Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

Sil and I took a drive to Skagit Valley for the Tulip Festival. It was a grand day, with nice weather and small crowds (we went on a Friday and later chuckled to hear on Saturday how crowded the highway exits were up there). This was my first trip to see the tulips and I was mightily impressed. We walked around a few gorgeous fields of tulips in various colors, then stopped at the nicely laid-out Roozengaarde which has a charming windmill to complete the Dutch theme. Later we drove to La Conner to look in the antique shops, had a nice Thai dinner, and Sil bought me a 750 ml bottle of Duvel. What a perfect day!