Home sweet home!

Now that I am officially on summer break I have made the much needed trip over the mountains to good ole' Tumwater, WA. I set off on the 1-90 drive Wednesday at 3, stopped in Moses Lake for a yummy Vanilla Latte (no mocha!!) and trekked through the beautiful mountain range and made it to TumH20 in exactly 5 hours! I was happily greeted by my mom, sister and dad in the driveway :) Within 10 minutes of being home, I took off for my half-marathon training run...and was quickly reminded that I live by cow manure pastures. As we said in high school, "if we can run through this smell, we can run through anything." However, I did appreciate the ability to run without having to stop at any intersections because I was out in the country :)

My first day home was quite the day! My best friend Jackie came over to my house in the morning and we prepared for our kayaking adventure on the Puget Sound. Our first stop was Starbucks of course for our morning coffee, and then we took off to the Boston Harbor marina and rented a double-kayak for a couple hours! The kayaking trip was quite relaxing...we came to like the "paddle 6 or 7 strokes, and then float" method. We made friends with seals and porpoises (mini dolphins) and searched for starfish, crabs and jellyfish! As usual I collected some shells on the beach...and Jackie wrote in the sand! After our successful kayaking trip, we headed to downtown Oly and went to the Farmers Market! We enjoyed lot's of free samples...I was a little disappointed they did not have asparagus for sale but Jackie walked away with some blueberries and peaches. Upon leaving the Farmer's Market, we used our "treat receipt" from Starbucks and got our second fixing of coffee for the day! We explored some wonderful stores in downtown Oly including Orca Books, a scrapbook store and even a vintage costume shop! Oh how I love Olympia :)

The coming days will also be filled with lot's of adventure! Tomorrow, my dad and I are embarking on another kayaking trip....probably more intense then the relaxing one I had today! Saturday we are also doing a 10k in Vancouver, WA...and then Sunday the McCann-Holcomb family is taking off for SAN DIEGO,CA for a family get-away :)

CONGRATS CLAIRE FOR GETTING A JOB! I am so proud!
Miss you girls in Spokane...keep holding down R apartment Ebay, Em have a great time in Seattle and Joanna, pick up the espresso machine :)
Dani, hope all is well in Visalia, CA
Ande, have a great hike with Ashley this weekend!
Lindsay, have fun crabbing with Em :)