I called her on my break and asked if she wanted to come out to Tumwater to have lunch at Eagan's. She said sure and I told her to meet me around noon. I finished my work, grabbed my stuff and headed to the burger place. Mom had ordered food so now we just had to wait a bit. We talked about what she wanted to do the rest of the afternoon. She wanted to go to the pumpkin patch. I asked her which one and rattled off a few of them in the area. Since we were closer to Rutledge we decided to go there after she got gas at the nearby Pilot, the cheapest gas station in Tumwater.
We were basically the only ones there so the girl who was working was pretty bored. She told us where to get the pumpkins and the wagons and to come see her once we were ready to weigh or pumpkins. I grabbed the wagon and we were on our way. We wandered down the paths and looked for a pumpkin to take home.
Mom spent some time taking pictures of the pumpkins, of us and the haunted corn stalks nearby. A few years ago Ben and I went through the corn maze and had a great time being goofy. This year we wanted to go to one but we ran out of spare time.
Mom found her pumpkin and I was being really picky choosing mine. I wanted one with a fairly long stem, a stem that wasn't soft or rotten, a decently round but somewhat tall pumpkin with not a lot blemishes. After searching for about 20 minutes I finally found a winner!
Mom continued to take pictures on our way to weigh or pumpkins. I put mine on the scale and then mom put hers on the scale. She was really excited for some reason. But then the last time I remember going with her to a pumpkin patch I was under 10 years old and I don't think she's been to one ever since. Both pumpkins weighed almost the same and we paid 10 bucks for both of them. We took them to the vehicles and mom wanted to go to Tumwater Falls.
We got onto the freeway and headed north to Tumwater. We parked inside the park, which was pretty empty at this time, grabbed our cameras and started walking the loop. There was a lot of water sloshing around but not as much as I thought there would be with all the rain we had this October. This year we set the record for the most rain and the warmest temperature on average in October, ever. Ugh rain! We decided to take the right side of the loop around. Mom took pictures of the small waterfalls, the river, the leaves and other random places along the walk. We found out we definitely need a macro lens.
When we got to the bridge we admired all the water coming down the falls. The mist was cold but refreshing. We took the small side trail down to the platform to see the waterfall easier. Mom even wanted a selfie with the waterfall. Haha! When mom asks for selfie I have to laugh just because it's just so unlike her to want a selfie. Well at least in the past...it might be different now. We noticed an unusual amount of seagulls in the area. Why were they here!? We looked closer and the salmon were trying to swim upstream after laying their roe and milt. At first glance they didn't look like salmon because they were so beat up.
We watched them swim around for a while and then I showed mom a not so well known area to the left of the platform. I first discovered this area two May's ago when I was exploring with Lacey. As we got closer and closer it smelled more and more but you didn't see anything until we were right up on it. Hundreds of dead salmon! Ewww! I thought of it as a great photo op. Majority of the salmon's eyes were rotted out of their heads which made it even better.
On the way back up to the platform and the rest of the loop, we walked by two girls and one of them had a baby on her back. Mom speaks up, if you wanna see something cool, there are some dead salmon down below the platform. They both look at us very excited like. It could have gone either way, we could have been the creepy locals that like dead things or the locals who showed us something really awesome. The one girl was visiting from Arizona and has never really been around a climate like this one, you know the green, luscious trees, refreshing rivers etc. They were pretty stoked to go and check it out. We took more pictures on the way back to the cars.
We walked past the two girls again and they thanked us for telling them about the dead salmon. The one girl said it made her trip! Haha!
We went back to Tumwater and headed to the store for a few things. I asked mom if she had fun today and she said yes. We will have to come up with other places to go and take pictures at. We both went home.
Next Adventure: Pumpkin Carving Game Night and the Seahawks Tie
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