#5 Hike Mount Rainier...Done

So we didn't actually hike it, nor walk any of the trails. But we did take some awesome pictures...or at least I did. 

See my photobomber? That made for a good laugh once I got home and was reviewing the photos! 

#24 Walking Tour of Old DuPont Done!

DuPont, WA is this newer city south of JBLM.

Or so I thought.

Apparently, DuPont, WA has been around since the 1800s. It used to be the home of Fort Nisqually.

Then in 1906, it became home of an explosive plant. Old DuPont, which is where these pictures were taken, was the area where that plant existed. 

The tour starts at this park, Iafrati Park. The park used to be the home of the Plant Manager, which once you start walking, you see his house....

There is another path that takes up near the house, its absolutely beautiful.

Once you walk some more you come to the Old DuPont Museum. So we went inside there and had a look around....

Old Scout stuff from the original DuPont Pack and Troop. Little Man was very interested with him being in Scouts. He walked around the corner and all I heard was "MOM! Scout stuff!!!"

When you leave the museum, you go right and follow the trail on the map. It takes you past this house on your left, the old Doc's house. Really different then what Docs live in nowadays huh?

Keeping walking and you see this on your left, the First Church in DuPont, obviously been remodeled.

This is one the backside of the trail. This site used to be the home of the Children's Playground and the Wading Pool.

This is near the backside of the Museum, Firestation #11. Boys aged 8-12  worked here and that made it the youngest station in US History.

It was something easy, something educational for Little Man (and myself) and plus it was a good walk. Definitely a good way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon after Mass.

2013 Summer Bucket List Challenge

Living in the Pacific Northwest there is literally so much to do. Having lived here for 7 years, I still have yet to see like 90% of this state. So this summer, I plan on making it a busy one. Get out there, enjoy this weather. Go site seeing! Be a tourist for a day in some of the areas I have gone to all the time! So when the awesome Hilary posted a link about the 2013 Summer Bucket List Challenge it sounded like an awesome way to get out there and have a great summer! 

2013 Summer Bucket List

1. Sidewalk Chalk Art (which will totally be Little Man's thing, I can't touch chalk at all!)

2. Berry Picking at Charlotte's Blueberry Park

3. Wave Pool in Tacoma (we went a ton last year and will go a ton this year!)

4. Drive In Movie

5. Hike Mt Rainier

6. Snoqualmie Waterfall

7. Snohomish Train Museum

8. Go see the beautiful Tulips in Skagit Valley

9. Visit Mt St Helens and Mt Baker

10. Take a ferry to Vashon Island

11. Whale watching!!

12. Visit Shi Shi Beach, Alki, Rialto, Kalaloch Cannon, and Ruby

13. Ocean Shores and get in the water (okay okay, just toesies)

14. Hike through Discovery Park

15. Take a ferry ride somewhere random

16. Visit 3 waterfalls

17. Have a picnic on DuPont Beach

18. Visit a dairy farm

19. Crater Lake National Park

20. Seattle Zoo

21. Seattle Aquarium

22. Ride the Big Wheel 

23. Make fresh popsicles

24. Walking tour of Old DuPont and Pikes Market Walking Tour

25. Leavenworth, WA (too bad it's not during the winter)

26. Hurican Ridge

27. Summer Reading Programs...again

28. Ride the new Crystal Mountain Gondola

29. Make Smore's

30. Ride the Seattle Duck Tour

31. Sci-Fi Museum

32. Pacific Science Museum and actually spend a lot of time there

33. Taste of Tacoma

34. Bite of Seattle

35. Tour Boeing Museum

36. Wild Waves Water Park

Thanks to Hilary for some of the great ideas. She apparently has gotten out a lot more then I have so she knew of all these beautiful places! 

I can't wait to blog about it. I look forward to this awesome summer!