#blurtstepsUnmoderated tag#blurtstepsHotsilvertop in # actifit • 11 hr. ago • 3 min read"PEEK-A-BOO I SEE YOU!"😇....................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Peek-A-Boo, I See You!”😇 “Well hello there, how are you girl!”😊 Look closely at the first photo in today’s post…………… Do you see her, just between those two tall Douglas Fir trees?☺️ The rain finally stopped mid morning, and Silvertop was having “Hiking Withdrawals” Lol!🤣 I grabbed my backpack and headed up our old logging road, with PEPE…elizabethbit in # actifit • 11 hr. ago • 3 min readHappy Friday And July 4th Eve!🎆🎇……...North Cascade WanderingsYes-Happy Friday and 4th of July Eve! I hope your day has been wonderful! 😊 Work was pretty busy today. Marissa is doing well so today was the last day for Lisa to be up front with her as support, so I could get my work mostly done in the back. Next week on Friday, she will have the front by herself. I think she will do wonderfully plus I…elizabethbit in # actifit • 1 day ago • 3 min readA Busy Day! 🐝…….…….……...North Cascade WanderingsIt’s Thursday also known as Friday Eve! That makes tomorrow Friday-yippee! Thursdays are usually somewhat quiet, and today was no different. What was different was having my new employee working as well. She is doing super well in a the area of optical, which she has no experience in. She is super smart and is picking up things very well. She…silvertop in # actifit • 1 day ago • 2 min read"WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT!"😇...............NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Who Would Have Thought?”😇 “What day is it Silvertop Lol?”😮 How do they say it…….”When you have Lemons make Lemonade Lol!” The upcoming Fourth of July weekend is almost at hand! Kayakers, and boaters, were ignoring the weather forecast and enjoying a day out on the water down at the Bay today!🤗 Silvertop was sure he saw some Blue Sky…silvertop in # actifit • 2 days ago • 2 min read"RACE YOU TO THE TOP!"☺️.....................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Race You To The Top!”☺️ If you have read any of Silvertop’s post, you know the Mountains are where I call home!😇 I have spent years climbing and exploring the Mountains, from Colorado to Washington State!🤗 I guess Silvertop likes to be “Up High” and that also includes flying my own single engine aircraft!😊 Strangely……….Silvertop is…elizabethbit in # actifit • 2 days ago • 2 min readJuly-uary?!……….……...North Cascade WanderingsJuly-uary?! Just what is that?! Well, around here usually in the month of June, if it’s cold and rainy, we refer to the month as June-uary as it’s mimicking our fall/winter months here in the Pacific Northwest. This past June-not June-uary. However for the first time I’m aware of, we are having July-uary!! Very strange, indeed! It’s cold…silvertop in # actifit • 3 days ago • 3 min read"UHHH....I THINK YOU MEAN NO WRONG TURN!"😇...........NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Uhhh………..I Think You Mean No Wrong Turn!”😇 “Isn’t this Weather crazy Silvertop, everyone is wearing a sweatshirt, and it’s June 30th!”🥰 If you ever watched the movie “Groundhog Day” that’s how the Weather is playing out for the Northwest Lol!😇 Same rain forecast every day of 0.05 inches, and gray skies in the morning…….. Then by late…elizabethbit in # actifit • 3 days ago • 2 min readHappy Tuesday………...North Cascade WanderingsHappy Tuesday! I hope your day has been swell! My day began at ladies Bible study where we wrapped up our in depth study on the Holy Spirit. It’s been a splendid journey! Once home, we ran a couple of errands and of course, made a stop at Starbucks. I needed gas for the car and with the points acquired at Safeway, we went there to fill up.…silvertop in # actifit • 4 days ago • 2 min read"WHERE DA RAIN........MAN?"🐸.................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Where Da Rain …….Man?”🐸 The thick dark clouds kept rolling across the mountains today, and still no rain!🤗 June has definitely been back and fourth with the Weather in the Pacific Northwest Lol!😇 “Silvertop shall we enjoy a dip in the Hot Tub this morning?”🥰 Silvertop pulled up the Weather App on his iPhone, outside the sky was looking…elizabethbit in # actifit • 4 days ago • 3 min readA Bang-Up Job!………...North Cascade WanderingsHey everybody! Today was the day I worked the fireworks stand for our church. That little squirrel is hiding in the log as he’s afraid…..very afraid! 🙀 This 18’+ trailer is parked at the fairgrounds in Lynden, Washington as it is every year. The sale is to raise money for the youth program at the church and is the biggest fundraiser for…silvertop in # actifit • 5 days ago • 2 min read"GOOD DAY'S SUNSHINE!"😎....................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Good Days, Sunshine!”😎 “Silvertop there is a 5% chance of rain tomorrow at Noon, nothing else is in the forecast!”😇 “ I don’t know Liz, those clouds look pretty ominous!”🙄 “That’s the Fraser River Valley Silvertop, the Canadians are sending us there rain Lol!”🤣 I certainly hope our friend @kerrislravenhill from just across the 49th…elizabethbit in # actifit • 5 days ago • 3 min readOcean Spray…………...North Cascade Wanderings…….and no, not the brand of fruit drinks! 🤭 Ocean Spray is a native plant along the coast from British Columbia on down to Southern California, and on into the western parts of Colorado, Montana and Arizona. It’s mostly recognizable by the cascading sprays of tiny cream or pinkish colored flowers which gives the plant its name. It’s used…elizabethbit in # actifit • 6 days ago • 3 min readHappy Caturday!😻……..……...North Cascade WanderingsHappy Caturday everybody! 😻😽 Give your kitty babies a hug today! Best laid plans to sleep in didn’t happen today. Apparently sometime in the night, Cyle got up and threw up from the mud room all the way into the living room on the hearth. @silvertop found is when he stepped in it barefoot! 🙀🙀🙀 Poor Cyle does do this periodically as he…silvertop in # actifit • 6 days ago • 2 min read"THE CALL OF THE WILD!"🤗.....................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“The Call Of The Wild!”☺️ “Look Liz….. spotted Elk!”🤗 “Silvertop, I think those are Cows Lol!”🤣 How quickly our time with the Family this past weekend ended!🙄🥰 Ahhh…….. but if you fast forward to the third and fourth photos, you are in for a treat my friends!☺️ In a beautiful open meadow, at the base of Mt. Si, a very large herd of…silvertop in # actifit • 7 days ago • 3 min read"AIN'T NO SUNSHINE WHEN SHE'S GONE!"😇..........NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“ Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone!”😇 Yes my friends, this is a “Feel Good” post! Phoenix our “Grand-dog” is coming to visit Silvertop and Liz next Month, and I thought she was just the “medicine” to put everyone in a good mood for the weekend!🤗 There is so much drama in Crypto, I don’t think I have ever seen it this bad, and Silvertop has…elizabethbit in # actifit • 7 days ago • 5 min readHappy Friday! 😊…………...North Cascade WanderingsAhhhhhh, the nostalgia of the steam train! Why are we so enthralled with it-I wonder? I know that from my own perspective, there is NOTHING quite like standing closed to a steam train and feeling it-and I do mean feeling it just be! It’s exciting and a little scary at the same time, especially if you stop to think about the boiler and the…elizabethbit in # actifit • 8 days ago • 2 min readOnce Again, It’s Friday Eve! 🙌………...North Cascade WanderingsIt’s one of the best days next to Friday and Saturday-it’s Friday Eve! Thursdays are also sort of my ‘hump’ day at work being as it’s in the middle of my workweek. All pictures are from our adventures this past weekend in North Bend visiting our son and his wife and of course, little baby Olivia! It was a wonderful visit but much too short…silvertop in # actifit • 8 days ago • 2 min read"DROUGHT, WHAT DROUGHT........MAN!"🐸............NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Drought, What Drought……Man!”🐸 PEPE couldn’t wait to get back home, and now he’s wondering where all the water has gone!😮 “Silbertop, back at Baby Olivia’s home, water was everywhere, now water nowhere to be found!”🐸 “Look Silbertop I found Eagles nest! I follow Eagle feather trail, lead us to “Big Pond” full of water!”🤗 Sure enough, my…elizabethbit in # actifit • 9 days ago • 3 min readThe Little Kirche ⛪️…………...North Cascade WanderingsIn Elbe, Washington, there stands what has been referred to as the smallest operating church (Kirche) in the world! It was built in 1906 by German immigrants in Elbe. The structure is a mere 18 feet by 24 feet with a tall steeple and white clapboard siding. The steeple is roughly 44-46 feet tall with a 4 foot iron cross on top. The steeple…silvertop in # actifit • 9 days ago • 2 min read"ALL DA DRINKS ON ME.....MAN!"🐸.............NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“All Da Drinks On Me…….Man!”🐸 PEPE doesn’t travel well!🙄………………. No amount of crystal clear Mountain streams, or lakes, were able put my green friend at ease this past weekend! “Silbertop when we go home? PEPE really is a “homebody” Lol!😇 “Dis booze powerful, PEPE feeling tipsy!”🐸 PEPE was trying to calm his nerves with this bubbly…
