Blogsilvertop in # actifit • 5 hr. ago • 2 min read"AND EVERYONE SAID.......AHHH!"🤗...............................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“And Everyone Said…….Ahhh!”🤗 Suddenly, and abruptly,………it is Fall!☺️ Well not officially, but Silvertop and Liz, slept with the bedroom windows open last night, and we awoke this morning to 64 degrees Fahrenheit in the house…..Burrr!🥶 The Sun was Shining brightly, quickly charging up our Solar batteries, you could almost feel the…silvertop in # actifit • 1 day ago • 2 min read"WE COME FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST!"😇.......................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“We Come From The Pacific Northwest!”😇 How quickly the Summer has passed my friends!😊 It seems like just yesterday, that the Silvertop Family was enjoying a train ride on 104 year old engine number 70, pulling a half a dozen passenger cars!🤗 “Liz I just confirmed on Chat GPT that the Mt Rainier Scenic Railway, is restoring another Engine…silvertop in # actifit • 2 days ago • 1 min read"DIS GUY NEED SHAVE.......MAN!"🐸......................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Dis Guy Need Shave……Man!”🐸 You never know where the elusive Bigfoot might turn up!😳 After running into a Black Bear the other day, I thought I would bring PEPE along on today’s hike!☺️ “Now PEPE…. IF you see a Bear DON’T RUN!”😳 “Silbertop, I not run as fast as you”………..🐸 “That’s exactly what I am counting on, my green friend Lol!”😇 At…silvertop in # actifit • 3 days ago • 2 min read"OLDER THAN DIRT!"😇.............................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Older Than Dirt Lol!”🤣 I pass this majestic Western Red Cedar tree regularly on my hikes up Sumas Mountain!😊 We call its location on the Mountain side “The First Stop”!😇 After a strenuous uphill climb, we usually stop under the shade of this old tree to catch our breath!😊 “GROK how old would you estimate this Cedar tree to be?”…silvertop in # actifit • 4 days ago • 2 min read"IT'S ONLY AUGUST HONEY LOL!"😇 ...........................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“It’s ONLY August Honey Lol!”😇 “Silvertop, after you finish splitting firewood this morning, we need to take a drive and look for Pumpkins!”🥰 “Liz, all you will find on August 31 in this town, would be Corn and Flowers!”☺️ Over the weekend Liz brought home a large “Mum” from the nursery…………. She was happy, but what she really wanted…….was…silvertop in # actifit • 5 days ago • 2 min read"GOOD DAY SUNSHINE!"😎.........................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Good Day, Sunshine!”😎 “Umbrella’s Silvertop, it isn’t even raining outside Lol!”🥰 The weekend has been beautiful!🤗 Silvertop promised to share some pictures from yesterday’s trip to “My Nursery” the largest nursery in our town!😊 Just look at the Fall color in the fourth and fifth photos…………. I was quite surprised that these plants and…silvertop in # actifit • 6 days ago • 2 min read"I'VE LOOKED AT CLOUDS FROM BOTH SIDES NOW!"😀........................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“I’ve Looked At Clouds From Both Sides Now!”😊 “Liz… I don’t think it even rained in town last night!”🤔 It was a different story up in the foothills of the Mountains at Silvertop’s home!😳 It poured buckets of rain for hours!😅 Some people may like the sound of a hard downpour on a glass skylight, just above you bed in the middle of the…silvertop in # actifit • 7 days ago • 2 min read"DIS TREE OLDER DAN DIRT.......MAN!"🐸..........................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Dis Tree Older Dan Dirt…….Man!”🐸 PEPE finally decided to leave the house, and join Silvertop on a hike today!😊 “My green friend, if I climb up on top of this pile of logs, I might be able to ask CHAT GPT how old this Douglas Fir log is!”😅 “Silbertop not FALL, I not walking all da way back home!”🐸 Hmmm……… That’s a true Mountain hiker…silvertop in # actifit • 8 days ago • 2 min read"READY....SET....GO!"🤗.........................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Ready…Set…GO!”🤗 “Dad maybe we will all come up to see you and Mom, and Phoenix and Olivia can run around your place!”😍 Silvertop snapped all but the last two photos, two years ago, almost exactly to the same day in August !😊 If you remember my post a few days or so ago, about how the leaves start falling this time of year, you can see that…silvertop in # actifit • 9 days ago • 2 min read"COT....YOU GOING HIKING WITH DAD?"😻.........................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Cot…. You Going Hiking With Dad?”😻 It looks like my Furry Child had other plans for today Lol!🤣 “Exactly how many hours a day does our boy sleep Liz?”🤔 I checked in with CHAT GPT to find out that answer………….😇 “Silvertop……A typical domestic cat sleeps about 12–16 hours a day. 😺 Some cats—especially kittens, older cats, or particularly…silvertop in # actifit • 10 days ago • 2 min read"CORN, CORN, AND MORE CORN!"😇.............................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Corn, Corn, and More Corn!”😇 “Silvertop we need to pull over, they have “Super Sweet Corn”!🥰 My friends, if you have watched the movie “Second Hand Lions”, you will begin to understand the fascination of corn locally grown in the Pacific Northwest Lol!☺️ Liz watches for roadside produce stands this time of year………….for Corn!😊 Nine out of…silvertop in # actifit • 11 days ago • 2 min read"OUCH THAT'S GOING TO LEAVE A MARK!"😳.........................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Ouch….That’s Going To Leave a Mark!”😳 The “Floor Trail” in the second photo is starting to become overgrown with vegetation, that includes small “Stinging Nettle plants”!😬 I stopped at this Trail Marker, and turned around to snap the third photo of Keith’s “Hairpin switchback”!😊 Silvertop was deciding whether today’s hike was worth the…silvertop in # actifit • 12 days ago • 2 min read"FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD........NOT LOL!"😇...............NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Follow The Yellow Brick Road……..Not Lol!”😇 By the time Liz and Silvertop walked out of Church this morning the rain had stopped!😅 “Liz… we haven’t seen Keith and Lynne in a while, maybe a hike up their 1.9 mile long driveway would be nice!😊 First stop would be Keith’s pond…….. I was just starting today’s hike, but still felt the urge to…silvertop in # actifit • 13 days ago • 2 min read"SAYING GOODBYE!"😇....................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Saying Goodbye!”………🙄 BOOM!!!😳 “Is that Thunder Silvertop?” Monday was the perfect day to go to the Northwest Washington Fair!🤗 Blue skies and Sunshine, and the crowds are always smaller on a workday!😇 Today Liz and Silvertop were headed to the Lynden Starbucks, and we passed right by the Fairgrounds! Another…..BOOM!!!!!😬 I didn’t see…silvertop in # actifit • 14 days ago • 3 min read"BUDDY DO YOU HAVE A LIGHT?"😇...................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Buddy Do You Have A Light?”😮 Careful my friends…. EVERYTHING is on Fire!😳 Silvertop was on his laptop early this morning, doing a little Crypto trading, and I started “Tasting” Smoke!😬 I walked outside to see thick visible smoke in the air!🙄 I checked the Weather app………. “25+ Miles visibility……Perfectly Clear” Hmmm………..🤔 “ChatGPT…silvertop in # actifit • 15 days ago • 2 min read"GOT MILK?"😇..........................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Got Milk?”😊……………… Twenty six years ago, Silvertop and Liz had just moved to the Northwest! At the entrance to the Pacific Northwest Fair, sat a cashier with a large stack of crisp new two Dollar bills!😇 Admission was eight dollars for adults, and if you handed them a $10 bill, they handed you back a brand new two dollar bill!☺️ I believe I…silvertop in # actifit • 16 days ago • 2 min read"DON'T JUMP......MAN!"😳..................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Don’t Jump….Man!”😳 Part Two of The Northwest Washington Fair!🤗 With the Sun intensifying in the late afternoon, Silvertop and Liz started looking for ways to cool off…………. Like this 9 1/2 foot deep pool of water!😅 “Ladies and Gentlemen, can I have your attention! You’re about to witness a high dive, equivalent to an eight story…silvertop in # actifit • 17 days ago • 3 min read"SIR WE NEED TO SEARCH YOUR BACKPACK!"🤔................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Sir, We Need To Search Your Backpack!”🤔 “Liz… it’s a good thing I left my Bear spray at home!”😇 Security at the 2026 Northwest Washington Fair was tight………..they were searching bags at all entrance gates!😮 Apparently there was a shooting at a Country Fair down South by Seattle, and they were afraid of a repeat at our local Fair this…silvertop in # actifit • 18 days ago • 2 min read"I AM FREE TO RUN!"🤗..........................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“I Am Free To Run!”……….🤗 “Silvertop….. Someone stole our dog!”………..🙄 “Dad, I am almost up at you guys place!”🥰 Our son was coming to take Phoenix home, he was missing his dog!😍 Liz opened the doggy treat bag and gave our Grand-dog, an “Extra” breakfast treat!😊 Mom….Dad…. I can’t hug you guys I’m sick again!🙄 Flying back from Hungary…silvertop in # actifit • 19 days ago • 2 min read"SQUIRREL!"😳.........................NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀“Squirrel!”……….😳 “What are you going to do when you catch that Squirrel Phoenix Lol?”😅 This is Silvertop and Liz’s last day with our “Grand-Dog”! Tomorrow morning our son is coming to take her home!😮 “Dad… I will still be adjusting from Hungarian time, so I will probably be up your place before 9AM!”😍 Bill, his Wife, and our one Year old…
