It turned out to be another unexpected lovely day off. I came to work to the clinic this morning, but was sent home due to erroneous double booking. I have been dying to go to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival this spring. I couldn't go last year because Jacob was a baby, & it was just too much work to drive 1+ hour each way with 3 kids. My Mom didn't feel like going today, so I jumped at the chance to take Gerritt & Sophia there.
I checked the festival map & Attractions page prior to leaving which made my trip a lot easier. We knew exactly where we were going & it helped to have the exact addresses to type into my GPS. We didn't have time for farm & winery tours, art shows or museums, so I just focused on the main attraction - RoozenGaarde which grows & ships flowers all over the US.
The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival takes place in Mount Vernon which is just north of Seattle from April 1-30 every year. The festival is designed as a driving tour since many farmers in the Skagit Valley raise tulips & daffodils as agricultural crop & multiple fields of blooming flowers are scattered throughout the valley.
I was glad I jotted down the address for the Snow Goose Produce market which sells delicious natural ice cream. Gerritt needed something more to look forward to than admiring flowers. I also packed rain coats & rain boots. Although it didn't rain, the rain boots came in handy since the flower fields were very muddy. My double stroller would have simply got stuck so, while Gerritt walked, I carried Sophia over the most wet parts. Thankfully, no one slipped & fell so I didn't have to use a change of clothes I had in the car just in case.
The gorgeous flowers, colors & scents were beyond my expectations. Lovely flower arrangements & large size can easily rival famous flowers of Holland, I am sure. Kids missed their nap again, but no one was sorry.
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Beautiful photos! I haven't yet made it up with my kiddos, I hope to someday...My parents took us quite a few times when we were school-aged.
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