Pumpkin Patch, Puyallup

Pumpkin Patch at Picha's Farm

Hayride

Scarecrow and bunch of pumpkins ready for pick up

Different Kinds of Squash

Corn Maze

Haystacks and the Pumpkins

We had a family picture here

Wow Big Squash!

Pumpkins

Picha's Farm

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Pumpkin Patch

Last Saturday, Oct. 29 was bright and sunny and I thought it was the right time to see a pumpkin patch, it's been gloomy and rainy for the past few days and even weekends and so that day I was so excited to drive around again. I haven't seen a pumpkin patch before but I heard a lot of things about that and I was so curious to bring my children there, at the same time I'll have the chance to take pictures. I just googled pumpkin patch and came out from my search that there's one place close by our house, the Picha's Farm.

We had our late lunch at around 1:30pm in a Thai Restaurant and after that we headed straight to the farm. It took us only 15 minutes to get there. It's a bit muddy due to it rained the whole Friday.

We bought kettle popcorn but didn't buy any pumpkins, I don't know how to make a pumpkin pie ;-) and I don't make a jack-o-lantern too hehehe, so we just went there just to see and check the pumpkin patch and take pictures as our souvenir and for my travel blog hehehe. My son didn't try the corn maze since it so muddy and the farm was closing already.

We enjoyed going to Picha's Farm and we'll probably go back there when it's strawberry season. My children love strawberries. I hope to go back there.....soon!

Puyallup Fair, Washington

Puyallup Fair entrance gate

Line to order the "elephant ears"

elephant ear

The barn

My son playing at the arcade and won a big stuffed animal

The roller coaster ride

My daughter, son and their friends at the giant slide

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Puyallup Fair is held annually in Puyallup, Washington and it's the largest attraction in the state. We were here at the fair last month, Sept. 19 but I didn't have time to post it on time (as usual hehehe).

It's my first time to try and eat the famous "elephant ears" I was so curious about what it's made of from and found out it's just a fried dough. We ordered the cinnamon flavor, my son almost finished the whole "ear" hehehe. I liked it, though it's a lot of calories hehehe. Maybe it was called an elephant ear because its shape is similar to elephant's ear (duh! lol). A lot of the foods at the fair are a bit expensive even the bottled water was $3. The corn was $5 (!!!) and the elephant ear was $6. I didn't bother to buy the scones because the line was long.

My son enjoyed the rides and he was so lucky to win the big prize from the game arcade, the humongous stuffed animal (it was the tiger) but I was the one who was carrying that stuff the whole time we were there. And I was so embarrassed, most of the people were staring at me and one even asked how did I win that prize. I wish that time that I just sold it to her, the girl who asked me about the tiger, so I don't have to carry that while my son, my daughter and her friends were enjoying the rides while me was sitting on a bench with that huge tiger on my lap. Too bad I didn't have the chance to get on to any rides, well obviously I have to carry that.....hmmmp......stuffed animal, hehehe. It was so heavy!

We stayed at the fair for 5 hours, until it closed around 10pm, it was only 20 minutes away from our house anyway.

It's a great experience to be at the fair, a new lifestyle here in Washington.

Hoover Dam

Arizona Border

Can you see the people on top of the bridge?

Arizona Border at Hoover Dam

Nevada Border at Hoover Dam

Overlooking the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge or known as Hoover Dam Bypass

Hoover Dam

Going back to Nevada

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Hoover Dam- This was our last place to visit during our Las Vegas Trip last July 3, we checked out from our hotel around 9am and took us 30 minutes to get there. It was a bit hazy and so the pictures I took were not that clear but the temperature that time was so hot, 110F. It felt like we were inside the oven ;-) We didn't get to see and tour the dam since the line was long and our time was so limited and besides we really could not stand the heat there hehehe, so we just took pictures outside and after an hour we headed straight to our friend's friend's house to eat our late lunch. After eating we headed straight to the airport for our 6:30pm flight back to Seattle.

Hoover Dam- is located on the border of Nevada and Arizona States. It was named in honor of President Herbert Hoover. The dam's generators provide electricity to Nevada, Arizona and California. The construction of this dam began 1931 and was completed in 1936 and it was dedicated in 1935 by President Franklin Roosevelt.

The Mike O'Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge (known as Hoover Dam Bypass) was opened recently last Oct. 2010. The bridge was constructed to improve safety, security and traffic.

California Trip- Downtown Disney, Hollywood Blvd and Griffith Observatory

On our way to California from our hotel in Las Vegas, "Zzyxx Road" how do you read this sign?

Scary town ;-P

Going to Downtown Disney

Downtown Disney, just right outside Disneyland

Apple with Chocolate shaped as Mickey Mouse

Apple coated with red, white and blue cream for the 4th of July theme

Hollywood Blvd

On our way to Kodak Theatre

The famous, "walk of fame"

Looks like the girl got lost and asking Batman and Catwoman for the right directions hehehe

at Kodak Theatre

at Kodak Theatre ground

overlooking Hollywood sign from Kodak Theatre

Overlooking Los Angeles taken at Griffith Observatory Park

Hollywood Sign taken at Griffith Observatory Park

Griffith Observatory


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Road Trip to California (from Las Vegas)- July 2, 2011

Our second day in Las Vegas, we drove all the way to Anaheim, California for 4 hours. We met up our friends from Hawaii at Downtown Disney but we didn't go inside the Disneyland due to lack of time. We stayed there a bit, ate snacks and chit chat with our friends and then all of us headed to Hollywood Blvd. I lived in Long Beach California for 8 years but we'd never been to Hollywood Blvd and Griffith Observatory hehehe. I blamed my husband to that ;-P but now I keep myself busy traveling around here in Washington or other states or countries just to catch up what I missed in California and I won't let that happen to me again hehehe.

My first time to see the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Kodak Theater (dang! hehehe). We went also to Hard Rock Cafe to buy a shot glass for my collection ;-) we stayed at Kodak Theater ground for few minutes and decided to go to Griffith Observatory to see and take pictures of the "Hollywood Sign" where we also met up another friends from Long Beach.

We enjoyed the trip though it was so exhausting, we had a late dinner and left California around 9:30pm and arrived at our hotel in Las Vegas at 1:30am and no time to paly the slot machines hehehe.