Blewett Pass

The boys went up to Blewett Pass with the Scouts for their annual Shooting Sports Weekend. I didn't go up until Saturday night after I took a day hike to Melakwa Lake on Saturday morning. I didn't actually make it to the lake because of too much snow but I saw some great waterfalls on the Denny Creek trail on the way up. I spent the night with the troop near Blewett Pass and in the morning I drove Jess to Camp Delezenne in Elma for a week of Scout Leadership camp. Joe went with Grammy Ann to Mukilteo for a week of full on Grammy Ann attention. Without any kids, Meg and I hope to get a lot of weeding and house clean up in as well as a lot of exercise. I plan to do a lot of bike riding although I broke a spoke this morning which will delay it a bit. Next weekend is 4th of July at the Beach House.... I think the Lambs are going although we still have room for others....

Lena Lake

Last weekend we were planning on going to the ocean for a Nyland backpack outing but we were a little afraid of the weather so we went to the other side of the Olympics so we could hide in the rain shadow. On Friday night we struggled to get through Tacoma traffic and stopped in Gig Harbor for some really good Indian Food at Gateway to India. We camped at the Hamma Hamma campground on Friday night. On Saturday we hiked up to Lower Lena lake and camped on the lake. It is about 3 miles and 1400 ft elevation game. Everyone did great. We never really got rained on but we didn't see much sunshine either.

45th Wedding Anniversary- Space Needle

My parents, Dennis and Linda Nyland, have been married 45 years so we celebrated at the Space Needle. We did the same thing for my grandparents, Lois and Fred Nyland, on their 40th wedding anniversary many years ago. It was a great time to get everyone together in a one of a kind location.

Booked!!!!

Meg and I always need to have a vacation to look forward to and we have been agonizing over not having a plan since we got back from Mazatlan. We couldn't decide on anything although we priced out destinations all over the world. We had tentatively decided on a family trip to Disneyworld in August but we kept delaying buying tickets because we are afraid of Florida August heat.

The discussion took a U turn this weekend and we instead bought tickets to England for just Meg and I for mid August. We are going to spend a weekend in London and see cousin Haley's wedding party and then we will take another week to drive around England and maybe Scotland.

We still felt guilty about leaving the kids out of a family trip (although we took them to Mexico in March and Europe last summer). So...last night, we booked a December trip to Disneyworld. It should be a lot cooler although it is going to be crowded because of the holidays.

Next, I need to book our Seahawk trip to Chicago in October. Last year I took Jess to an away game in Arizona so this year, it is going to be just Joe and I to see the Bears in Soldier Field.

As for what is coming up in the Nyland house. Last night was Joe's honor choir concert, Tonight is Jess' last middle school band concert. We don't know what we are doing this weekend but we might end up at the beachhouse. Next weekend we are going on a family backpack trip at the ocean. Then....schools out!!!