The Events of July 6, 2010

Today we woke up at the Van Bergeyks’ house. What’s weird here - but still kind of cool – is that the neighborhoods have no sidewalks. Their beautifully manicured, lush green lawns just keep going, and then end at the street. The people walk in the street and ride their bikes in the street and drive in the street. Maybe I’m spoiled to have had sidewalks in all the neighborhoods I’ve ever lived in, but the absence of a sidewalk did strike me as kind of odd. I wonder what the residents think when they visit neighborhoods that actually do have sidewalks. 

Anyway, this morning we had an amazing breakfast consisting of Mr. Van Bergeyk’s special pancake recipe, with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves with real Canadian maple syrup. Also, they graciously served us kiwis, sliced peaches, and fresh blueberries. After breakfast, we packed up our RV and they packed up their van for their camping trip. We followed them to the nearest Costco with a gas station, at which we spent over $125 (!) filling up our gas guzzling machine and said our goodbyes to the Van Bergeyks.

Then we went on to visit the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA, seeing how planes have changed through time. Ben liked seeing the designs of different ways of traveling through air and space in comparison to one another. Abby enjoyed the WASP exhibit, while Lindsey and I enjoyed asking Pete Conrad about his life in the “Rendezvous in Space” exhibit. My favorite part was the interactive kids’ section, “The Flight Zone”, in which we got to sit in real planes and control them. After the Museum of Flight, we went home and had a relaxing evening watching the new family favorite television show, “America’s Got Talent”. And we all got to sleep in real beds! No one slept in the RV, as the Van Bergeyks were gone camping, and graciously left us their entire house, complete with five beds, just enough for the six of us! Thanks so much, Van Bergeyk family!