September 8–16, 2014 (Part 1) Our Time with Family

We have had a wonderful time here with our family, getting together, getting caught up, laughing, talking, eating and having fun.

Here is our site – thank you so much Sandy and Mike:

Our daughter, Sandy, with our great granddaughter, Madeline:

Maddy was one on September 12th and our grandchildren, Rick and Chelsea had a nice party for her.  Here is Maddy with her cake and her big sister, Bailey.  The last time we were here was at Bailey’s first birthday – time does fly:

Bailey helping Maddy with her cake:

We had beautiful weather the whole time we were here.  Andy enjoying the late afternoon:

Mike’s mom and dad had a nice steak dinner for us. (L-R) Raul, Mike, Sandy, Sandy, and Andy:

On Sunday, 14th, we had a nice early Thanksgiving dinner.  Andy did the turkey over the fire and it was YUMMY!:

Two Videos of the turkey:

Turkey early

Turkey midway

As the turkey was cooking, everyone was watching the game and visiting.  I love this picture of Andy with his grandson, Rick, just talking:

Our great granddaughter, Bailey:

Chelsea, our granddaughter-in-law, Rick’s wife, with Maddy:

What a cutie:

Four generations: Andy, Bailey, Sandy, Rick, Maddy:

Mike, our son-in-law:

Sandy, Chelsea, Maddy, Andy:

More family photos:

Our granddaughter, Katie, with Maddy and Andy.  Katie was on a short vacation for a few days while we were there.

What a wonderful time – wish we lived closer..

We also did some sightseeing – that is in part 2.

September 7, 2014 Travel to Lake Stevens Washington

We were up and on our way early this morning – still getting use to the time zone change.  It was a beautiful day to travel.

Cool looking barns in the Yakima Valley:

This barn was part of the quilt trail:

Up and over the pass:

Oh-Oh – the traffic is picking up:

Seattle:

It was so clear that the mountain was out – :

We made it to our daughter and son-in-law’s in Lake Stevens, set up, and spent the rest of the day visiting with them and the grandchildren and great grandchildren – what a wonderful day.

We will be visiting for a little while so stay tuned for some pictures and enjoy today.

Stats for today:

Miles Traveled: 138 Miles

Routes Traveled:

Washington: Ringer Loop; Canyon Road; I-90; I-405; I-5; US-2; 20th Street; US-9

September 4-5, 2014 Travel to Ellensburg and Rest

Thursday, September 4th

We left our spot at the Elks and continued west, after getting gas and propane at Flying J in Post Falls, Idaho.

Our journey took us into:

The weather was beautiful:

Western Washington is actually part desert and we saw many desert areas as well as farming areas:

And many lakes and rivers:

And wind too – notice the dust tornados:

The Columbia River Basin:

The west side of the basin – must be windy here all the time:

We came up over the hill above and this was our view – WOW:

This is either Mount Baker or Mount Rainer:

Beautiful farms:

We made it to Yakima RV Park by mid afternoon and just hung out and relaxed the rest of the day.

Stats for today:

Miles Traveled: 208 Miles

Routes Traveled:

Idaho: Prairie Avenue; US-95; I-90

Washington: I-90; Canyon Road; Ringer Loop

Friday, September 5th

After traveling almost 500 miles in three days, we decided we needed a break and today was that break – .  So we did some things around the motorhome as well as plans for later this month.  It was a nice day.

Our neighbors:

Tomorrow we are going to our daughter’s in Everett so stay tuned and enjoy today.