Editor's Note

So...remember that blog where I told you all the cool stuff we did for our 5th anniversary (hint, see below), well, we didn't do any of those things. Okay, we still had dinner at Olive Garden (yum) and still went shopping at Bed, Bath, and Beyond but then Dana decided we should take an impromptu, spur of the moment trip. So he surprised me with a CRUISE...
...through the forest. Boo Yeah! We packed up some granola bars, a camelback, and went on a leisurely four hour stroll through Rainier National Park. It was the best and even though my calves are screaming right now, I do have the most spectacular husband for getting me out into the great outdoors. Warning: lots of photos of trees below (how original for the Gailans).

You know that saying, the grass is always greener? Well...that greener place is Washington.

This bridge looked whittled by hand. I'm guessing Eagle Scout Project.

Very cool suspension bridge above a river...a river Dana got to soak his foot in after a spectacular stumble coming down the mountain. But at the end of it all, there were huge trees...

rushing waters,

And GAILANS!!!

Lots of Gailans.