So the weather looked pretty wet on Saturday morning so we decided to go walk around in the mud. Saturday was the first day of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival http://www.tulipfestival.org/
So we picked up Grandma and headed north. I didn’t really know where we were actually going so I set the GPS to the most logical place I could think of…..Tulip Town http://www.tuliptown.com/ Once we got to Tulip Town we learned that nowadays it cost $5.00 per person to walk through the muddy field. I must say though the $5.00 did also include access to the gift shops - I thought this was a nice bonus to
the $15.00 admission fee. Maybe Nordstrom’s should implement this policy as well…”that will be $5.00 if you would like to come in and consider a purchase” Oh well I guess we did our part to stimulate the local economy.After leaving Tulip Town we drove a couple miles through the farm country over to Roozengaarde http://www.tulips.com/ Apparently Roozengaarde is attempting to undercut the competition with their $4.00 per person admission fee. We opted out of this one but did take advantage of their free parking and access to the Tulip fields for a few more pictures (mostly of
Lily wandering in the daffodils)After visiting these two tourist traps we decided to call it a day and drove home before the big rain and wind storm that was accurately predicted moved in.
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We are going this weekend on the Costco Employee Greyhound bus trip ~ only $10 per person that includes luxury (?) motorcoach, the 2 fields above, a salmon bake lunch and the street fair. I can't wait, I love flowers too!!!
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