Goodbye Walla Walla~ Hello Country Roads

Tuesday July 2nd was pack up and drive home day. No formal breakfast at the airbnb but one last swim was in order!

It was an amazing trip and time together.

Goodbye Walla Walla.

We decided on a different route home north on highway 12 to 127 and then onto 195 to Spokane and then on 395 all the way home.

Our Colville kids took a different route home and stopped at Palouse Falls.

After the Palouse this was the scene in the rear view window for these tired out Grands.

Coming and going it was a wonderful family time being together and seeing sites we’ve never seen before.

Back to the present. It is hot, real hot. On Sunday we got up to 105 and today will be another blistering day before we start a gradual cool down. We are laying low and only outside in the early hours. Hope you are keeping cool in your neck of the woods.

Along the Way…

Our little family of 10 planned a special getaway to Walla Walla for Saturday the 29th of June until Tuesday the 2nd of July. Greg and I left a day early to make a stop at Palouse Falls and spend the night in Richland, Washington.

We found our way to the parking lot at the viewpoint to see the falls.

 

From Palouse Falls we headed a little west to the town of Richland which is part of the Tri-Cities for a night at a Marriott property. We had enough points to have our night for free. When we checked in the friendly employee upgraded us to a suite with a view of the water (The Columbia River) for which we were grateful. We dropped off our luggage and ventured to the restaurant we chose for our dinner. We were back to our room for an early night and woke up on Saturday to a lovely sunrise.

We would have several hours to wile away on this day until we met up with Katie and Andrew for a wine tasting at Seven Hills Winery at 1:30. The Walla Walla area and the Columbia Valley area in this part of our state is renowned for wine production. Our check in time for our Airbnb wasn’t until 4pm.

Cheers!

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