the grubb six: vacation

Friday, May 29, 2009

vacation - day 5

day 5

we woke up, had a yummy pancake breakfast in our little house on wheels, packed up and headed off to wildlife safari. this 5 mile drive-through zoo in winston, oregon was a real treat! there are so many amazing animals - lions & tigers & bears

oh my! and zebras and giraffe and

hippos and rhinos and monkeys and emus and cheetahs! it was really fun for the kids and

adults. it

would have been completely out of our budget to do such a thing, BUT a christian homeschooling mom took us all for free!

(this is the kind of thing i love about fellow christian homeschoolers! i looked up a christian homeschool group in oregon on the internet and was able to connect with a like-minded family who offered to bless us - with nothing to gain for themselves! this gal drove an hour round trip to meet us AND drove us through the park (for about 2hrs), giving us a personal "insiders" tour! we were so blessed by her generosity and pray that her family will be blessed even more. besides the fun we had that day, i've also found a resource, someone who has gone before in support group creation & growth, so i am excited to pick this family's brains a little more when i'm back home.)

the safari was a lot of fun! our next stop was a little drive-in ice cream stand at rice hill - not in the gps so you have to be in the know to find it (which my mother-in-love is). yummy umpqua ice cream!

we traveled from there to corvallis, where scott grew up. we stayed on the street where he used to live with some neighbors, the seims.

they had a delicious barbeque dinner prepared AND banana splits! we took a walk to see scott's old homes and spoke with some neighbors who were still living there.

we (the 5 adults) played round-robin-ping-pong while the kids sat and watched and laughed. everyone had such a great time. we were able to look at some old photos and do some laundry.

then, grandma & ky slept inside while the rest of us were in the motorhome. we were able to see so many stars, the boys fell asleep looking at them through the window above their bed!