Me:"Nein, Ihr koennt nicht computer spielen."
Watson:"You two are stupid heads!"
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Memorial Day camping at lake Chelan
For Memorial Day this year we decided to go camping with a bunch of German friends to lake Chelan. It's always advisable to go east of the mountains for Memorial Day weekend, since the temperatures on the westside of the mountains may not be up to par with camping expectations.
the weekend started out really bad too with shit weather all the way. It was like 52 degrees and raining, so much so, that it was starting to get dark at 5 too. See the map for the drive we took:
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We went through Leavenworth, the fake bavarian town in Washington. We also stopped at the Aplets and Cotlets factory in Cashmere, WA. So for those who don't know what aplets and cotlets are. They are the candy that usually only old grandmas have. Kids find them gross, and there is always plenty left over of that stuff after halloween. It's always the last stuff that gets picked. It's just not a kids' flavor, it's more of an old people's flavor.
This is us touring the factory. It's really cute, the whole factory is the size of a coffee shop. The things look pretty gross with their powder sugar covering and all.
I reluctantly went to the free sample tasting. Gross stuff. Then I bit into it. I couldn't believe the buds on my tongue. Pure heaven materialized itself in corn syrup in my mouth. A whole new world of taste is now mine. We bought some more chocolate covered pure heaven. I am now officially part of the old school old folks crew. I can't wait for Halloween and having all those aplet and cotlet leftovers.
We arrived at lake Chelan and it was raining and 51, quickly getting cold and dark. It was only 4:30 pm. So we decided to go back to the fake bavarian town of Leavenworth and stay at a hotel. We stayed at the Enzian Inn, a really cool place. It had an indoor pool so the kids loved it.
Then the amazing breakfast with a view over the mountains and the peaked roof and sunshine, we woke up to a smal bit of bavaria:
The owner of the Enzian Inn still plays the Alphorn every morning. The sun was shining and we were on our way!
On our way to Slidewaters of course! It was quickly getting hot and sunny. First open day for the place. the kids hat a blast and so did I (and Melissa must have liked the reading that she got in).
A really pretty waterpark, no crowds whatsoever, with a view over lake Chelan. We never waited more than a couple of seconds for a slide ride.
Then we headed to the campground for two days of fun camping. You can see the pics below.
I got this cool hammock. So I could nap. Sweet.
We went wandern. it was a ton of fun!
And the kids loved the sunshine and all.
Me packing up stuff.
And Melissa posing with her hipster fidel castro hat:
the weekend started out really bad too with shit weather all the way. It was like 52 degrees and raining, so much so, that it was starting to get dark at 5 too. See the map for the drive we took:
View Larger Map
We went through Leavenworth, the fake bavarian town in Washington. We also stopped at the Aplets and Cotlets factory in Cashmere, WA. So for those who don't know what aplets and cotlets are. They are the candy that usually only old grandmas have. Kids find them gross, and there is always plenty left over of that stuff after halloween. It's always the last stuff that gets picked. It's just not a kids' flavor, it's more of an old people's flavor.
This is us touring the factory. It's really cute, the whole factory is the size of a coffee shop. The things look pretty gross with their powder sugar covering and all.I reluctantly went to the free sample tasting. Gross stuff. Then I bit into it. I couldn't believe the buds on my tongue. Pure heaven materialized itself in corn syrup in my mouth. A whole new world of taste is now mine. We bought some more chocolate covered pure heaven. I am now officially part of the old school old folks crew. I can't wait for Halloween and having all those aplet and cotlet leftovers.
We arrived at lake Chelan and it was raining and 51, quickly getting cold and dark. It was only 4:30 pm. So we decided to go back to the fake bavarian town of Leavenworth and stay at a hotel. We stayed at the Enzian Inn, a really cool place. It had an indoor pool so the kids loved it.
Then the amazing breakfast with a view over the mountains and the peaked roof and sunshine, we woke up to a smal bit of bavaria:
The owner of the Enzian Inn still plays the Alphorn every morning. The sun was shining and we were on our way!On our way to Slidewaters of course! It was quickly getting hot and sunny. First open day for the place. the kids hat a blast and so did I (and Melissa must have liked the reading that she got in).
A really pretty waterpark, no crowds whatsoever, with a view over lake Chelan. We never waited more than a couple of seconds for a slide ride.Then we headed to the campground for two days of fun camping. You can see the pics below.
I got this cool hammock. So I could nap. Sweet.
We went wandern. it was a ton of fun!
And the kids loved the sunshine and all.
Me packing up stuff.And Melissa posing with her hipster fidel castro hat:
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Watson said...
Watson: "I don't want to live with you guys anymore."
Milo:"So where do you want to live?"
Watson:"I want to live in my own house without you guys."
Watons:"There would only be one big room with a table and a computer on it in my house and I could play the computer all the time by myself."
Milo:"So where do you want to live?"
Watson:"I want to live in my own house without you guys."
Watons:"There would only be one big room with a table and a computer on it in my house and I could play the computer all the time by myself."
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Winterpics
Looked through some old pictures of winter 2008 and found this little trip we did back in January or so. Also found this cool new site, animoto.com. It makes cool slide shows with the requisite soundtrack.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Mount St Helens
OK. Milo ist seit Jahren voellig von Vulkanen fasziniert. Er hat Buecher und hat sie auch alle selber gelesen. Er hat ein Wissen ueber Kompositvulkane, Stratovulkane, und was es sonst noch alles gibt wie ich sonst keinen kenne. Er weiss auch alle Daten ueber alle wichtigen Vulkanausbruecher.
Also nichts wie los zum Mount St. Helens weil' so ein schoener Tag war. Es waren 27 Grad draussen, allerdings ein Waermereinbruch nach 7 Monaten Januar Temperaturen. Also lag noch eine Menge Schnee, obwohl es selbst oben in den Bergen sehr heiss war:
Da lag an einigen Stellen noch eine mehrere Meter hohe Schneeschicht. Teile des Parkplatzes waren noch voellig verdeckt.
Der Berg selber - das muss man schon mal mit eigenen Augen sehen. im inneren des Kraters waechst der neue Berg heran. Sie haben im hervorragenden visitor center ein time-laps ueber 6 Monate wo man Bild fuer Bild genau sehen kann wie der Berg in der Mitte aus dem Bauch des Kraters heraus waechst und immer mal wieder zusammenbricht.
Heute hat der Berg ein bischen geraucht, nicht so viel wie in 2004 als man dachte er wuerde wieder hochgehen.
Man nimmt an, das am Ende dieses Jahrhunderts der Berg wieder genauso aussehen wird wie am 19. Mai 1980.
Ach ja, alles gute zum 28. Geburtstag, Vulkanausbruch!
Also nichts wie los zum Mount St. Helens weil' so ein schoener Tag war. Es waren 27 Grad draussen, allerdings ein Waermereinbruch nach 7 Monaten Januar Temperaturen. Also lag noch eine Menge Schnee, obwohl es selbst oben in den Bergen sehr heiss war:
Da lag an einigen Stellen noch eine mehrere Meter hohe Schneeschicht. Teile des Parkplatzes waren noch voellig verdeckt.
Der Berg selber - das muss man schon mal mit eigenen Augen sehen. im inneren des Kraters waechst der neue Berg heran. Sie haben im hervorragenden visitor center ein time-laps ueber 6 Monate wo man Bild fuer Bild genau sehen kann wie der Berg in der Mitte aus dem Bauch des Kraters heraus waechst und immer mal wieder zusammenbricht.
Heute hat der Berg ein bischen geraucht, nicht so viel wie in 2004 als man dachte er wuerde wieder hochgehen.
Man nimmt an, das am Ende dieses Jahrhunderts der Berg wieder genauso aussehen wird wie am 19. Mai 1980.Ach ja, alles gute zum 28. Geburtstag, Vulkanausbruch!
Sunday, May 11, 2008
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