Road Trips

If I never sit in a car again it'll be too soon. 

I do remember saying that exact sentence to Brad after six DAYS of driving 3100 miles from Seattle to Cape May two summers ago.

This isn't quite as severe. I guess. But I still want to whine about it. 

We drove all over Washington State today. My inlaws live in Everett. My mom lives in Winthrop. My grandparents live in Leavenworth. We basically zigzagged across the state today. Well maybe not the entire state, but it felt like it (and it's a pretty big state). I think a total of seven hours in the car with a three year old and a one year old. Equals = FUN FUN FUN. 

Actually it was kind of fun in a really long car ride sort of way. The North Cascades Highway is a gorgeous drive of breathtaking mountains and crystal clear rivers and lakes. 

We stopped for lunch in Concrete (awesome stupid name) at a picnic bench in a park that happens to have a real steam locomotive engine hanging out on the side of the road. Which also happens to have a long rope hanging on the ground that when pulled rang the train bell. Calen of course thought this was outstanding. Cam even had a good chuckle when Calen would ring the bell. 

Concrete, WA

 We spent a brief couple hours at my mom's remote cabin outside of the town of Winthrop WA way up on top of a mountain (basically). The boys liked to explore all over her 80 acres and play with containers of water on the deck (best thing to ever entertain a kid is a few containers of water. Who freaking needs toys anyways). And because it's the mountains a buck deer hung out munching on her bushes watching us and like 45 hummingbirds hovered around her front window. 

Calen on Grandma's garage roof enjoying the view

 We spent a little amount of time in downtown Winthrop and let the kids have ice cream for dinner. Because we are that awesome of parents. And not just ice cream, homemade ice cream. Homemade raspberry cheesecake ice cream. Think about that one while you go to bed tonight. 

Cowboys at the ice cream shop in Winthrop WA

And then more driving as we headed to my grandparents house in Leavenworth (still in the mountains). By then the kids were over-tired car-weary basket cases and basically said "hi and goodnight" to the great grandparents and went right to bed. 

It was a fun day regardless of all the driving.


But we are SO not going in the car tomorrow.
 

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