Thursday, May 13, 2010
I haven't posted lately. Sorry. Right now we are on the road back from the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. It's a long bus ride but the kids are in high spirits. The bus has become the focal point of the trip as I thought it would.
We went to three interpretive centers and together they do an incredible job telling the story of Pacific Northwest history. I believe the kids have a pretty good understanding at this point,
It's back to camp at Emigrant Springs now. Gianna is on the bus PA doing a lesson with the kids about the exhibit we just saw.
Tomorrow we will be walking in the footsteps of the pioneers at Echo Meadows,
Very good weather continued,
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Oregon trail interpretive center. Fantastic view with mountain ranges in three directions.
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Great scavenger hunt through the museum. Kids learning about the pioneer travels through this area overlooking the Oregon trail and the grand ronde valley.
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Lunch and visit at Tamastslokt cultural institute. One on the four birds on exhibit.
My so called chuck wagon life 2
Ok, probably be the most memorable moment on the Chuck Wagon happened on Day 2. Somehow we managed to get Michaele (Conrad) and Kristen (Lila) on the van as well in effort to get dinner started early. Wellllll.... we made wrong turn out on the peninsula, got lost and ended up at Camp Coleman of all places. So... we had no map, no GPS and limited cell phone connectivity. In front of us were three signs:
1. Camp Coleman
2. Joemma Park - pronounced by Kristen as "Joe Mama"
3. Almost Home Kennel (with a phone #) - Reading this sign made us all want to cry
So we decided to call the Kennel. Here's Dave's conversation with the nice owner:
Anyway..realllllll lonnnng story short, by the time we un-Lost ourselves the bus was already past us and so now we had to devise a way to keep dinner on time. So we called ahead to Jay Berry's Pizza in North Bend and ordered 10 pizzas. Luckily Anthony (Isabella) and Money-man Paul (Shira) were in a separate car ahead of us and were able to pick up the pizzas. In the meantime, we nearly arrived to the camp the same time the bus did. The Chuck wagon folks then scurried to get a salad pulled together with fresh greens from Sunny Farms Market in Sequim.
Great Pizza, great pizza loving kids... and the gracious flexibility and understanding saved the day. Note to self: Bring your GPS next time.
Asked the kids what the funniest part of trip so far: Ella Mae: I like telling jokes. Sibleigh: you've got to look at the mood ring Noah and Emmy: Noah and I could not remember the last lines of This Land is Your Land so I said it was "I was walking all over the place" then we tried singing it. It did not work. Sibleigh: Stella said that the wind turbines blades GROW up to 350 feet. Emmett: a girl at the park asked Gabe out. Grace: I fell asleep at the wild horse wind farm presentation. Emmy: the same girl who asked Gabe out thought Emmett was in high school. Griffin: a random girl asked Gabe out. Kent: every time we go by a McCdonalds the kids go "eeewww" Shiraz: when my dad almost forgot his swimsuit Mikala: getting lost in the chuckwagon for hours.
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