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Our Trip that Never Happened


This is what should have happened this weekend Lee, his Dad and his friend end their motorcycle on Friday evening at friends house. The kids and I drive from our house to friend's house in Tri-Cities stay the night and then take their two kids and our two kids to Silverwood Saturday and we would head back home on Sunday.

Here is what really happened:
The kids and I leave our house around 4:40 which is 20 minutes early then I planned. We get to Baker City and the kids play for about 30 minutes on the playground. Then we head off to Tri-Cities. A few miles out of La Grande I have four voice mails and one text from Lee. I didn't have reception for about 30 miles. I know it can't be good news. My father in law blew his back tire on his motorcycle and they have to stay the night in Dalles, in order to have it fixed in the morning. Silverwood is out the window. So I have to turn back around and drive the 2.5 hours back home through construction at night. I have decided that my night vison is not as good as it should be and maybe I need to get my eyes checked.

Good news is that everybody is safe. Bad news is that Silverwood is off for this weekend and we won't see Lee until tonight. The kids were pretty upset about not being able to see Lee. We may try to go to Silverwood next weekend but everything is still pretty much up in the air.

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