Adventures Ala Lewis And Clark

"I've found a formula for avoiding these exaggerated fears of age; you take care of every day -- let the calendar take care of the years" -- Ed Wynn

It's been months since I worked on my photo albums and scrapbooks and I'd almost forgotten how relaxing right-brain activies were. Two nights ago, I finished six pages for two sets of pictures from our visit to the Jimi Hendrix Memorial and our team's RTM celebration on board the Royal Argosy cruise and last night I finished 2 pages (6 pictures out of 12) of the 2003 picnic at Northbend pics.

The last set of scrapbook pages I completed before last night, was for last year's trip to the Skagit Valey Tulip Festival and Whidbey Island (both on summer 2004). But I've still got hundreds and hundreds of photos and memorabillas from our exploration of the Pacific Northwest that are still lying around and waiting to be placed in a scrapbook or photo album. Here's a list of those trips:

• Summer 2003 - Cheasapeak Bay (40 something pictures)


• Summer 2003 - Columbia River Gorge (120 something pictures)


• Fall 2003 (50 something pictures)


• Christmas 2003 (100 something pictures)


• Spring 2004 - Olympic National Park Huricane Ridge (80 something
  pictures)


• Spring and Summer 2004 - crabbing and fishing trips to Jeomma Beach (200
  something pictures)


• Summer 2004 - 6-mile hike of Mt. Si, Northbend, WA (166 pictures)


• Summer 2004 - two whale-watching trips San Juan Islands (200 something
  pictures)


• Summer 2004 - Hotair Balloon Ride (193 pictures)


• Summer 2004 - Columbia River Gorge (200 something pictures)


• Summer 2004 - Ellensberg Rodeo (100 something pictures)


• Summer 2004 - Oregon (70 something pictures)


• Thanksgiving 2004 - Olympic Peninsula: Cape Flattery, First and Second
  beaches, Rialto Beach, and Hoh Rainforest (300 something pictures)


• Winter 2004 - Leavenworth (200 something pictures)


• Fall 2003 and 2004 pictures (100 something pictures)


• Christmas 2004 - (1000 something pictures)

Of course there were dinners, birthday parties, restaurant-hopping, baby showers, bridal showers, visits from relatives, but I'll save myself the trouble and just put them in photo books.

Looking back, the last two years had been quite an adventure with nature. We've explored most of the Pacific Northwest ala-Lewis and Clark and it feels great! Medyo masakit sa bulsa pero ok lang. At least when I'm old and grey I know I won't regret not having lived a full life when I could. Plus, I'd have a mountain of stories to share with my future grand children and the hopefully the pictures will tell the stories long before I'm gone.