Spring Break 2011

We kept ourselves busy for Spring Break this year. On Saturday Tiffani and I went to Aberdeen for a few days. Tiffani got some "puppy" loves from Hank since we left our dogs home with Les.
I love how Hank is hanging on to Tiffani in this picture. :)



Tiffani made bread bowls (from scratch) for the first time and potato soup (from Bear Creek) for dinner one night. It was so-o-o yummy!

Tiffani and I came home Tuesday night. On Thursday we left here at 8am and took Tessa out to Ron & Judy's. We weren't able to take Simba to our favorite "foster family" for him, so he came with us. We got to Lewiston mid afternoon and joined Brianna on campus. Kelley was giving a tour that afternoon so we were going to just hang out at the SUB and then eat dinner there. We couldn't take Simba inside so I sat outside - in the wind! - and read my book with Simba attached to me, while the rest went in and played pool and other stuff. So after 2 hours of that, they all came out and we went to the park until it was time for dinner (limited serving times). Simba stayed in the car while we ate.

Just a few of the "rapid fire" shots of the girls on the swing... If you could see all 34 pictures in a row, you would see the outside bars swaying in!!

Brianna was pretty insistent on getting Simba on the slide. I don't know if he liked it, but he didn't complain either.

Simba - It was still pretty windy!
After we ate dinner, we loaded Tiffani's stuff into Brianna's car and then went up to Colton. T, B & K stayed at the SUB before heading to the dorm. Friday Les and I went down to Lewiston, got Brianna's car and got the tires changed on it and then headed to the campus again. We met the girls there, Brianna was giving a tour and then they fed us lunch again. (They have to use the money on their cards or they loose it at the end of the semester.) Then we thought we'd go play mini golf so went to the dorms to park and then walked to Bumpers.

I know - an odd picture, but it gets me every time how Brianna & Tiffani walk in-step with each other without even thinking about it...

This is the concussion causing bounce house... If you don't know, just know that Brianna IS Les's daughter and you'll know enough! ;)

Inside the fun center. Too bad it wasn't Elmo, huh Brianna?

Well we didn't end up playing golf. The center had a huge roll up door that was open and looked out towards the River and we all decided that we should be outside enjoying the beautiful day instead of playing indoor mini golf.

Brianna's head is blocking the shot I was going for - it(the rivers joining) should have been framed between their heads!! Tiffani would have caught it that way, she's good at that! A little side tracked there - Anyway, the Clearwater River is on our right and the Snake is in front of us. The rivers meet there and it is called, in Nez Perce, Tsceminicum, which means "Meeting of the Waters".

This sculpture at the meeting of the rivers is in front of an outdoor Lewis and Clark Center. This east facing side shows the wildlife and legends of the Clearwater River and its tributaries. The front is a symbolic Earth Mother.

The west facing wall are those of the Snake River. The very top and left on the picture is a coyote, the central "Trickster" character of Native American legend.
The wall is much more interesting to look at in person. There's a lot to see!

As we were walking around campus Thursday night Les asked about the canoe that was there when we toured it before Brianna went there. No one seemed to know where it went. We found it at the Lewis and Clark Center. LCSC students made this dugout canoe in the 1970's.

We didn't see/hear the barge coming soon enough to actually see it go under the train draw bridge, but it was pretty neat to see it coming by.

Sisters :) We were standing on a dock when the barge went by so those big swells are from it. And silly me decides to take a picture while swaying back and forth!

Sisters - yep even Tiffani claims Kelley as a sister. :) They are a lot alike except for that whole height thing. :)

After posing for that picture they decided they wanted to take a flying leap off the 'box' they were standing on...
the beginningthe middlethe end...

We continued our walk around to the Snake River side of the greenbelt. The "blue bridge" that connects Idaho and Washington.

A cool canoe sculpture.

After our walk we went to the dorm for a bit and hung out in their basement, playing cribbage, ping pong and foosball. Then we went apartment hunting/viewing with Brianna & Kelley before getting dinner (at Panda Express - enough campus food) and then heading for our respective sleeping quarters. Saturday Brianna had to work, so we stayed up in Colton and all the girls came up later. They played Just Dance on the Wii & ate pizza (well we all did that!). Sunday, it was back to Lewiston for breakfast and then we headed back home again.

It was a great Spring Break. Though I do question the "Spring" part. It was so beautiful Friday - the car said 75 degrees at 6:00 that evening. But later that night (10ish maybe) we had thunder, lightening, loud pelting rain on the windows. And then Saturday afternoon/evening it hailed, snowed and then hailed again! Spring WILL come. I have faith!