Friday, April 18, 2008

Family Trip 2008

The travelers: Aaron and Bonnie Smith: Madison 6, Porter 5, Ryan 2, Brayden 1. Mike and Jill Nielsen: Chloe 5, Mia 2. Brent and me: Makenna 2, Gavin 3 mo. The total headcount: 6 adults, 8 children 6 and under= 14 people

The Transportation: The Smiths 40 foot RV with it towing a trailer with a Yukon on it. Total footage= 70'?

The Destination: Oceanside and San Diego

Let me just say- this trip was CRAZY! It was a lot of fun... but man was it LOUD!

We left on Sunday afternoon and made it to Stateline at the wonderful Whisky Pete's Hotel and Casino. The rooms were a whopping $24.98 a night! There weren't even cockroaches!!! We did a little shopping at the outlets (yes, I know it was Sunday but you should have seen my wardrobe!) We ate at McDonald's and then went to bed. It took Makenna about 2 hours to unwind from the trip. She was jumping on the bed when I wasn't in the room, squealing at random times and wanting me to tell her stories all night. We headed out Monday morning and ate at McDonalds again. Luckily Mike allowed us to leave at 8 AM instead of 5 AM. Thanks Mike!

We made it to Oceanside where the resort was in who knows how long (I don't think we really now how long it took) but all of the kids behaved themselves especially when the retarded construction worker told us to go the wrong way and we ended up in a major jam, but Aarons great driving and Brent and Mikes guiding with the help of a not so retarded construction worker got us out in about 45 minutes or so.

We weren't allowed to check in when we wanted so we went to Spanky's Pizza. (see following post)

12 of the 14 crew members


Brent and Kenna


Gavin sleeping in the shower

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