It is Strawberry Festival weekend. We have a pretty packed schedule. Tommy has a baseball tournament this weekend. Not super thrilled about having to ride the ferries this weekend. So I told Tommy that I would take him uptown on Friday since he was not going to get to go on Saturday. So we went to the ice cream social since there are always a lot of families there. We hung out for a little while and then walked down to Ober Park to listen to music. The boys ran around the park and I ordered a pizza. Then I heard through the grape vine that the ferry workers planned to strike on Saturday to try and negotiate for a better contract. Tommy's coach decided to go a night early and said he would take Tommy with him. So at least now I don't have to worry about figuring out how to get him to his games tomorrow.
Friday, July 19, 2024
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Backyard Underwear Baseball
I don't know what is going on here. Baseball in the backyard in your underwear. They must have gotten this idea from their dad.
Sunday, July 14, 2024
Driving Home Through Montana
After staying the night in Livingston we woke up and began our trek on I-90 through Montana, briefly through Idaho and then through Washington. It was a lot cooler in this area, even in Eastern Washington. Or at least 80's felt cool compared to the 109 of Boise. I got to cross two more states off my list of states to visit this trip as I had never been to Wyoming or Montana. It wasn't a long stay, but it was interesting to drive through. The rock formations in the mountains of Montana looked like they were from Lord of the Rings or something. And it was interesting driving through Butte as that is where my grandma first came to in America as my Great Grandpa was working in the mines. You could see the mining in the hills. It looked like a huge operation that had been mined for years. The ride home was much better than the ride there. But it was a brief and exhausting trip. We are now ready to be home.
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Saturday, July 13, 2024
Yellowstone
So on our way home I convinced Eric to drive up toward Montana and go across I-90 through Spokane. We had never driven this way, and it was a little longer. But since it took us over 20 hours with all the delays in Oregon we figured it couldn't be worse. As we were driving through Idaho we came to a rest stop and saw info about Yellowstone. I looked it up and it was really only 30 minutes or so out of our way. Eric wasn't sure about it, but I convinced him that we should try as we may never drive this way again. We didn't get to the west park entrance till 4 PM. But it was only $35 per car so we drove on in. We went to Old Faithful first as we new that was a must see. Then we walked around and saw more sites in that area. The family had a running joke that the geysers were throwing a ton of sulfur into the air. Some of it may have been the geysers. Some of it may have been that I had about 20 coffees so far on this trip to keep me awake while driving. At least we weren't in the car when the eruption happened. Eric went back to see Old Faithful again and to get the truck. The boys and I walked the trail to the next basin. We stopped at Riverside Geyser to see it go off and it was really cool and lasts for a really long time. We weren't going to wait but there was a guide hanging out there with some friends and he told us this was his favorite geyser and worth the wait. It really was. Then we walked on to Biscuit Basin. We walked around there. The Sapphire Pool is mesmerizing. We also walked past the Black Diamond Pool. Of course we later heard on the news that it exploded 10 days after we were there and made a huge mess. The sun was starting to go down. Eric wanted to see the sun set but we didn't know a good place to see it from. We lucked out again. We drove up to the next basin and it was an amazing sunset over the Grand Prismatic Spring. We could not have timed it better. I could not imagine a more magical sunset. I just kept walking in a circle seeing it from every single angle over and over again. After we watched the sun go down we started to head out of the park through the north entrance as we planned to find a motel in the Livingston area. There was no way I was going to do 20 straight hours in a car again. As we were driving, traffic came to a standstill. There was a bison in the road. We stopped moving as he was walking right down the center line. Eric rolls down his window which freaked me out because this guy was huge. He sticks his camera out the window and the guy walks so close to the truck Eric could have smacked him on the butt. Pretty crazy. It was such a great evening. I can't believe how much we were able to see between 4 PM and sundown. So worth it. And even though we made it to Livingston pretty late that night we were able to find a cheap room to rest for a few hours before hitting the road again.
Friday, July 12, 2024
Shirley's Memorial
Today was Shirley's memorial. It was a nice service. They displayed some of her paintings. We were able to visit with some family. We were glad that we could be there to support Eric's dad.
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