Our room (2 bedroom, sleeps 6 to 8) was located immediately below the "D".
The room was decent, but a bit more dated than we were expecting, although it was nice to be close to town with a sandy beach, pool and hot tub.
Tanya's parents went with us since they happened to be in the state anyway.
Believe it or not, we didn't take ANY of the pets with us. The dogs got to vacation at Paula's house while the rest of the pets took a stay-cation at home.
Lake Chelan is about 190 miles or so from where we live, but we were able to drive the scenic Cascade Loop (east on Hwy 20 and west on Hwy 2). Some of us enjoyed the mountain scenery (me) while others weren't as comfortable with the curves and steep terrain (Tanya). I did learn that scary roads keep her from reading her books so we were able to enjoy some nice conversations along the way, although a few of these conversations followed a pattern:
T: {Gasps!} Here comes a corner. You'd better slow down.
E: Honey, I'm already doing 5mph below the speed limit.
{Repeat about every 1000 feet or so}
When we arrived Sunday evening, it was cloudy and had rained a bit earlier in the day.
Monday we toured around the east side of the lake, out to the town of Manson and took a detour by the house that I used to stay at during the early-teen years with Ken Reid and his family. Their house hasn't changed, but their neighbors houses have at least doubled in size. Wow!
This was followed by taking it easy at Darnell's beach and a visit to the Chelan Riverfront boardwalk for a nice stroll.
Tuesday we went to the waterslides at Slidewaters and enjoyed the sunshine.
Here are the grown ups taking it easy at the waterslides.
It's easy to know this is our family because this is easily visible in the near vicinity:
Wednesday we went mini-golfing and toured along the west side of the lake to the State Park.
Thursday we shopped around town, just visiting the local merchants and enjoying the local museum.
On Friday, we toured around town looking for murals containing apples. It sounds strange, but some of us were fixated on it (T!)... and it was listed as one of the "101 things to do at Chelan" list. The girls really got into it also, so it did turn out to be more fun than one would imagine.
As we headed west we stopped to visit the Rocky Reach dam on the Columbia River. There was a neat mural inside the visitor center:
Also, the spillways were open a bit so we were able to see the water rushing through the dam (from a distance):
We didn't go into the dam museum because the only way to get there is to take the dam elevator (pun intended). I wasn't up for that, so we decided to go visit the playground instead. We'll leave the museum for our kids to take their kids to when they are our age. ;)
The grounds around the Rocky Reach dam are very well maintained with a lot of flower beds all around. Here is a butterfly that I found taking a rest.
We arrived back home safe and sound Friday afternoon.
The girls immediately ran off to collect our pets from the pet sitters and to resume our normal chaos.
More pics and comments from the kids will follow shortly.
Links to other Chelan Vacation posts:
Lake Chelan: Mikayla voices her opinion
Lake Chelan: Alexia voices her opinion
Lake Chelan: 2009 Vacation Video Slideshow
~E
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