Yesterday we went on a trip with a school group--a train ride from Portland to Seattle and then back again that evening. We got up at 4:30am, got ready, drove to Portland and got on the Cascades Amtrak train. It was a 3 1/2 hour train ride to Seattle. The boys loved it! So many bonuses over a car ride--no seat belts/car seats, a bathroom just a wobbly walk away, a bistro car with snacks, switching seats, playing games (Uno and Spot It)... and for the parents the price tag--only $14 a person round trip! :-)
Listening to stories and watching the scenery...
We then had 4 hours to spend in Seattle how we wanted.
We wandered all over Seattle. We started with a two mile walk to a hamburger place that had many gluten free options--yummy! We then trekked back stopping along the way--a total of five miles! We originally thought we'd do a museum or the aquarium, but it was a beautiful sunny day, so we just ended up walking around. The boys were troopers and slept like babies last night!
On the ride home... tired and plugged in!
And no day is complete without some excitement... On the drive home from Portland a friend of ours had a flat tire on the freeway and we just happened to be almost to where she was stopped on the side of the freeway. We stopped to make sure she was fine (a police officer changed the tire for her), and then we wanted to caravan home to make sure she made it. Jim was driving quite slow on the freeway to let her catch up and he got pulled over by the same police officer that had helped her change her tire! Thankfully he was the one that had helped her, so he understood what we were doing. Off we went again to fall very tiredly into our beds!
