Well friends. Today I am going to tell you about our adventure to Oregon. A pretty little place called LeGrande. We traveled afar to see D'Andre (Todd's nephew) graduate from High School. We stayed in a cute little house outside of town that took us a long time to find but was worth the searching. It happened to be a tiny place called Haynes which I so oddly kept calling Hines for some reason. It is close to Baker City, Sumpter and Anthony Lakes.
This is Anthony Lakes. It is a very beautiful and downright chilly place. The lake is fed by all the snow that almost never fully disappears and is small enough to actually walk around in about 30 minutes. Which we all did. Even Meg.
This is D'Andre. He is a proud graduateof LeGrande High School. He is on his way to Ogden, Utah to play football at the University there. He's on scholorship because he is a born football player. Watch for him in the Pro's in a few years. Sohie is his younger sister. We think she's great too...Aside from going to Graduation (in the gym where it was God Aweful hot and extrememly stuffy and 3 hours long) just a side note...I went to the park with the kids..good move on my part eh? Anywhoo...Aside from the graduation, we spent most of our time just hanging out enjoying the peace and quiet. No cell phone service, no internet and no cable. I enjoyed this a great deal and spent many hoursa on the back porch reading.. Yes.. reading.. Nothing heavy and intimidating.. just novels with simple plots and anything not requiring brain power. LOVED IT!
One thing that we really enjoyed was taking an old fashioned train ride to Sumpter. In case you are wondering, Sumpter at one time was the largest Gold mining town in the West. The entire valley was dredged twice and hauled out more gold than any other mining company. Once the valley was turned upside down the second time people pulled out and now remains a summer tourist town. It is small quaint and has GREAT ice cream... but I digress.
My family really enjoyed the train ride on the Sumpter Valley Railroad. I quote..."Operating between the McEwen and the historic mining town of Sumpter, the steam-powered excursions of the narrow guage Sumpter Valley Railroad offer an enjoyable way for the whole family to spend the day." Indeed it was quite enjoyable.. We learned fun stories and lots of history. In the pictures above my children were waving their arms out the window of a fast moving passenger train... Luckily the conductor was really cool and not a mass of evil...
So after a week of beautiful Oregon and the relaxing vacation we traveled home and made it in less than 8 hours with kids all in one piece. I almost can't say that about my husband. He did most of the driving.
Stay tuned next time for a fieldtrip to Seattle which began a short 10 hours after my arrival from Oregon...This time with my mother..
5 comments:
I like how you end the story with a little foreshadowing. ooooooooo
We have an old historic train in our neck of the woods what'll take you on a trip thru the lovely mountain terrain of Provo Canyon all for only about $50 a person - That includes kids! Needless to say, our kids have never been on this train since we can show them Provo canyon for significantly less than $250. This also prevents them from acting in an irresponsible fashion until the engineer (who's back will have been turned) quickly swivels his head around.
Our entire family took the 20 minute train ride for 35 dollars total..that even included grandma..deal or what?? That was even round trip..with commentary..
NAN YA GOTTA LOVE THE PICTURE OF YOU & TODD & KIDS, THAT PICTURE SO SHOWS EVERYONE OF THIER PERSONALITIES....WAY CUTE!!
You would think he would find you highly amusing.
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