Driving down to Portland!!!

Jody took off 2 weeks and the first week we got our 20+ year old carpet replaced in our home. We had a really wonderful CLEAN Costco 3rd party company come in and do some vinyl laminate wood flooring with new carpet in the bedrooms. We feel like we are in a new home! It was quite the process and my dad was so wonderful to let us stay with him for a week!! We had about 5 loads to the donation store and 3 for the dump. Our house is purged!!!! Every closet, drawer, and crevice is spic and span!! It feels wonderful. 

For week 2 of Jody's vacation we got a rental Full Size SUV on Covid clearance and headed up to see our wonderful Uncles!! We had plenty of room and it was nice because an SUV is NOT for our family!! We found it bulky and not a great use of space.... did I mention we love our Honda??

We stopped quite a bit taking our time to get to Ashland where we planned on spending the night before heading to Portland. We stopped in Sacramento for lunch for sandwiches. 

We headed down to Redding to Wild Waters on Methamphetamine.  AKA Water World.

Highlights:

1. 5 women complimented me on my swimsuit

2. 1 yellow slide into a swimming pool

3. A lazy river (sure there were leaves and it was milky and there was no current)

4. A bumpy slide that can cause scoliosis

5. 2nd hand weed anytime you are in the parking lot

6. DISNEY FAMILY NIGHT!!! Teens dressed up and ready to cheese it up with your small child!!

7. Clean bathrooms

8. Killer Wave pool... literally killers in there from Shasta County Corrections Facility

9. Ella making friends with kids with dads who you are obligated to chat with

10. ICE CREAM!!!

Seriously though, the little kids thought it was the greatest place on earth.

We continued on and stopped in Mt. Shasta for dinner at Black Bear.

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!! MT.SHASTA!!!!!!!!!

She's next on my list to summit!!! So beautiful beyond words!!