Happy Father’s Day, Dwayne and Dad!

School ended on Friday, and on Saturday we packed up and headed east. We made a 3 hour trip into 5 by stopping for lunch and a card game out in the sun, then topping up at a fudge shop.

But our true destination that first day was Entiat City Park, a lovely, new RV park right on the river. The paddle boarding was excellent. We also attempted to bike through a huge wind, explored town, and got plenty of sunshine.

Then on to meet up with my parents at Lake Alta, which we had heard was an amazing state park. And it kind of was, if you don’t count the camping part. Super hot, with gravel-on-asphalt sites surrounded by Honey Buckets. We have hopes for better accommodations post-construction, but we halved our 4 day reservation and found another park. But first, we did take advantage of the lake.

The first morning, I left my camera at camp when Dwayne and I went paddleboarding…and saw a bear come down for his morning drink, and so many sunning turtles, and fish, and birds-new-to-us. It was truly magical. The next morning, we dragged the kids along. And by drag, I mean I towed the little boat behind me all the way around the lake. Kyla was on her own SUP and carried her own weight, only dropping her paddle in a few times, necessitating me to drop the boat and quickly help her find it.

I got my mom out a bit with me on my SUP, and we enjoyed evenings of playing games together and reading out on the shore.

Once we decided not to tough it out at Alta, we found a park outside of Leavenworth that was a dream for us. Pool, cool creek, green grass, game room–I’d return to Blu-Shastian RV park again! And it was so fun to celebrate both Mothers and Fathers day with my parents and my fam. Love them all.

Kyla finished up middle school and Wes is done with elementary, and so we move on. But first, we grabbed some kids and stocked on reading material at Barnes & Noble, before Cold Stone warmed us up for SUMMER!!!!

Nine years later, I “graduated” from grade school! And, no, I don’t mean Wes. His completion of 5th grade just means I’ve completed my kids’ years there. I didn’t get to finish, really, as there is so much I would have wrapped up better if I knew that volunteers wouldn’t be allowed back in schools for about 2 years. However, I can still give a shout out to Wes for wrapping up the first half of his schooling. He has been attending our neighborhood elementary since he was two and old enough to suck his fingers while sitting in his sisters’ laps during my volunteer time in the library. He also did prekindergarten there and was biking up there on his own long before he was old enough to do so.

Ah, so many memories. (I didn’t claim they were all good.)