Lake Chelan Vacation - Part 2

On our 3rd vacation day Gerritt & I went to the Chelan Slidewaters while my husband & Sophia caught up with some of his work at Starbucks. In hindsight, it was a great decision to keep Sophia out of the Slidewaters. The park was crowded with kids of all ages & it was almost impossible to walk without constantly bumping into someone. Gerritt really enjoyed swimming in the hot tub, but didn't want to try the simple water slide even once. After having him watch me going down the slide multiple times, I finally gave up. He probably won't be ready for it until next summer. After cooking some grilled chicken & steamed artichokes for dinner, we finished the evening by having ice cream by the bonfire out by the lake.




One of my favorite photos of Gerritt & Spike from this trip


We wanted to spend our last vacation day being outdoors, so we headed back to the Lake Chelan State Park. Gerritt almost went crazy seeing 50+ geese & a duck with 3 ducklings. I wanted to see what our new camera could do & took many photos of the geese. They were not afraid of people, so I got a really close look. The duck & ducklings kept moving all over the park, so Gerritt & I followed them. Afterwords Gerritt proceeded to collect goose feathers from the ground. My husband jokingly told him that the geese may want those feathers back, so Gerritt spent a good portion of the afternoon chasing after them to return the feathers.

We enjoyed this spectacular scenery all morning


So close & simply breathtaking!


"Hey, geese! Do you want your feathers back?"



In the afternoon we visited famous Sunshine Farm Market that carries wonderful organic produce including fruits, vegetables, eggs, grass-fed beef, & even organic handmade flower bouquets. I bought organic raw raspberry honey & a few food gifts for Chris & Gerry. Gerritt loved seeing the goats & chickens & picking cherries straight from the tree.





The Sunshine Farm Market

But all good things must come to an end, so after cleaning Chris & Gerry's vacation home & packing a gazillion things we brought along "just in case," we headed back home the next morning.


Last view of the lake before our departure

All in all it was a great getaway for us. We experienced many new things & had fun along the way despite both of the kids being sick with a cold. It is definitely a lot of work to travel with 2 kids under the age of 3 who are not potty-trained, but somehow we pulled it off. Some of the things that had to be packed were room humidifier, Gerritt's potty chair, cold medicines, toys, sun protective clothes, kids' favorite foods/snacks, Gerritt's books, 2 different strollers (one for sleeping, one for out & about) & a cooler full of food. We didn't need to go out to eat even once with an exception of buying frozen pizza from Safeway since we had a stove, oven & grill. It wasn't always possible to be at home for Sophia's naps, so there was more crying involved for her, but she learned to sleep along the way (even when the boat was going 40 miles per hour!). First summer trip was a success! Hooray!
Gerritt has finished reading the following set of books for the past few weeks:

Hello Baby! by Mem Fox
Always in Trouble by Corinne Demas (Gerritt's absolute favorite)
Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? by B. Martin Jr. & E. Carle
Eats by M. Jocelyn & T. Slaughter
No Trouble At All by S. Grindley
Mushrooms in the Rain by M. Ginsburg (another Gerritt's favorite)
Black? White! Day? Night!: A Book of Opposites by L. Seeger
Anansi & the Talking Melon by E. Kimmel
The Surprise Visitor by J. Kangas
Who's There, Spot? by E. Hill

A lifelong reading habit in the making!