Over this past weekend was Justin's extended family reunion in Washington. We went with his mom and little sister. It was a really long drive to a beautiful place and great to meet "some" of the Messenger clan.
We started out driving for Washington on Thursday night around 9 p.m. Justin was a trooper and was the one to drive all night. I did my best to stay awake with him and help keep him awake, but I had to doze off here and there.
As usual with working nights the hardest part was between 2-5 in the morning. After that the sun started to come up when we were in Oregon and it was so pretty.
Needless to say that the ride got a lot more exciting after we could see what was all around us. Not that we missed a whole lot going through Idaho, but it still was nice. =) We drove by the Columbia River for a long time. It is amazing. For those of you who used to play the old Oregon Trail game, it's the river that you have to ford at the end that had rocks and other problems come at you. It really goes on forever and is super wide.
We finally reached Justin's Aunt's house in Centralia, Washington and it was beautiful. It had a huge yard with trees everywhere and just smelled so clean and foresty. We set up tents and helped get things set up as we were the first ones there. They had all sorts of fun games to play such as: Badminton, Hill Billy Golf, a basketball court, Frisbee's, and other fun toys.
On Saturday, we floated down the Skookumchuck River ( isn't that a fun name =) ), visited Justin's old house and hometown, and played a epic game of capture the flag. Followed by yummy smore's, visiting and meeting more Messengers.
We both come from a small town, but Justin totally has me beat on size. If you blink, you would miss it.
We headed home on Sunday and it took us all day. I was super excited to finally be back in Utah after what seemed like forever on the road. It was a fun trip, we were glad to get to spend some time with the Messengers, driving together and learning about the fun times had in Washington.
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