in Anacortes, WA

I am not a morning person, however this morning I woke up at about 5am and couldn’t get back to sleep. I wandered out of my room and saw that the sky was brightening up. When I looked out the window I was amazed at the sight! I ran back and grabbed my iPhone to grab this view of the sun rising behind Mt. Baker. It’s not often I see this sight, so I wanted to share what I saw this morning.

Enjoy!

Downton Abbey

I took a little side trip from London today to see the site of “Downton Abbey”. It was a pretty rainy day, but I was able to do a little magic to a few photos. Enjoy!

London

The last few days of my trip are being spent in London. The city is so busy, so many people! And it’s still a few weeks from the Olympics! I can’t imagine how packed the Tube is going to to during that time! Having a great time, home in a couple of days.

Venice at dusk

Sunflowers

Pitigliano at night

We had a late dinner in town last night, here is what I saw as we strolled back to the car.

Enjoy!

Pitigliano

I’m in Pitigliano, Italy now, it’s in the Southern part of Tuscany. Here are just a few quick shots:

When in Rome

I’m on vacation in Italy and just spent a few days in Rome. Will have more photos from Tuscany soon!

Enjoy!