Today was a big day! My whole host family piled in the Suburban to head to the Hunter Christmas Tree Farm to get their Christmas tree. As you might imagine, Christmas with 8 people in the family is a big deal.They start the season with a 45-minute drive to Lacey, to a Christmas tree farm that has real reindeer and the best trees anywhere!
Today it was cold and we had to wear our matching hats.
Lacey is only a short drive from the state capitol, so on the way they took us there. Here are Fern and me, on the road again.
Most people think that Seattle is the capitol of Washington, but it's really just the largest city. Washington became the 42nd state in the United States on November 11, 1889, and the capitol was established at Olympia. Olympia was named for its view of the Olympic Mountains. Outside the capitol building, we stopped at the WWII monument.
It was just a short drive to the capitol building.
And here we are with Christopher on the steps of the capitol building.
We just stopped for a short, touristy trip. Here are some fun facts about Washington:
It was the first state to grant women the right to vote, in 1883, but it was taken away in 1887. In 1910 women again won the right to vote, and this time it stuck.
The Grand Coulee Dam was the largest Dam in the world when it was built.
In Washington, it is illegal to use an X-Ray to fit shoes; to spit on a bus; to harass a Bigfoot; and to paint polka dots on the American Flag. All lollipops are banned, and this is what the law says about trains: "When two trains come to a crossing, neither may go until the other has passed."
Laws are good, but some laws are just goofy.
Hunters has a great view of Mount Rainier, but unfortunately the day was cloudy and we couldn't see it. But here's what we did see:
While we were waiting to take our photo in the sleigh, we had free hot cocoa and lollipops. I guess Hunters hasn't heard about the Lollipop Law. But finally it was our turn.
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