Day 1
This was our first stop on the road. At this stop we learned about those that traveled the Oregon Trail and watched
Cade throw a bunch of pine cones. Despite the one hundred are we there yet questions from Katelyn I must say the kids traveled pretty well the whole way there.
This was at Spokane Park, they have a big fountain that the kids play in. This is also where the big red wagon was that you will see in the slide. They also had amusement rides, we looked at some water falls, and ate some really yummy shaved ice. This was a nice stop to break up the day of travel.
After this we went to the hotel in Hayden and went to the water park that is
attached to the hotel. It has 3 big water slides and a kids area similar to the one here at Roaring Springs. All of the kids loved going here but
unfortunately we didn't get any pictures.
Day 2
We spent most of this day at the lake. We took a scenic ferry ride around the lake, really pretty, a lot of
gorgeous houses on the lake, 90 minutes much too long for 4 kids. The kids also swam in the lake, (no pictures) it was pretty chilly out but they insisted. Caleb, Katelyn, and
Kamryn did anyway,
Cade just chased seagulls.
This is also the night we went to eat dinner at a
restaurant, big mistake, great atmosphere, good food, it was called Tomato Street, but
Cade threw a tin can at the family next to us among other things that made us get our food to go. Back at the hotel Katelyn and
Kamryn decided to play with the phones in the room (landlines) I finally unplugged them so they wouldn't cause any problems... too late... guy knocks on the door to see what the problem was since we called 911!
Day 3We went to
Silverwood Theme park. The kids rode a lot of rides and played a lot of games. However, they would only ride 1 out of 4 roller coasters, Scott and I would have loved to ride them all but that didn't quite work out.
Kamryn also would have ridden them but she needed to be just a bit taller. We watched a pretty cool magic show that inspired Caleb and Katelyn to practice magic tricks back at the hotel putting paper behind their ears...
Kamryn of course tried it too but only she put it on the inside of her ear... she just got the paper removed from her ear today by the doctor. (5 days later)
Day 4
We spent all day at Triple Play which was also
attached to the hotel, we played
miniature golf,
bumper boats, go karts, rock climbing, and arcade games. It was nice that we could just go up to our room when we were soaked by the
bumper boats and when
Cade needed a nap. The girls even rock climbed but of course
again no picture. The kids had a lot of fun and we finished off the day with another night at the water park. Caleb met a girl and went down the water slide w/ her but... he forgot to get her name so we only know her as Portland.
Day 5
This is travel back home day, we went to eat an actual breakfast at a
restaurant that wasn't continental. Man when will we be able to actually eat in a
restaurant again? Let's just say
Cade and
restaurants do not mix. Then we had to go back to the hotel after receiving a call letting us know that Katelyn left her purse, with her phone in it. Finally on the road... I think
Cade and
Kamryn cried the first two hours and were cranky the whole rest of the way home!
Overall we had a lot of fun and made some really good memories, I would do every part of it over again. I loved spending this kind of time with my family and can't wait until the next family trip. This was a good vacation spot and I was impressed with everything we did, I thought the hotel was a perfect place to stay with kids.
