Air Show and Bertha May

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In late July we went to an air show at Payne Field in Everett. It was predominantly WWII era airplanes, which was pretty cool. I think air shows are interesting but Josh and Eli both really enjoy them.

Inside the Pan American DC-3

Two happy guys 

Eli was not a fan of the teeth on this P-40

Watching the show. 

We think this is a Grumman Hellcat

A few weeks later we went on a hike to Bertha May and Pothole Lakes. Pothole is a good descriptor for both the lake and the road to the trailhead. We ended up parking on the side of the road and walking the last hundred yards to the trailhead because we did not have the clearance to tackle the last section of "road".

The hike was fairly short and the bushes around the trail were packed with huckleberries. They were ripe, and dense, and delicious. The abundance huckleberries made up for the total lack of fish. We always hope there will be good fishing in the lakes we hike to, but that seems to rarely be the case. 

 
Trying to catch some fish

They were pretty far out on that log. 

These small frogs were everywhere. There were thousands of them hopping about. At times it looked like the ground was moving as they would hop to move away from our feet.

So tiny! They really were kind of cute.  

So many berries! They were big for huckleberries too. 

The lovely Bertha May

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