This year was such a strange 4th of July. Not only because the Freedom Fair and big fireworks shows were closed due to COVID, but there was so much negativity this year. However, even with the strange 2020 year, we had a great holiday! We were able to spend a really nice day at home with my parents and Paul came over. We made a lot of food, watched fireworks from our backyard (we seriously had a 360 degree view) and just enjoyed each other. Riley is getting better about fireworks, not great, but a lot better than last year. Tyler just enjoyed all the food he was able to finally eat. We hope you all had a great day too!
FINALLY! We are able to get out and do SOMETHING! Phase two has been going on since June 1st, but the zoos opened back up on the 18th. At last we can go enjoy them! Well...I did at least. With all the new rules of not touching the glass or cages, the "you have to walk this way" arrows, and no playground, I'm not sure it was the exciting "welcome back to the zoo" that Riley was expecting. I could tell she had fun, but not nearly as much as before. Since this trip featured in this vlog, we have asked if she wanted to go to the zoo or the park (pre-COVID her answer was always the zoo) this time without hesitation she said the park. This new normal will take a little getting used to. But I'm happy we are slowly on our way there.
Last bit. Here is the last vlog for our 8 day road trip. We had so much fun and I can't believe how much video I captured of all of it. I am so happy that I did! We made so many memories and I can't wait until Riley and Tyler are older and I am able to show them these videos. Tyler will get to laugh at his amazing tongue skills and Riley can crack up at how scary that elk was. In this last portion we call this our "beach" part of the trip. Almost all this video is the different beaches we hit, Kalahlock, Ocean Shores, Cape Disappointment, and Cannon Beach. There are a few hikes in there too.
