The reason for staying in the Northwest beyond the Birthday of our Grandson, was for the Wedding of our Niece, Sarah, in Tacoma, Washington. That happened on October 9th and our entire immediate family was there, meaning our two Sons and their families, including our three Grand kids. It was amazing. A picture was taken by the wedding photographer and we can’t wait to see it.
We stayed on one additional day to see our Grand Daughter one last time before heading out. Now we are on a marathon run back to Florida to meet up with our friends, Marie and Dave, in Walt Disney World on October 23rd. Our first stop is in San Diego to see Geoff’s Brother, Wes and his wife and our Niece, Angela and her husband. We were going to take three days getting there and just stay over night, but, after one 400+ mile day, we decided to split the rest of the distance into two 400 mile distances and get in a day early, so we can have a whole day to visit before heading East.
Day one was easier than expected. After a cold start, the sun came out and it was a nice, warm drive. Both Mt. Rainier and Mt. Hood made appearances in the distance and we stopped off in Portland near the first RV Park we stayed in to have lunch. We knew the layout there and knew it was easy in, easy out with the RV. With only one more rest stop we made it in about 5:00 PM.
I will try to make updates to this as we go over the next two weeks.
Day 2 and 3 passed without incident and took us all the way to San Diego, a day ahead of schedule, so we decided to stay the whole next day and do a little sight seeing before joining with Geoff’s Brother, Wes, and his family. We went out to Point Loma and the Cabrillo National Monument. It is a great day of checking out the tide pools in the Pacific Ocean and then overlooking the Point Loma Submarine Base (a special place for Geoff. See the next post for more about that) and a great view of San Diego.
Now begins the week long marathon to Florida. Days 1 and 2 of that journey have gone uneventful. The first was a bit shorter than our target because we wanted to stop before sunset. The next day, we started earlier and made a longer than expected trip. Now we are one day from San Antonio, where we hope to see our Niece, Karen and her family, and then drive on to Houston to see Ellyn’s Cousins. A whirl-wind journey. To be continued after the next post.
