Seahawks & Sun!

Olympia's rain streak came to a screeching halt yesterday!

35 days of measurable precipitation ended with a gorgeous Sunday!!!

Here's a view of our seawall--you'll notice the extreme tide!

We've posted photos of this same seawall before where water was splashing near or over it!!!

I think the tidal change today was +16'...

If you squint, you can also make out rnrB climbing atop and trkr climbing below the two 100'+ long logs that have parked themselves along the beach. The massive rains have brought down dozens of these monster 'old growth' trees from high up the mountains. I presume these two 'old growth' trees made their way down from Mt Rainier as the two main rivers that feed this particular region of the Sound are the Nisqually and the Puyallup Rivers--whose waters rush down from Mt Rainier's glaciers. One of the logs we found at the beach was a western red cedar at least 3' in diameter!

Amazing that there was so much sand to play in!

Even more amazing that we had the ENTIRE beach to ourselves!!!

Found lodes of seaglass, dozens of tiny pink clam shells, &

a handful of dungeness crabs about 6" across and bright purple.

Here's the secret...

While we were beachcombing & enjoying the SUNset,

The Seattle Seahawks were making history a few miles to the north!

Raining on the Carolina Panthers' parade.

The Seahawks' 30+ year drought of making it to the BIG DANCE also came to a screeching halt!

This SUNset splayed across the South Puget Sound sky when the Seahawks were one quarter into their incredible victory over the Carolina Panthers.

Notice how the Seahawk blue in this SUNset is eclipsing the Carolina blue?

How much it reminds us of the game. ;)

This victory not only earned the Seahawks the NFC Championship but also a trip to the...

GOLDEN...

SUPER BOWL!!!

This is the gorgeous SUNset we enjoyed this evening at about 4:45pm.

Yes, it always rains in Seattle. ;)

But, when the SUN shines, it more than makes up for the rain!!!

Enjoy your week & savor the SUN!