With everything going on with the family, I found myself very excited for GagAugust weekend as a way to 'escape' reality, let loose and have fun! Jimmy, Keith and Ebay arrived in TumH20 Friday night...let the festivities begin! We began by searching through the woods for smores sticks (the boys were scared), roasting marshmallows, ALMOST getting in a car accident although I promise that I DID NOT SEE ANY CARS COMING (the new Ford Invisible just came out), watched a movie called The Crazies which resulted in the 4 of us snuggled up on the couch together. The evening concluded with star-gazing in the field (although the boys kept freaking out about bugs and Petrov the dog) camping out in the yard, Jimmy's snores, Keith's pillow talk and Ebay sneaking out of the tent and sleeping in my bed....and that was only Friday night!
Saturday began with breakfast, coffee and a trip to downtown Olympia for the Pet Parade. The 81st parade was a success of course and was deeply enjoyed by Ebay and the boys. On our way to the Capital, Keith got sidetracked and we had to stop at a Bike store...typical. However, we made if to the Capital building, successfully did some yoga and guacamole on the fronts steps, explained our plan to put Mercedes in the pet parade next year, toured the building...and then left! We hit up Value Village on the way home for our GAGA outfits, watched Talledega Nights then got ready for the big night!
We drove up to the Tacoma Dome (even got massages on the way up), walked around downtown, had our picture taken by millions of fans, sang GAGA songs with fellow concert goers, helped direct Lindsay to our parking lot, squished onto the LINK that would take us to the Tacoma Dome, safely made it inside the Dome for the concert and then enjoyed 2 hours of absolute INSANITY AND CRAZINESS...totally work the $65 ticket. Lady Gaga told us to be free and LOVE EVERYONE just like Jesus :) After laying in the field, the 5 of us crashed in the tent for a good nights' rest!
Sunday morning we enjoyed some time with my parents at the house before we went on our way. Lindsay headed down to Portland for some camping and Jimmy had his LONG drive back to Edmonds. Keith, Ebay and I set off for Spokane. We made some fun stops along the way including Lake Kachess where we decided it was only appropriate to swim in the mountain lake...it was totally worth it! We also stopped at the wild horse monument, experienced a very steep hike and 50mph winds but enjoyed the wonderful view at the top! Keith told me to roast a marshmallow using the car heater...so after 20 minutes of the heat on full blast, we enjoyed a smore in the car! George, WA would have been a better stop if Keith didn't drive past the sign I wanted a picture in front of...better luck next time! And of course, we had to stop for ice cream cones at McDonalds. 8 hours later...we safely made it back to R apartment.
The end. See facebook for pictures.
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