RV Trip Day 24: Home

We had a delicious breakfast of fresh-baked pastries from the farm, the kids played on the swings, and we visited the goats one last time:

Then we drove straight home. We were so happy to get back into Western Washington where it was rainy and wet and filled with green trees! It was an awesome trip, but we are sick of the sun and happy to be home! We are all excited to see our housemates and cats, and the kids are happy to see their other parents. There is nothing better than the sight of Seattle from the I-90 bridge after a long trip!

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RV Trip Day 23: Cove, OR

We walked to Leslie's favorite French Patisserie and got amazing pastries for breakfast, then walked back and hung out in Leslie's back yard for the rest of the morning, until it got too cold and rainy, and then we headed out.

We had a shorter drive today, only three hours, to a goat farm in Cove, Oregon, where we are staying tonight. They have a whole bunch of cute baby goats, and cuddling with them was one of the big highlights of the trip for the kids:

Tonight is our last night in the RV before we drive home tomorrow! We are both sad for the trip to end and excited to be home!

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RV Trip Day 22: Boise

 We walked to the water again this morning, then headed out. We saw a few more bison on our way out.

We spent the day driving, and arrived in Boise in the late afternoon. We met my friend Leslie and went to the park, where the kids enjoyed finding tumbleweed and playing with Leslie's new puppy:

Then we parked in front of Leslie's house and had a lovely outdoor Shabbat dinner with her family in her backyard, where we got to enjoy the warmest temperatures Boise has had in months. The kids played capture the flag, and Leslie's daughter Kate wanted to see the RV and said she wished we could stay for a week:

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RV Trip Day 21: Antelope Island State Park

When Lucy and I went for our evening walk last night, it was snowing! We were a little worried about getting stuck in the snow, but I checked the weather report, and it was only supposed to snow 1 or 2 inches, so we went to sleep and hoped it would be OK in the morning. There was a light dusting of snow in the morning, but not enough to stop us from going anywhere.

We didn't manage to start as early as yesterday, but eventually made it out to Sunrise Point, which was absolutely spectacular, especially in the snow:

The kids' classes are really getting in the way of things, because we always seem to arrive at cool places after dark, and then the kids have class starting at 9:30, so we have to squeeze everything in early in the morning and it doesn't really fit. It helps that we are in Mountain time and classes are in Pacific time, but they are still too early! I would have been fine with the kids skipping class today so we could just spend the whole day exploring the canyon, but they are surprisingly insistent on not missing class. They get incredibly frustrated when they have to miss class because there is no cell service or I want to take them somewhere cool. This morning we compromised, and they went to class late so we could explore at least a little. Sonya really didn't want to miss one part of her class that involved small groups, so she joined that part from the trail on my phone:

Then we started heading north into Utah. This part of the trip is much less planned out than the early parts, and I didn't really have much of a plan for where we would stop tonight, other than that we needed to get far enough to have a reasonable drive to Boise tomorrow.

After searching for interesting places along our route, I decided we should stay at Antelope Island State Park, outside of Salt Lake City, where there are free-ranging bison and antelopes and a great view of the Great Salt Lake. I got the kids excited about the bison, but wasn't sure if we would really see any. But sure enough, as soon as we entered the park, we saw a giant bison on the side of the road:

And then we saw two more bison in the distance. Once we got to our site, we walked to the Great Salt Lake and watched the sunset:

In other news, our gray water tank actually filled up and stayed filled up today, which means Michael's work on it produced a huge improvement. And still no car troubles on this leg of the trip!

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