Dena and her roommate Molly were really excited to show me the sites! Mount Vernon is known for its annual Tulip Festival. Farmers grow fields and fields of tulips and daffodils to harvest the bulbs. Right now it’s too early for tulips, but the daffodils are in full bloom. It was so neat to see a field of all those gold flowers!
See if you can find me in the daffodils (you can click the pictures to make them bigger).
I also got to see the Skagit River. The Skagit River was named after the Skagit indian tribe. It starts in the Cascade Mountains of British Columbia and travels 150 miles south to Puget Sound. It is the only large river system in Washington that contains healthy populations of all five native salmon species and two species of trout. Runs include Chinook, Coho, Chum, Pink, Sockeye, and Steelhead and Cutthroat trout. The river supports the largest wintering Bald Eagle population in the continental United States. When the salmon run is plentiful, there can be as many as 600 to 800 eagles on the river.
A train went over the bridge while I was looking at the river. See it?
It was a great first day and I look forward to many more adventures here in Washington.
