What We Did During Our Summer Vacation - Part IIIa
by the Nagle5
Superman arrived at our little international airport on August 19...he was greeted by enough tears and hugs that the normally stoic/impersonal security person leaned over and gave me a kleenex. To say we missed him would be an understatement. I think we just about melted him with our tears of happiness. To say he was surprised by Valiant standing next to him at a full 6'2" would also be an understatement. He stands eye-to-eye with both our sons these days and that is just so strange.
Anyway, Superman carefully timed his leave so that he could, jet lag and all, participate with the Nagle5 in The Dirty Dash the next day. Bright and early Friday morning, we got into our cars (even Charming headed out of his place to join us) and headed over to the race location. It was crazy. Our heat began at 9:00 a.m. and what followed was 6.2 miles of mud, dirt, hay, and water. We ran through mud pits. We ran through dirt.
(Superman, Valiant and Me,
trying to finish together...
harder than it looks!)
We jumped over hay bales and walls. We ran through the river and walked across beams. We even slid down a giant slide.
(Buttercup and Charming coming off the slide...
the fire hoses the race people aimed at them did wonders!)
Good "clean" fun for the entire family. We can hardly wait to do it again next year!
PS. Yes, we ARE insane!
Still, Superman said it helped him beat his jet lag, so he said we need to figure out something exhausting to do for the first day of his next leave. What? Braving the malls at Christmas isn't exhausting enough?
The next day, we hooked up the trailer and headed to our favorite campground with our friends.
(In the meantime, our beloved Charming showered a few more times (the mud was everywhere!) and headed off to work for the week...such is the life of a new hire!)
While Charming worked in the salt mines, we played in the water,
(Valiant is giving his dad
a lift out of the water!)
the "men" played a mean game of Risk,
and we pretty much messed around for four days.
But we didn't stop there...oh, no. We all hooked up the trailers once more and headed to Silverwood, the Pacific Northwest's own little theme park. Disneyland it is not, but it is definitely a fun place to play. Superman and the kids did roller coasters...don't they look like they're glad they didn't puke on Panic Plunge?
Me? I relaxed at Boulder Beach...Superman did a little of that, too.
(Aren't we cute? I am still sporting that farmer's
tan from whale watching in Boston!)
Okay, I did like the log ride and the bumper boats. Can you tell? I was drenched!
Finally, it was time to head home...it had been fun, but I was ready to sleep in my own bed. Besides, we missed Charming!
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