On top of how great the PLACE and FOOD are, the PRICES are great to! Trav and I can both get a big yummy dinner with drinks and dessert and the bill will only total $25!
Needless to say, we had a wonderful dinner and a fun time. We watched the boats on the river and enjoyed the sunshine coming in.
We were back on the road by 5:30. Before we left we let Emma out of the car, fed her, and walked her around a little to stretch her little legs. She had a LONG ride ahead. We all did.
The scenery out of Portland and for the first 100 miles was great.
Multnomah Falls, lots of mountains covered with green trees, driving along the river, it was all very pretty. But, after a couple more hours in the car we started getting tired of it. And the scenery seemed to dry up at the same time! There were no towns to even look at from the freeway!
When we arrived at 10pm we were thrilled just to be out of the car! Emma slept the whole way there. She woke up a couple times just to stick her head up, pant a little, reposition herself, and go back to sleep. We stopped a couple more times for her, but she didn't really need us to.
She was thrilled to meet Mon and JD's 3 dogs: Dolce, Baily, and Lucy. Lucy is getting older, and was not very impressed with all the puppy energy Emma brought with her. Baily was slower to warm up, but Emma found a best friend in Dolce.
Although they are different sizes (very), they are about the same age and they bonded instantly and played together the whole time we were there. Baily joined in the fun the 2nd day, but Lucy pretty much just "coped" with all the puppies!Mon and JD gave us the tour of thier house. Madison's room was just as I imagined...painted pink for a princess! So cute. They had 2 spare rooms, ours was decorated so nicely and the bed was SO comfortable! The kitchen was huge and the living room was even huger. We went out to the backyard which was also nice and big. Lots of room for the 4 doggies to play!
Once Trav and I got settled into our room, we played Wii golf (JD taught me lots of new and then went to bed. We had to get up early the next day to go boating!!
Saturday we got on the road a little after 10am. We were heading to a spot on Snake River to meet JD's parents and his sister and her BF. We got there a little before noon, and first things first, we ate! JD's mom fixed us delicious sandwiches. His whole family was very nice and fun to talk with. Then we took the boat out. It was SO much fun. Trav and I very rarely get to go for a boat ride so it is always a treat! Mon and I spent most of out time laying out at the front of the boat.
It was so nice a warm out that it wasn't even cold with the wind blowing by us 100 miles an hour in our bikini's! We spent the whole afternoon on the boat, soaking in all the sun rays we could get!
We got back home at 8 and made dinner. We had a mexican casserole and mexican chicken, both were delicious!
After dinner we tried to watch Wolverine, but we had trouble converting it, so we ended up watching Fired Up (really funny) instead.
Sunday we slept in until 10:30, and layed in bed until 11. We had planned to go to Wallowa Lake that day, but there were threats of thunder storms so we decided not to chance it. Instead we went out to lunch and then went and played mini golf.
I lost, but I had fun and thats all that matters right??! :) It was lots of fun. After golf we went into the mountains to go mushroom hunting for Morrell's. We found some great mushrooms and had a fun hike through the Forrest! We got home a little after 8 and cooked up BBQ'd hamburgers, which are JD's specialty and they are so good! And Mon made a delicious pasta salad full of goodies, and we cooked up the mushrooms we found and got some grapes! Dinner was SO good. I don't know if it's because it was 9pm and I was starving or not, but it was fantastic!After dinner we watched Wolverine, which was really good. I figured it would be though. And we watched Taken. I had always been afraid to watch it because it looked scary in the previews, but someone told me that it was really good and not scary so I decided to give it a try. I'm glad I did because it was a good movie, and not scary. :)
We went to bed at 2 and couldn't believe our weekend and time in La Grande was already over!
We got up at 9am, got showered and packed up and we were ready to go by 10am. We said goodbye to Mon, JD, and Madison, thanked them for the good times and great food, loaded Emma up and got back on the road.
It was another gorgeous day thank goodness. That always makes the drive so much better! We were starving by Pendleton, but we didn't want to stop so soon after leaving because we knew we'd need a break later in the drive....and that we'd get hungry again! 6 hours is a long time to be in the car! Well, there were no more towns with food in them until The Dalles, so we had to wait another 2 hours to eat! But we made it, and we really enjoyed our McDonald's when we got it! We made it to Air's at 4 for her Memorial Day BBQ/Mya's 1st bday!
Trav, Mo and I helped her in the kitchen, mainly by eating before we were supposed to. LOL. Trav fired up the grill after Sharm and K got there. He grilled some burgers and we had pasta salad, fruit, and baked beans to go along. Ryan and his kids showed up, and a few other people that I didn't know. We sat out in the sunshine and enjoyed the food, beer, and company all evening. Trav and I headed home at 8.
We unloaded the car and got situated until about 9 when we collapsed on the coach. We felt very refreshed from our weekend getaway, but also exhausted!
Now it's back to the daily grind....Only 2 more days of work until the weekend is here again! This is why I love 3 day weekends! :) You get 2 extra short weeks out of the deal! Trav and I are enjoying the sunshine so much. It's supposed to stick around all week and into this coming weekend! We are planning to get some yard work done this weekend, and possibly (hopefully) get the gate for the fence up, to keep Emma in the back yard.
Of course we'll enjoy several more BBQ's as well!! :)
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