A couple days after my dad left, we took off on our first trip. While my mom was here, we figured out the big boys had summer camp during the afternoons of the middle two weeks of her visit. The first and last weeks, though, we didn't have any plans. So, I planned a trip for the first week and Mom has one planned for her last week here. Anyway, this is the trip I planned.
We started off heading west and our first stop was Snoqualmie Falls. I had never been and it was about ten minutes off our route so we decided to hit it. So beautiful! One funny thing was that they had just fertilized the gardens and the place just stunk. We hit the bathrooms before we left and Leo reported that it smelled better in there than outside, lol. So, not an important part of our trip, but just in case your humor hasn't matured too much while you've been away - I thought you would surely enjoy that detail!
We continued west and hit a park for our picnic lunch break.
Guess who started the cherry pit spitting contest?
Whoo, we arrived at our destination for the evening - Leavenworth. It was soooo hot! 98 degrees. We tried to walk around and enjoy the town and we just melted. So, we went back and jumped in the hotel pool. My mom liked it though and we managed to find brats, sauerkraut and beer for dinner.
Onward!
The next day we hit the road and continued west. We stopped at some cherry and peach(!) farms for some local produce. We also hit a factory tour of the Applets and Cotlets Factory in Cashmere, WA. It was neat.
Then, the main event of our trip...
Here is my mom in front of the house her dad built! It was the house they brought her home from the hospital to and she lived in for about three months. It was not easy to track down as we had no address, but Mom brought her birth certificate into city hall and they helped her find it. So cool! I guess it looks pretty much the same except they've added some siding.
The house was very near the town of Quincy. We also made the drive to Soap Lake to see the hospital she was born in. It was really neat.
After going down memory lane with my mom, we took the kids to a really neat water park in Moses Lake. There were water slides, a lazy river and some cool splash areas for the littles. It was a great and super hot day.
Even more exciting for the kids than the water park was our AirBNB for the night. Look at this trailer, the Roo. The kids thought it was probably the coolest thing ever. It was in a pretty crappy part of Moses Lake and parked in someone's backyard, lol. None of that mattered to he kids and we did have a lot of fun in it. The dining table and couch both folded out for little beds and there were two queen sized beds on the ends. We fit great, ordered pizza and watched a movie.
In the morning the kids were still pumped to explore the trailer. They found these zip down windows, watched the garbage truck go by, and thought they were in heaven... Hilarious!
When I told the kids we only had it for one night they were pretty bummed. Archie told me he wanted to stay forever and Leo tried to hatch a plan with Wilson to pool their allowance money and pay for another night... can't make this stuff up!
That was our trip! We headed home and the boys said they want to bring you back next year for the water park and... the trailer!
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