Lake Quinalt

December 20th we headed out of Billings and onto our great adventure. We were supposed to leave by 6:30 am, but when the alarm went off, and went off, and went off, and Bing didn't rally, I turned it off. We woke up at 8:30 feeling slightly refreshed after our Christmas Fete the night before, I, slightly hungover, and Bing, angry that we were getting a late start.

We made our way to Bozeman where we stopped and saw Reese and Sawyer, all of the other boys were out, and we exchanged gifts. She made me some very cute, custom napkins, and we gave them beer. By noon, or half past, we were leaving Bozeman on our way to Spokane. We arrived perfectly on time for dinner at Red Robbin with sister, Piper Claire, and then followed her to Uncle Fred and Aunt Artie's. We played a hilarious game called "My Redneck Life", made even funnier because we played with Artie who works at a convent. The woman is seriously wonderful, and sweet, and very good natured. I won because I had the most teeth, fewest children, and smallest debt at the end. HA!

From there, we made our way to Hoquiam, Aberdeen, Cosmopolis, & Summit Lake. On the 22nd we had dinner with lots of Bing's old buddies, guys and gals, and I got to meet lots of new people. We had a great turnout, and it allowed us to see lots of friends without spending our whole vacation driving around to see them... don't be fooled, we still drove all over, 3500 miles all told. After dinner, we moved on to Bob and Teresa Glenn's beautiful, lakefront home. They hosted us for several nights and were superbly generous.

On the 23rd, we took a daytrip to Lake Quinalt to see all of the pretty sights it has to offer. Bing's friend, Buster, came with and offered all sorts of comical relief. I am not sharing some of the pictures for Buster's sake, and yours.


More to come! I uploaded over 500 photos when we got home, so I will do this in bits and pieces. Enjoy.