Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

Mt. Vernon, Washington 

We want to thank all of you who follow our blog for having patience with us in-between posts. We completed our sabbatical about 5 weeks ago and of course after being away for 5 months, life has gotten in the way of my posts :o). I will pick up here as we left Seattle to travel north up I-5 to Vancouver, BC. 

Roughly 50 miles or so north of Seattle we passed through the Skagit Valley. Luckily is was April and the local tulip festival was in full swing. We couldn't pass by here without taking that left turn off of the freeway at Mt. Vernon to go out across the tulip fields. WOW! WOW! is all we kept saying once we came upon the tulip farms. You could swear you are suddenly in Holland somewhere when the fields start appearing. Instead of trying to find the words to describe how beautiful the whole scene was, I will let the following photos speak for themselves. Enjoy! 

We pulled into one of the farms, RoozenGarde, and went in to walk around their tulip gardens. WOW! WOW! WOW! The whole thing just puts a big smile on your face!

 There was every variety of tulip, daffodil and hyacinth one can imagine planted through out the gardens. All kinds of stuff we had never seen before. They had a shop here where you could purchase bulbs of everything seen in the gardens. Instant shopping gratification :o)

As we left the area we came across some farm workers harvesting flowers and bulbs. We tipped out hats to them. We so appreciate what they do!

What a special treat to be in this area at just the right time to witness the beauty of this valley during tulip season. We spent about 3 hours here and then hopped back in the car to continue our journey north to Vancouver, BC. That's coming up next..........