Washington Trip

The end of May found us in Washington (again?!) for 10 days during Jeff's semester break. The travel was generously sponsored by The Ma n' Pa Kemp Co. in exchange for us painting the barn while we were there... turns out it was rainy the whole time we were there- a few sunny days, but not enough to dry out the barn. Oh well, maybe next time!

We took a drive to the west side of the state and spent a few days in Tacoma watching the high school state track and field meet (Jeff's dad is the distance coach and Max the foreign exchange student and also some cousins were competing). We also got to check out downtown Seattle, eat clam chowder, and take in the sights. Seattle is pretty nifty.


... Okay, it didn't rain the whole time. One sunny day the 3 of us headed out into the woods to split some firewood. Life doesn't get much better than when you're outside in the fresh air doing some good physical labor. On days like this Jeff asks, "Why don't we just drop out of school, move out in the woods and live off the land?" And I totally agree with him. Don't worry, we're staying in school and plan to contribute to society. But we still enjoy entertaining that hypothetical situation and pretending for an afternoon that we're characters right out of Little House on the Prairie or My Side of the Mountain..