On month from today I'll be leaving for Toms River, New Jersey to attend a wedding. If I was planning a trip I don't think toms river  would come up in the "where should we go" conversation. That does not make going there a bad thing. Last summer we went to Bellingham Washington for a graduation. Belingham was also a place we would never of thought to go if it wasn't for the graduation.

Bellingham was an amazing place. Sitting on the Pacific coast, closer to Vancouver than Seattle, the weather was a pleasant change from the Oklahoma heat.

Heading south along the coast out of Bellingham is the historic Chuckanut Drive. Completed in 1896, this road allowed the first land access to Belingham Bay.

To the east of Bellingham is the Mount Baker Highway. This drive crosses rolling farmland, national forest, and ends at the Mt. Baker ski area.

I am now looking forward to discovering the surprises that Toms River has to offer.