Part 5 Vacation 2017

After we left Grass Valley we made the last leg of our road trip. We drove to Ashland, Oregon and spent the night in a very mid-century modern hotel which had been kept up so well. No pictures, you will have to use your imagination. In the morning we headed for Great Wolf Lodge in Tacoma, Washington. If you ask Mia, this was the highlight of the trip.

Just a couple of wolves...

We thought this would be a fun place because of the water park, but the Magiquest game, which is like a scavenger hunt, stole the show! Mia played and played and played it, with Dan racking up 27,000 steps on his Apple watch helping her out. We had to force her to go to the water park the next day!

Mike and Donna joined us for dinner the first night.

More wolves...can you tell they like this place?

We were there too.

Greg and Beth joined us the next day and we spent it at the water park. I have no pictures because I didn't bring my phone with me. It was fun to see Paige having so much fun! They spent the night too. The next day we stopped by to see the house they just moved into (and to do some laundry).

Paige's room is hilarious. These shells and starfish are actually glued to the walls.

The pink blow up dolphin adds a special touch. Obviously, they will be renovating the house some day!

They now have a yard big and safe enough for the kids to play in.

Built in garden beds!

Anna and Chase having some quiet time together. The crazy ones were running around the house.

Paige got this book to help her reach things on the refrigerator. Hahaha....

We so loved seeing them and their new house! 

We spent that night in Bellingham and then the next night in Vancouver to get ready to board our cruise! We missed the 150th birthday of Canada by one day (of course, we had no idea about this) and we were staying where all the festivities were (the day before). No wonder our hotel in Vancouver was ridiculously expensive!