Thursday, August 2, 2007

UH OH!!! I've got the bug!!!

I do have the bug but it's the travel bug!! I forgot how much I love to travel but now that we are on the West coast I remember why I loved travelling all over the states for so many years!! Our adventure is just beginning but we have already been having so much fun. Our friend Carla, and her daughter Decie drove us to the airport in Saskatoon. Nathan really liked taking off and he enjoyed paying attention long enough to wave at our house and Grandma Shutra's house and then he didn't care that we were 1000's of feet in the sky. He didn't care that the fields were BEAUTIFUL, or that we were above the clouds, and he didn't even care about the fabulous mountain range, but I sure loved it. We had a little layover in Edmonton which was just long enough to let some people off and pick up some more people. Nathan was able to go up and meet the pilot which was SOO much fun. I am amazed that every plane doesn't crash because there are so many buttons and switches that it is just totally overwhelming in there, and that is just one of the millions of reasons why I am not a pilot. We arrived in Vancouver, got our bags, got our car and headed out to our hotel. Luckily, the hotel was easy and close to get to and we made it without too many arguments. We then went for supper but by this time Nathan was done and even though the food was FABULOUS we didn't get to really enjoy it with a screaming/cranky toddler. We went back to the hotel, went to bed (which btw, Nathan got to sleep in bunkbeds but mean Mommy would only let him sleep on the bottom bunk). We slept in, had breakfast, bummed around (because that's what you do when on vacation) and then packed and left. We had lunch and then headed on our way to the border. It was a quick ride to the border and then we got stuck in holiday traffic and waited almost 2 hours before we finally went through customs, luckily Nathan slept for most of the time. We were driving along, and following the directions for Mapquest but got lost because there are 3 highways that are all named the same thing Highway 20 and we didn't know where we were going. So I went into a car body repair shop and the nice men told me where to go and printed off a new and correct map for me. We then shortly found our way again and finally made it to the Port Townsend ferry. We played on the beach for a while as we waited for the ferry to come and then drove on the ferry and went to the deck to watch as we went out onto the water. Nathan LOVED going out on the water but Mommy was in a skirt and it was REALLY windy so we decided to just watch from in the cabin. This is where we are now, Port Townsend. Port Townsend is the first place that I lived and nannied at, and this town has hardly changed in 10 years. We have already some good clam chowder and oysters, clams, fresh fish, and scallops. Anyways, it is time to go to bed because we have a CRAZY day tomorrow, I can't wait.

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