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We wandered into southern Washington at the end of July, 2007, visiting Mt. St. Helens and some

coastal areas. The logging industry is huge in this area, and we after gaping at the piles of logs

burying train cars headed for the mills, we marveled at the piles of logs blown over by the eruption of

Mt. St. Helens so long ago.

As we zig-zagged across the state we visited a winery, found a cute town with a frog motif, and finally

saw Mt. Rainier in all its snowy splendor.

We returned to Washington at the end of August, 2007, after a visit to Vancouver Island. After

cruising past the San Juan Islands by ferry we crossed the North Cascade mountain range headed

east towards Idaho. The mountains views were inspiring, but the little mountain towns they shrouded

were even more uplifting. We bumped into farmers markets and a fiddlers contest and soon the wet

and grey coast gave way to dry sunny air.