Bellingham, WA

Welcome to Bellingham

shot from Boulevard Park

Bellingham is absolutely gorgeous. A woman in a coffee shop told us we would be falling in love and moving here by the end of the trip and after two days free of rain we can really start to see the romanticism that is life in Bellingham.

Theresa & Callista at Whatcom Falls
4/26/12
(credit to Curtis Cartier for a wonderful shot)

Thanks to Jesse Morrrow, we were able to make a few new friends, Andrew Spencer & Curtis Cartier, who've been kind enough to hang out with us and show us around. We've basically been hiking, walking, and coffee consuming our way through mountains and forests since we got here Wednesday night.

so much lush greenery, so much moss

Jesse & Andrew
 Whatcom Falls

 Whatcom Falls is an awesome little park and part of Bellingham, located in the heart of town.

It's really cool, coming from Chicago, to see these majestic forest type settings, consumed by glacier water run off located dead center in town. After seeing numerous bikers, hikers and runners just enjoying some exercise in these settings I don't know if I'll ever look at Lake Shore Drive the same again.

Teddy Bear Cove

We capped our night off the other day with a bottle of Merlot at Teddy Bear Cove.

Thanks to some sunshine we were able to get some really nice pictures, although they hardly do any justice.

Teddy Bear Cove was so cute and we would imagine a fabulous place for a date, but the EPIC 3 minute hike back up the mountain to the car was damn near painful and made us realize, we really need to work on our cardio.

holy wow did that baby work up a sweat

From L to R: Curtis, Jesse, Andrew & of course Theresa
Teddy Bear Cove
4/26/12

 We've been ending our days off with a cup of coffee and a sunset at the Wood's Coffee which Andrew informed us has beat out Starbucks the last few years in a row for best coffee in the area, which is surprising being that we are basically in the birth place of Starbucks.

There is nothing like sitting on the bay with a hot cup of coffee and someone you enjoy spending time with watching the sunset.

It really is the little things in life.

Thanks to Jesse for this lovely gem

Tonight is our last night in Bellingham and we're ending our stay with a show by the wonderful 

Jesse Morrow 

Please follow the link and check him out!

He's been kind enough to not only give us his apartment for the past 3 nights, introduce us to his friends who've hung out with us everyday but he is now entertaining us with his sweet jams.

Thanks for everything Jesse!

Tomorrow we're back on the road to Portland after a quick stop in Seattle,

stay tuned ;)

more adventures to come