One week and one half ago we gave up on our life on the coast and moved back inland. It was a sad time leaving behind our "kinks-worked-out" newish house in Port Angeles and moving to a desert at a reservoir in Coulee Dam, WA. The toughest thing to leave, in the end, were the friends we made this past six years. Especially the neighbors. They spent loads of time with us the last few days and even came over for one last goodbye after the house was completely empty.
Simon, Finn, Aidan and Ethan.
But now we are settled into the dry interior of the state and look what we've found! We have a massive house, a huge yard, a view of the Tailrace below Grand Coulee Dam from the living room, a massive sandy beach and swimming area, and a mostly quiet little town with a new playground! Not to mention the little grocer down the street has donuts! Not quite Cockadoodle, but big and frosted with sprinkles for hungry boys, none the less.
Here's Spring Canyon. Does't really look like a canyon; more like a beach if you ask me. Regardless, its part of the Roosevelt National Recreation Area on FDR Reservoir. Its an awesome place and having temperatures near 100 degrees avery day you can bet the boys have been there about every other day. This was apparently the "best sand castle ever and was going to be on the news for sure..."
The walnut tree in our backyard will certainly be a climbing favorite in years to come. I think I can probably get a tire swing dangling from one of those limbs sometime soon. The boys spent a big chunk of the afternoon picking up storm-dropped green walnut pods. The locals tell us they'll drop for real in November and be ready to roast before Christmas!
Down the street and around the corner is the sandy scar that was left when they separated the rocks out for Dam aggregate in the 1930s. Huge conveyor belts carried the rocks down to the concrete plant closer to the dam. This massive sand pile was left. The boys climb it nightly. Simon already has a battle wound from a tough slide. Finn took a face first roll too but came out only spitting sand. Tonight Simon neglected to keep his flip flops on his feet on the return from the top and its still wedged up there under the sandy surface somewhere.
So for the most part the boys have been hanging around. School starts in a week and so does soccer. Both boys are registered; Simon for public first grade and Finn at a co-op preschool down the street. Katie and I are working on a 40 year old house that hasn't been properly cared for in a couple years. Oh yeah, and I started a new job. So far so good!
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