We finally left on our summer holiday on Wed Aug 3.
We were fine getting to Gatwick and having a nice lunch, then flying to Reykjavik. Our flight was about 1.5 hrs delayed in leaving, which meant we had not much time to change planes. But the same was true for the rest of the people on our flight, and so the airport was heaving. That was a low point. And then when we actually got on the flight, we didn't have seats together so there was a bit of a kerfuffle as we tried to get to sit closer together. The flight itself from Reyk to Seattle seemed Very Long.
Once we landed in Seattle, it was fine and we sailed right through immigration and customs, rented our car, and then got to Will and Rebecca's house in time to see Phoebe and Ingrid before they got into bed. We had some dinner and then went for a walk around the neighborhood before going to bed.
The next day we woke up really early (4am) and tried to keep quiet for a couple of hours while the rest of the house slept. Tryfs and Rio played with Mr and Mrs Potato Head and co.
We got out of the house just after 6:30am and went in search of coffee and breakfast pastries, then returned with those goods to the house.
We then made it to REI just after 9am and shopped for a couple of hours before hitting the road to drive over the Cascades to Wenatchee.
There was some air show going on, so I-90 was shut and we had to go a different way (520) to get out of Seattle, which was slow and hot. But the country music on the radio was great and we were on the road altogether, everything fine, and we inched along until our detour finished and we could get up to highway speeds on I-90. We stopped in Cle Elum for a Mexican lunch and then did a big grocery shop for all our Stehekin supplies. By the time we got to Dave and Shelli's house it was just past 5pm and time for a beer and a swim in their pool!
There was some air show going on, so I-90 was shut and we had to go a different way (520) to get out of Seattle, which was slow and hot. But the country music on the radio was great and we were on the road altogether, everything fine, and we inched along until our detour finished and we could get up to highway speeds on I-90. We stopped in Cle Elum for a Mexican lunch and then did a big grocery shop for all our Stehekin supplies. By the time we got to Dave and Shelli's house it was just past 5pm and time for a beer and a swim in their pool!
We never did get to see Shelli but Dave treated us to sockeye salmon, pasta pesto and salad. Delicious and wonderful, and we went to sleep around 10:30, then woke up early and I went for a scamper along the loop trail of the river. We hit the road around 7:30am and made it to Fields Point in plenty of time to unload, repack, reunite with Will, Rebecca, Phoebe & Ingrid, and then Heidi, John, Jordan and Luke rolled up just as the boat pulled in so there was a bit of a panic to get them sorted and on the boat before it left for Stehekin.
We got to Stehekin finally at 11am and had a grand reunion at the Landing, then headed to the Bakery for lunch where we saw every member of our 34 person family!
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