Not sure it gets better than Thanksgiving and this year our family had something extra special to be thankful for – Rebecca’s (AKA Captain Jackson) safe return from her oversees deployment.
With that, there was no choice; the family headed out to Tacoma, WA to celebrate her return. Not that it was a tough sell, with Becka cooking and the beautiful WA scenery there wasn’t much that could keep us from going.
Our first day in Tacoma was spent taking in the views. First was a pit stop to an awesome viewpoint of Mt. Rainier.
Ahhh how we’ve missed the mountains!
Next destination: Beautiful Point Defiance Park for more scenery and a mellow hike to work off the massive amounts of food we’d be consuming in the coming days.
After about a 3 mile hike or so, it was Beer O’clock and Becka took us to a lovely watering hole – Pint Defiance. See what they did there 🙂
The selection was yummy!
Notice I haven’t mentioned anything about food yet? That’s because we hadn’t eaten since breakfast and we certainly worked up an appetite. Our 7:30 reservation at Dukes Chowder House couldn’t come fast enough.
Jordan and Jeska surprisingly made it to the restaurant before everyone and it was a good thing too because we were not waiting! The crew together at last.
As for the grub, the name says it all, we munched out hard and the chowder was official!
Thanksgiving Day!
The pictures speak for themselves: cooking, booze, football and family. Doesn’t get any better than this.
Those of you that have been following know that there is no way we pass on an opportunity to check out a National Park. Becka being Becka was game too and Olympic NP being just a couple hours away was a no brainer. Unfortunately, the north entrance to the park was closed due to weather – first time in history! – BUT we made the best of it utilizing the beautiful trails right outside the Park’s welcome center.
The trails were beautiful and even cooler, wildlife was abundant!
So grateful for this wonderful experience and such fun company.
See you again Washington!