I-5 was busy yesterday afternoon as both Americans and Canadians returned home from their three-day weekends. As for us, once we exited to Highway 2 the traffic quieted down and we enjoyed a smooth drive over Stevens Pass, with slush on the road only around the summit.
It's a beautiful morning in Wenatchee and we're looking forward to spending some time with grandkids Riley and Blane today.
It also turns out that they have time to decorate their own little gingerbread house with Grandma.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.