Between Death Valley (featured in previous posts) and the Skagit Valley (this post) a lot happened in our lives. We returned from California on March 9, 2017, and two weeks later made a weekend trip to Spokane, Washington, to see our handicapped son there.
On March 20, after a miserable weekend, I went into emergency at our local hospital, was diagnosed several days later with a tumor of the appendix and was sent on to see a specialist in Seattle, the result of which was scheduling of major surgery for May 9th.
During the interval before surgery I was off work, but not feeling well and our only excursion was a brief visit to the Skagit Valley to see the tulips and daffodils in the fields of the bulb growers there. With surgery and hospitalization, this would be our last excursion until July.
The daffodils were at their peak when we visited but the tulips were just starting with only a few fields showing color. It was not the nicest day and for that reason and because I wasn't feeling well we did not visit the gardens of the bulb growers as we usually do.
