National Lighthouse Day

In honor of National Lighthouse Day {Aug. 7th} we went in search for the Alki Point Lighthouse that is located inside the Coast Guard's property on W Seattle. During the summer one can tour the lighthouse but only during specific times. The gates were closed when we got here so we decided to go exploring a different way in hopes to get a chance to see it.

We could see shore space to walk on so we just went for it.

We saw a swing someone made on a large piece of driftwood. Since it was on public property we let Riley sit on it. He was a bit nervous though. He didn't want to move, lol.

The faraway sky looked pretty, displaying pink and different blue hues.

I see Mt. Rainier.

There were some big rocks to climb and there were also people enjoying a bonfire near the lighthouse so I didn't feel comfortable getting closer to it and taking a picture. So this is the best shot that I could get. I'm glad we got a chance to see it though.

I love the clouds over the Olympic mountains. I remember thinking about wanting to be on a ferry ride on this day. I wanted to feel the chilly wind hitting my face when one goes out on the ferry deck. There's just something about it that's so captivating to me.

As we enjoyed our time out here by the water I noticed the water rising. I felt a prompting and told Jacob that we needed to head back .... like now. As we were walking back we noticed that the shore part we had walked on was mostly covered with water. There was just a small patch of dry sand. We walked with haste and as soon as we were on the clear, waves had covered the entire area we had just walked on. Geez! That was close. I definitely didn't want my suede birkenstock's to get ruined.

Jacob and Riley were cracking up, laughing hard and loud. It was actually exhilarating risking getting wet but thankful that I didn't. Jacob did get his feet wet but at least he had sandals on.
It was definitely a fun evening.