It all started early in the morning, traveling by car, plane, bus, train, then car again. Here is us at the train station in Tacoma. Pretty, no?
Saturday morning I took Evan for a hike up Beacon Rock. Beacon Rock is really not a rock, but a lava plug. Apparently, a long time ago, some volcano erupted and this is what was left of it. Some guy bought it early in the 1900s for ONE PENNY and constructed a trail up the side. I is now a very popular hike for people living in the area. It's pretty short and easy so a lot of families go when the weather is nice. This is a picture of us partway up, it was pretty windy that day, but then being in the gorge, and up a couple hundred feet made it even more.
After Beacon Rock, I took Evan to the fish hatchery and the Bonneville Dam. The dam is hydroelectric and uses these monstrous turbines to make power. We learned it takes something like 96,000 gallons of water per second to keep these turning 75 times a minute. CRAZY! The hatchery is nearby, where they grow lots and lots of fish, then release them into the river. Back in the day, the salmon population was pretty big in the river, now they are trying to keep it regulated since building the dam hurt the salmon population quite a bit. Here is Evan under an old turbine. They just finished replacing the old turbines and put this one on display outside.
After Beacon Rock, I took Evan to the fish hatchery and the Bonneville Dam. The dam is hydroelectric and uses these monstrous turbines to make power. We learned it takes something like 96,000 gallons of water per second to keep these turning 75 times a minute. CRAZY! The hatchery is nearby, where they grow lots and lots of fish, then release them into the river. Back in the day, the salmon population was pretty big in the river, now they are trying to keep it regulated since building the dam hurt the salmon population quite a bit. Here is Evan under an old turbine. They just finished replacing the old turbines and put this one on display outside.
Sunday was our big party. We played a 'how well do you know each other' game. Every time we got a question wrong we had to put a piece of gum in our mouths. We didn't do se well! I think we ended up with 8 pieces of gum each in our mouths. I gave one of mine to my assistant Mia. It was her job to unwrap the gum and make sure I ate it. After about three pieces I told she could have one. She politely said thank you and took one for the team! The last couple pieces were hard to get in! Evan was able to blow a bubble with his, I couldn't quite get it to happen.
We were dressed in toilet paper wedding dresses along with my cousin Kurtis and Mia (4 1/2 ad spunky!) Mia won the competition. She had the other kids at the party dressing her and they took it very seriously. She made a great model and a beautiful bride! 
I really did enjoy our trip, but I am also glad to be back. There is still a lot to do and just over 60 days left to do it! Plus all of the work and school we both have going on at the same time!
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