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The tall ships are coming to Bellingham July 11-24. They offer tours for a small donation, and also offer sail trips, and even a battle between three boats with the help of boundary bay brewery. Check out the website below for more information, and to see their schedule dates & times, and rates.  Check out our Lily Suite at Snowater for great accommodations while you visit the area.     https://www.historicalseaport.org/public-tours-sails/sailing-schedule/bellingham-washington

I saw this beautiful little hummingbird at Graham’s Store the other day. It was so brave and seemed to not even care that me and the store owner Jody were standing just inches from him, watching in awe.

Foxgloves are one of my favorite wildflowers in the Glacier/ Mt. Baker area! They are so beautiful and abundant! In the early summer they cover the sides of the Mt. Baker Hwy and can be found along the rivers and trails around Glacier. In the later summer they are all over up at the Mt. Baker Ski Area, and Artist Point. One of my favorite things about them is that they stand about 2-3 feet tall, and have larger flowers so they can be seen very well even at a distance. The beautiful purple and white flowers add so much color to the already breathtaking views at the top of Hwy. 542! What an amazing place to live and visit!

The gorgeous, world famous~ Artist Point opens this Sunday 6/9/19! We are offering a last minute special at The Cedar Suite at Snowater Resort! Only $99 a night when you stay anytime between now and June 20th.  Check out our accommodations link   for more photos, and how to book.

*photo repost from WSDOT

Do you ever find yourself in the day to day rut of routinely running around almost robotically going through the motions of daily life? Sometimes I think our pets feel this too! We all need some time to get away from habitual living, and go enjoy something fresh! Maybe you need a new adventure, somewhere you’ve never been before, or maybe just somewhere that you can relax and put the stresses of life aside and unwind a bit. Either way the Mt. Baker wilderness is one of the most beautiful places in the world, and it’s dog friendly too! So bring your pup and come check out what this amazing area has to offer! There is an abundance of sniffing to do, there are some creeks to splash in, lakes for swimming in, and rivers for relaxing next to. Your pup won’t be disappointed and neither will you! Check out our vacations rentals in the area for a beautiful place to stay on your visit!

Spring is a great time for visiting Glacier because the Mt. Baker Ski area closes down for the season, and the town is quiet and peaceful! The days can be nice and warm and the rivers are flowing full with snowmelt. Rental prices are generally the lowest of the year since it’s in between busy seasons. This is a great time to enjoy a relaxing, quiet getaway to the local trails, and rivers! Check out our newly updated Cedar Suite at Snowater! During this season, it rents for as low as $99 for midweek stays.

Spring is such a beautiful time to visit Mt. Baker! The flowers are starting to bloom, and all the trees, and plants have fresh bright leaves! One of my favorite things about spring in Glacier is how everywhere you look it almost appears to be glowing.

The little spring salamander eggs have hatched. My boys have been enjoying watching them eat. A little interesting fact about salamander babies is that when they first hatch they thrive on the yolk sack for several days, sometimes not eating any real food for about a week.

Once they do start finally eating they rely on the instinct of chasing, and will only eat something  that is moving. It’s fun to watch them as you wiggle a little frozen worm in front of them and they get down and arch their shoulders and then pounce on it like a little kitten in play. It’s also a little difficult to get them to eat the first few times.

After a while they start to rely on their sense of smell for food, and feeding them becomes much easier! At that point you can just leave the food in the tank in a pile and they will flock to it all on their own.

If you’d like to see a video of these babies being hand fed check out our Instagram page, and follow us there for more updates! Our Instagram page is:

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One of my kids favorite things to do in spring is check out all the little ponds in Glacier for salamander, and frog eggs. This year the lower ponds are loaded with salamander egg clusters! It is so fun to watch them grow! One thing that makes salamander eggs particularly fun is that the eggs are clear so you can see the baby inside and watch them change shape and grow gills before hatching. They start out as little round balls and slowly open up and get longer and longer. Eventually their little gills pop out and you can see their defined tails. In the late spring when the snow is melted off, the ponds up around Mt. Baker Ski Area will also fill with salamander eggs. When your up hiking around take a look for a large ball about the size of a grapefruit that looks much like clear jello. They will be floating or attached to sticks in the ponds. But don’t disturb them! They are very fragile! They also camouflage pretty well, so it’s easiest to see them when the sun shines into the water, or if you get down close and look in.

I was able to capture this fat little bee hard at work yesterday. There were probably ten little bees all buzzing around this same cluster of crocus blooms. But this little guy in particular wasn’t hopping from one flower to the next like the others, he was very intent on digging deeper and deeper into the center of this particular flower for quite some time. If you look close you can see the little pieces of pollen stuck all over in his hair.

This photo was taken in Snowater Resort,- the gateway to the Mt. Baker wilderness!