With school in full swing, work, church, and driving endlessly to and from home, we are all pooped! This past weekend we took a break and went to Leavenworth to join a group of our fellow church families to camp from Friday to Monday. We packed up the camper, cleaned up the house (in case of a showing) and headed out. We even left only 30 minutes be
hind schedule and were on the road before dark. For those of you who have ever taken a trip with us, you know that is history!
On Friday at about 9:30 pm we headed up the last stretch(and the highest) over Steven's Pass. About 6 or 7 miles from the top we started losing our dashboard lights, then went the headlights, and at about one mile from top, people started flashing their lights on and off at us. Whew! We made it to the top where it was approximately 31 degrees. We sat and laughed and talked about how cold it would be until we came up with the plan to call for help. There was no way we were even going to head down the hill with no brakes.
Soon our rescue party arrived(Thanks Dan, Lane, Dave St.M, and Loren). We piled in and got warm while the guys attached our camper to Lane's truck. The next day some other helpers(Thanks Phil and Travis) went and helped David replace the alternator and battery. Yippeee!!! It worked.
Saturday allowed the kids and I fishing, lunch, more fishing, and lots of around the fire visiting. Sunday was enjoyed with worship, shopping, more fishing and more campfire. We had so much fun. We counted 4o something people at the campsite. Wow!
We even assembled a brave snipe hunting party.
This weekend the weather stayed around 50 to 60 degrees during the day and really chilly at night. The leaves are turning in Washington, the weather is turning colder, and the cold is here to stay. I bet some of the next photos posted are SNOW! Keep in tune.
Today we got to experience a Naval lower base and submarine tour of the USS Kentucky with some great friends. The Navy rarely does these tours any more and with David being on shore duty, it is even more unlikely to have the chance to enjoy one. Even though David had been
working for at least a month to clean his office, unfortunately the time ran out and we missed his specific office. Bummer! If you never experienced a tour of a nuclear powered submarine and ever get the chance, you should definitely jump on it! We hope that they decide to do another of these tours and that we can extend these opportunities to others. It was so much fun and they shared a wealth of information on what these "silent servers" do in their daily lives on board and lower base. As one of the sailors said on the tour, "It takes a special guy to do the job of a submarine sailor". Our sailor makes us proud! These photos are of us at a memorial outside of lower base. We all cherished our lives enough not to smuggle a camera to the tour!
