Blake, Diana, Randy, Courtney, Brian, Celia and Maden took a little vacation and drove in two cars to Blaine, Washington. We left just before midnight on July 27th, it took about 14 hours to drive there. It was kind of a long night/day. We arrived at the Worldmark Resort on the Birch Bay of the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, July 28th at about 4:00 Pacific time. Blake, Brian, Celia and Randy played tennis some of the mornings, they found out that you can't use high altitude tennis balls at sea level.
Thursday, we rested and went to the beach when it was low tide.
Maden is working real hard at crawling, he almost has it down!
We all did a lot of playing with Maden. He was soooo good!
We also did a lot of eating!
Maden's just "hanging" around.
Blake found a crab down at the beach.
They had a grand time digging for clams.
Maden loved the water, and didn't mind the sand.
Can you see the sand on his face? He did try to eat some, but mostly just splashed.
The boys went out for a long way, maybe just a little too far, because they had to swim back and there was an undercurrent, but they made it back safely.
Celia made a sand castle, using Maden as one of the spires!
Maden loved knocking over her sand spires.
Clams!
Looks like Maden is going to get Courtney a little dirty!
On Friday, we all piled into one car and drove into Vancouver, B.C., Canada. We went to an aquarium, Chinatown, and to see the Olympic Caldron.
Courtney in a frog pond.
Maden checking out some fish.
A very large lego looking whale on the dock by the olympic caldron.
The 2010 Winter Olympic Caldron
What a happy boy!
We had to wait quite a while at the border to get back into the United States, so I got out and took a picture of the Canadian Flag in flowers.
The American Flag in flowers!
Saturday, we went Miniature golfing.
Even Maden went golfing with us.
Sunday, August 1st, we helped Courtney celebrate her 22nd birthday!
Then we drove to White Rocks, BC and walked out on a long pier.
We came back to the States at different crossing, and this is the sign that greeted us.
Monday, we chartered a private whale watching tour. It was awesome! The boat driver/tour guide said we probably saw 50 different whales!
On the boat, ready to go!
Maden wasn't so sure about the noise and bumpy ride for a while, he didn't fuss, but just kind of sat real still.
Randy and Courtney watching for whales at the back of the boat.
Brian and Celia at the front of the boat.
This was a huge one! It is so hard to get good pictures, but so fun trying!
Randy love the whale watching!
This is our little boat!
On Tuesday, the kids rented this "Surrey". It was pretty hard to pedal!
Wednesday morning, we packed up and headed for home. We stayed the night in Missoula, Montana. Thursday we made it home! It was a great trip!
