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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Lake Chelan, WA

Marc, the kids and I drove over to Lake Chelan, WA on April 9th (a Saturday). I have been there once, when we first moved here, and Marc had never been. It was a sunny day, so we hopped in the car and made the drive. We drove out I-90, turning off at Cle Elum and driving through Wenatchee (I thought it was faster). It was 214 miles and about 4 hours. By the time we got to Wenatchee, it was time for lunch. We stopped at an Applebee's and ordered food. Another quick stop for some Starbucks (I'm an addict) and we were on our way.

Because it's not summer, Lake Chelan was very quiet. It was a little colder than I would have hoped for, but it was beautiful. There was snow on the mountains and a great view of the Lake from this park in front of the Best Western. I would love to come back out and stay the night here, some day. The kids were thrilled to play at the park and even more excited to put their feet in the oh-so-cold water. 

We finished up at the park and drove through the town of Chelan and to the end of the road in Manson. We had some pizza for dinner. We drove back into Chelan and got some soft serve ice cream. These things were huge. And Miss R learned all about centrifugal force (she spun around and her ice cream went splat!). Luckily, mom is nice and after a few licks, I gave her mine. We left town driving down the other side of Lake Entiat (Hwy 97) into Wenatchee and then followed Hwy 2 home via Leavenworth (which was 184 miles). We got home around 10 pm, exhausted but happy. It was a fun day with the family.

 
Me and Miss R playing on the swings (I spared you the photo of me swinging)
Marc teaching Miss R how to skip rocks in the water
Mr N thinks tossing the rock is the same as skipping it
Miss M was being my little mermaid of the sea (and tempting the little ones to climb the rocks out to the end)
Miss M and Marc had to put their feet in the snow melt water
So, every one else did it too (except me, are you crazy. It's snow melt water). - Mr. C
Miss R, who claimed it wasn't so bad
Mr. N trying to get back to the rocks quickly
 
The view from the park at the beginning of the dock. I can't wait to see the difference this summer.

3 comments:

  1. Gorgeous! It looks like you and your family had a lot of fun!

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  2. Looks like fun!

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