Australia for Christmas and New Year's

We enjoyed 2 weeks in Australia over Christmas and New Year's.  We flew to Melbourne and rented a car to drive The Great Ocean Road.  We spent an amazing 5 days exploring the gorgeous coast, beautiful rain forest, waterfalls and animals.  Bryan loved cruising on the winding coast roads driving on "the left".

Lorne, Australia

 wild koalas

 raspberry farm

 Sunsets in Lorne

 

The Magnificent Twelve Apostles

 Loch Ard Gorge

 London Bridge

 Ariel's Grotto

 Bird's Bay

 Bay of Islands

 

Then on to Melbourne for 4 nights.
We went to the aquarium on Christmas Day.

 

 
Science Works Museum was awesome!

Luna Park in St. Kilda

 

Then we flew to Port Douglas to enjoy the Great Barrier Reef for 7 days

Offshore Fishing

 

Snorkeling

Daintree Forest fishing and hiking

 

Wild Life Safari

 Kuranda

 

 

Scrooge, school play in December, 2013

Our school performed the musical "Scrooge" in December, 2013.  They did a fantastic job, as usual!

 

Christmas Party in Olympia

 

October, 2013: Visit with the Wolf's and Washington D.C.

In October, Bryan had a meeting in Washington D.C., so Alyssa and I tagged along and we spent a long week-end in California with our good friends Chuck and Jackie on the way.  We enjoyed catching up and going to Six Flags Magic Mountain.

We enjoyed all the sights in Washington D.C. and taught Alyssa about American history.

Ford's Theater

The US Capitol

 Museums and Monuments