And it officially begins–our first day of our massive road trip adventure. The kids certainly haven’t done this before & we’ve never done it in our own country (we drove about 2k miles in Scotland w/ my mom & dad a decade ago).

I had a morning meeting with a client in downtown Seattle, so Seattle was technically our first stop. It worked out great, as Katie has been dying to take the kids for quite some time to Ye Olde’ Curiousity Shop on the Seattle Waterfront. Seeing two mummies, shrunken heads, a two-headed calf and other awesome novelties was a great start to the trip!

Our first day was a light travel day, considering our end destination was Gma cassie and gpa dick’s house in Pasco where we’d driven to a million times. Since we are in road-trip discovery mode, we decided to extend the drive and visit a place we’d never been before: the Ginkgo Petrified Forest Park where we not only saw petrified logs, but Native American petroglyphs and a saber tooth cat skull (incorrectly labeled as saber tooth “tiger”).

We also drove through the Columbia River Gorge, which was a first for the kids. Gorge-ous! Reminds us of Dave Matthews concerts!

We ended the day at gma Cassie and gpa dick’s for an amazing tostada feast with homemade tortillas! Yum! With armfuls of fresh garden veggies we are ready for days on the road.

What we forgot to bring: pillows, utensils, all our music cd’s, and travel potty (yikes!).

Stats:
miles: 269
Aniya naps: 1
Dustin coffees: 4