Northwest Trek

Ava came for a visit the end of August. The 1st day she was here she hung out with Cirdan. She went with him to get a hair cut. Then the girls and I came home and she got to play with Kaiya. They were playing detective or something which was really cute.

On Thursday we decided to use our NW Trek passes . We bought a year pass and wanted to make sure we get our moneys worth! It was a nice warm day. I thought that you just ride in a car the whole time and didn't realize that they have trails that you walk around to see some animals. I wore the most uncomfortable shoes... The girls had fun and it was exciting to see animals that aren't at the other zoos.




This big wolf scared the girls...

We had good luck when we went on the tram. There were a lot of animals out. We saw moose, bison, mountain goats, deer, elk, others that I cant remember and a wild skunk that the tour guide said she had never seen before.

The buffalo scared me to death. When I was little I went to Yellowstone with my family and Gramee. I was so scared of the buffalo that just walk around on the road next to the cabins were we were staying. I even had a dream that one came through the window and licked me. I still remember being so afraid of those animals. This part of the tour was not fun for me. It didn't help much that we pulled up right in the middle of them and they were so close we could touch. A couple of them had a baby and they weren't looking too happy about us being there. Another stood in the front of the tram so that we had to sit there and wait for him to decide to slowly walk out of the way. That was one of the longest 5 minutes of my life. Thankfully we made it out alive.

We were kind of worried how Ella would do on the 45 minute tour but she did great! She loved looking at the animals and being outside.

I was sitting next to Ava and all the sudden I felt a head against my arm. About 30 minutes into the tour she feel fast asleep.

Since we passed Sonic on the way home we HAD to stop.

Ava flew out on Friday but we got that morning with her. We drove down to Tacoma where her Grandma lives and took the girls out to Ihop for breakfast. We played at the park.... by then it was time to take Ava back to her grandmas. It was really good to see her again. She didn't want to leave so soon...which was heartbreaking.