vacation blog

Vacation, Day 4

2007-06-17T22:05:00.000-07:00

Silverwood, in Couer d'Alene, Idaho. We had an awesome time. It was a little on the coolish side, and a little rainy, which might have kept a lot of people away that day. That made for some really short lines for us. I went on Tremors with Zack once, and only once. I was pretty queasy for a while after that. However, he had a great time going on it several times. Both boys went on the log ride a ton of times, and that was a lot of fun.

We were going to stay one more day, but ended up going back home Sunday night to sleep in our own beds. We had an awesome time. That's all for our vacation blog, but I may use this space for the future to keep track of fun times we have together.

Vacation Day 4

Vacation, Day 3

2007-06-16T20:00:00.000-07:00

Spokane, Washington! We went to Riverfront Park and saw some bands at a battle-of-the-bands thing. Also, we caught Spiderman 3 at the IMAX. Pretty cool stuff.

Vacation Day 3

Vacation, Day 2

2007-06-15T20:40:00.001-07:00

This is our big day at Triple Play, and I think we got our money's worth. Water slides, miniature golf, bowling, go carts, paddle boats, you name it...we got plenty of it today. Here's the album:

Vacation day 2

I'm getting requests for Borders tonight, so we'll probably hit that place in a few minutes. After all....music, books, coffee...what else is there in life?

Tomorrow: We might just stay in Couer d'Alene and go on to Silverwood Park, and hit Spokane Sunday and Monday so that we're that much closer to home when it's time to go. We'll have to think that one over.

Oh, I got up at 6am this morning and ran at nearby Lake City High School. Beautiful track facilities and a really nice morning made for a good run. I'll probably do that again tomorrow because I'm unsure of where we'll be the rest of the time.

Vacation, Day 1

2007-06-14T19:53:00.000-07:00

The boys and I got up here to Couer d'Alene at about 4pm this afternoon, just in time to hit the water park. We did some exploring, and there's a mini golf course and bowling alley included with our stay here. We're going to be in the water park until it closes tonight, then we'll hit the other attractions here all day tomorrow. A good time will be had by all. Should be enough to keep us busy most of the day. Here's a link to our pictures from the first day:

Vacation Day 1

I'll post more tomorrow.

Getting ready

2007-06-10T08:37:00.000-07:00

Hard to believe, but we're leaving this Thursday morning for our vacation. I'm leading a workshop in my school district Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, so that will leave just the evenings to get ready. We'll get 'er done, though. Right now, the 10-day forecast for Spokane calls for temps in the 60's and 70's with no rain. For now. We'd better bring a jacket just in case, but it definitely looks promising. Tanner's outgrown his clothes (again), so it looks like we'll be stopping at Old Navy or somewhere first to stock up on summer time clothes.

Can't wait for the trip. Woo-hoo! We'll be using this blog to post pictures from my new digital camera along the way.

Our plans

2007-06-08T21:00:00.000-07:00

Rick & Boys Vacation Plans
June 14-18, 2007

Date	What we're doing	Where we're staying that night
June 14	Travel to Couer d'Alene-- 240 miles Check in at hotel 4pm Hotel water park activities, attractions, etc...	Cd'A Holiday Inn Express
June 15	Hotel water park activities, attractions, etc... Mini golf available all day Performance @ Cd'A Play House: Alice in Wonderland, 7:30pm	Cd'A Holiday Inn Express
June 16	Get breakfast Hotel water activities, attractions, etc... Pack up and leave hotel -- 12pm Travel to Spokane -- 40 miles Riverfront park Lunch @ Riverfront Park Ride Gondola Ride tour train Rides, Carousel, mini-golf, etc... IMAX Theater Check into WorldMark	Cd'A Holiday Inn Express
June 17	Father's Day brunch Afternoon movie: Shrek 3	Couer d'Alene Worldmark (tentative)
June 18	Pack up Check out Breakfast Silverwood Park (Opens 11am) 7pm Park closes Return home	Home in our beds

First post

2007-06-08T20:47:00.000-07:00

Hello! This will be the vacation blog for Rick, Zack, and Tanner. We are going to be in Couer d'Alene, Idaho and Spokane, Washington from June 14 - June 18. We will post pictures and give updates as we go along here. Thanks for checking us out!