| Seattle Bound - Our trip from San Diego to Seattle |
We are finally settling in YAYYY!!
So much to tell.
Well, first - our trip was very fun. Grandpa came down to San Diego, we picked him up from the Ontario airport. We spent all day Saturday *Jan 14th* packing up and getting ready for the big trip. We intended on leaving by 4:30am on Sunday but it just wasn't happening. There was too much to do to get PJ set up so the house was 'decent' for him. We slept in until 6am and spend 4 hours preparing to leave. We hit the road around 10am for breakfast and officially left Oceanside at about 11:15am on Sunday January 14th.
We headed north and made good time, making it up to Sacramento. With intentions of heading north towards Eugene Oregon we decided instead we'd spend Monday January 15th running around. We drove to Pittsburg, where we had a house when I was just about Makena's age. Those are some of my earliest memories from my childhood. I vaguely remember the house - it looks much different now. The owners at some point (someone) has built a fence enclosing the front yard. After that we headed to the grocery store to get some snacks. My dad bought some fresh soy bean pods. They were so yummy.... UNTIL I had an allergic reaction! I started coughing, my chest was burning and my body was itching. Then my throat was itching and it was really difficult to breath. It was actually very scary for a little bit. I did have some Benedryl in the car from our medicine bag - so I took a couple of those and it made it much better. It was very odd at my age to find that I'm allergic to something in a raw form rather than processed like Soy Sauce etc...
Then we went to the famous Golden Gate Park. Ahhh- the memories! I remember going there as a child and going down the long concrete slides. It was so much fun to take Makena to experience the places that I went as a young child.
We headed back to Sacramento and then just north. On Tuesday we needed to high-tail it to Portland because my dad needed to be there for a business meeting the next morning. We bought chains for the tires since we were going through the pass and headed north. By early evening we were in Portland.
The next day I spent driving around, shopping and met up for lunch with one of PJ's good friends from the military. John is a police officer in a near town of Portland. It was great to have lunch with him and catch up. Makena had a blast.
Thursday morning we packed up and headed towards Seattle. Of course I wanted to stop in Lacey, just north of Olympia to go to Shipwreck Beads. I only bought a few things. Their prices are fairly high from what I'm used to but it was fun to see all of their items and their HUGE store. Lots of goodies there.
We arrived home and settled in. That evening my mom flew in town. She was away on a trip to Italy with her friend Susan. We were all very excited to meet up and finally see each other. Marc (my brother) came over and we all had dinner together.
We are here, we are finally 'home' in Seattle- I forgot how much I missed the beautiful green, tall trees and the snow-capped mountains in the distance.
Fresh, cool air. :) |
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