Getting Outta Dodge
So, where were we when we left town last month?
Every year, my husband’s family generously invites us on a family vacation somewhere. We only need to get there and enjoy the time with a lovely group of people who like to visit beautiful locations.
Since Aaron's sister's family lives in Alaska and others live near Seattle, this is often the only time we get to see them all year.
Last year, we took five month old Grace sailing. This year, we all met up in Whistler, British Columbia. The house that they rented was a stunning, four-story affair on the side of hill about a mile from town. I’m always a little floored that a home like this is someone else’s SECOND home since my first home would fit inside of it. Like, two and a half times over.
It had a sauna, steam shower, a hot tub, radiant heated slate floors, a heated driveway (it IS ski country, I guess), two fireplaces, a two-story high living room ceiling, and three levels of outdoor balconies. The drama! The heating bill! The screaming echoes of a toddler who does not posses a volume control!!
Aaron and I soon learned, though, that the phrases “relaxing vacation” and “active toddler” never appear in the same sentence for good reason. After our 5:30 am wake-up call from Grace each morning, our frantic child-proofing attempts (the baby gear rental place didn't have baby gates for stairways that were four feet wide), and Grace's enthusiastic adoption of the word “NO!” on this trip, we may need a vacation from our vacation.
Finally, we just gave in, turned the hot tub down to below body temperature, and used it as a swimming pool. A "cee-ment pond", if you will. Because we are nothing if not resourceful. And hillbillies.
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Comments
I love that slate Grace is standing on. My mom has the same stuff in her foyer and hallway in her big house in the mountains in Spokane.
Also, I'm sooo jealous of the gorgeous places you get to go.
Posted by: jamaila | July 17, 2007 11:43 AM
Ah! Those who would like to be adopted by Aaron's family may start forming a line to the left. We get a lot of inquiries along these lines. Including from my own dad.
Posted by: jm | July 17, 2007 12:15 PM
so glad you had a great time! whistler is so much fun and incredibly beautiful but :( i can't believe you didn't come visit us in vancouver!
Posted by: deb | July 17, 2007 2:27 PM