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March 25, 2008
Easter weekend, rusty sculpture, and rainbows.
We had an awesome Easter. We packed up the car and drove down the Gorge through Oregon, up through Washington and over to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho where I have family.
We made a spinach and mushroom lasagne for Easter dinner, and I made garlic bread from scratch. I discovered that I've been cooking on electric ranges for so long, I don't know how to use a gas one. I accidently lit the garlic bread on fire, which was startling. Brian had to extinguish it with a hotpad (sorry Wilma!). Other than that faux-pas, dinner was good, and the wine and coversation were much better.
It was so fun to take a road trip at this part of year. The Gorge hold such a special place in my heart - I've had family up and down it over the past few centuries, so I'm always imagining what it looked like when so-and-so lived there.
On the way out, we noticed a weird sculpture place just off I-90, so on the way back we stopped and took a look. I put some pictures up on the flickr account of the whole trip, although I noticed I didn't take too many pictures in Coeur d'Alene (was enjoying talking too much, and we didn't go too far outside because of the snow and needing to get home).
We will head back there hopefully before this summer, although when Gretchen and her kids come to stay with us, we will drive back for a weekend so that Gretchen's kids can meet Wilma and Pat & Debbie. I told Brian that maybe we could go swimming in Hayden Lake, which is a mountain lake where I swam a lot when I was a kid. It'd be fun if my niece and nephew were able to do that too.
On the way back, we decided to drive along the Washington side of the Gorge. It was a great decision, although there is nowhere to stop to grab a bite to eat (lesson learned, we skipped dinner that night). It was soooo beautiful, and strangely different from the Oregon side.
We were winding along the road in the rain, when suddenly it stopped. We came around the corner and there was the most beautiful rainbow I've ever seen. Brian thought he was going to hit it, it was so big. He swerved a bit. Luckily, there was a spot to pull off, and he dove for it. As we were taking pictures and admiring it, about 10 cars swooped in, and people ran up, looked, and got back into their cars and left. Brian and I stood there for at least a half hour watching the sky change and the rainbow become a double rainbow. Really a remarkable view for Easter.
Posted by Heather at March 25, 2008 11:08 AM