We finally made it to the Sisters/ Bend Oregon area to redeem our auction purchase of the vacation home, AKA the night Molly got drunk, thought she was rich and decided Bend would be a great place to take a vacation. The Bingely Family also thought this sounded like a great idea except decided they were moving one week before the original date back in February. Well, the Bingleys were replaced by Mom, Dad and Auntie Lisa sans Uncle Bro.
We left last Tuesday evening after school and met up with Mom and Dad at a hotel in Kennewick, WA. After a yummy continental hotel breakfast we hopped in the cars for a little geocaching on our way south to Sisters. One of the caches brought us to this tree filled with shoes. Now since the girls have seen this their thoughts have been "if shoes can grow on trees, why not money?"
We arrived at the vacation home on Wednesday afternoon and were not disappointed. The house was located in the Tollgate neighborhood in Sisters. The house had 4 bedrooms, three baths, a wonderful backyard that was adjacent to the wilderness. The most fun part about the house were it's three lofts that the girls had a blast playing in.
On Friday we went into Bend to try out the different microbreweries. Lots of beer was consumed on this day. Our favorite beer was from Deschutes Brewery but McMenamins definitely took first place in atmosphere. We walked through Drake Park and the Old Mill District. Bend is a neat town and we hope to spend more time in it the next time we are in the area.
One of the highlights on our trip was the lava tube cave south of Bend. It was pretty impressive how huge it was in spots. Josie and Annabelle loved to run ahead of us, hide, turn off their flashlights and then scare us.
My dad found a hiking trail at Belknap Crater. He, Nate and Annabelle went while Mom, Josie and I hung out in Sisters. Dad was very wiggly to have found a whole drawer at the house filled with topo maps and hiking books. My dad can't sit still for very long. He is one of the most active people I know.
Say the vacation isn't over! Here Josie and Annabelle get thrown in the Sisters Jail just long enough for a photo. Chalk up another wonderful vacation for the Spains.
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