Last week N and I decided on the spur of the moment to take E and drive up to southwest Oregon to visit N’s sister Gwyn and her family over the weekend. The drive was about 13 1/2 hours each way but E was for the most part a trooper in the car.
On the drive up we stopped by the salt flats, one of my favorite places ever. I know it’s a bit weird but I think they’re so cool looking and have been wanting to stop and walk out on them forever. It was fun, especially when E tried to taste the salt.
Visiting Gwyn and her family was great. E had a blast running around with his cousins and was (mostly) well behaved. (The most notable exception to this statement occurred when E threw a huge screaming tantrum while we were placing our order at a fancy burger joint. And just to make sure he was making his point clear he threw in a couple of smacks aimed at N’s face. Yeah, the dirty looks from the other patrons were plentiful and pointed.)
It was a great visit but it’s nice to be back. I wish we had an extra day to just kick around but we have to jump right back into things. I have a lot of work (and laundry!) to catch up on now but I’ll get more photos from our trip up soon.
Fun! Hope your weather was nice!
I don't even recall that alleged "tantrum". I was too busy trying to crowd-control my own loud kids, I'm sure.
Thanks for coming all that long, long way to see us. You guys were so much fun. Sam has been looking in every room and asking for you all morning! "Faif?…Faif?"