We have been going to Steamboat Rock State Park at Banks Lake since I was about four. It is usually our favorite vacation every year. It is funny to see how popular it has become (you have to call in first thing the day the reservations open for the week you want or you don't get a spot.) I have even seen people I know there. We have taken different friends over the years, but what hasn't really changed is Rob and Shaina. Rob was my mom's neighbor growing up, so they're kind of like family. This year, Rob's lady friend (I don't think they're married? Maybe?) Kim, Shaina and her husband Kyle, my mom and dad, and me Andy and the kids went. Unfortunately Piper doesn't do well in the car so Erik and Destiny had to sit this one out, as well as Rob's son Ryan who had to work.
We had Sounders games Sunday (Portland) and the next Saturday (Tottenham) both games we did NOT want to miss, so we went Monday-Friday. The drive there seemed like nothing. It was about 4 hours even, but with our normal commute, that isn't such a big deal anymore. We hit a drive-thru first thing (Sawyer was so happy to get a happy meal), and we didn't even need to stop at a rest area. The kids were great the whole time, and Kellan even took a nap for a long time.
We spent the week on the lake: swimming, boating, waterskiing, wakeboarding, tubing, cliff jumping...the usual activities camping on a lake brings. Unfortunately there are bad wildfires in eastern WA so Thursday night and Friday were very smoky. Ash was falling everywhere. We left a little earlier than expected Friday because it was just hard to breathe in all that smoke, but it ended up being nice getting home before dark.
We had so much fun and were so proud of Sawyer spending most of his time swimming in the lake where he couldn't reach, when he used to be terrified of back yard pools.
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| We told him he gets a happy meal |
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| Soccer with grandpa |
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| farmers tan (there was a pink ring at the top that got a little burned on each arm) |
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| Kyle jumping a cliff |
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| Andy jumping |
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| Me jumping |
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| sunset boat ride with their glowsticks |
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| Sawyer decided to go swimming off the boat |
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| I made Kellan an extended leash so he wouldn't take off. He hated it. |
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| The sun looked kind of cool with all the smoke |
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| Windmills on the drive home |
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| I'm pretty sure this is my mom waterskiing |
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| Me waterskiing on the slalom |
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| Me and Sawyer on his first tube ride. We were excited we didn't have to go slow for him |
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| Our beach spot from above |
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| Sawyer climbed the sand hill |
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| Little flagger |
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| Nap time |
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| The ash that fell overnight on the boat |
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| So smoky, you can barely see the cliffs in the background |
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| The beach from the ash |
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| Andy and Sawyer tubing |
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