If you've ever been sandboarding, you probably know what it feels like to be sore in every possible area of your body. You also probably are aware that the sand gets everywhere- and I mean everywhere. You probably have had bruises on your arms and legs (I know I have). Heck, if you've ever been sandboarding; you know how lousy it sounds when you're describing how sandboardng works.
But you also probably love sandboarding ;)
Last Tuesday me and my family woke up at the yawn of dawn and drove to Seattle. (Puyallup, acctually, but it's all the same once you venture west of the Cascades). Our first stop was the wonderful Puyallup fair for fattening food, thrills, and prizes. The adrenaline junkies in the family (me, Gabe, dad, Kota) did the scary rides while the sissies owned the ferris wheel. By the end of the day we were all exhausted but I got some good grub and a couple stories to tell.
We stayed at Aunt Alise and Uncle Kevin's house for that night. The next morning we enjoyed a yummy breakfast prepared by Uncle Kevin and I even got to go on a run with my Aunt! We managed four miles- though I was a panting, sweating, limping mess by the time we were done. I don't even think Aunt Alise broke a sweat.
By ten we were in the car again, headed for Oregon. By that time Levi had joined us and a few of us kids (namely: Dakota and I)rode in his car. We didn't make it to our hotel until late that night and we barely had enough energy to claim our beds.
On Thursday morning our first priority was renting the sandboards and hitting the dunes. There was supposed to be a park with jumps and stuff- but it turned out to be just a grind bar loosly stuffed into the sand. We found a couple steep dunes and spent our afternoon faceplanting the earth.
Thursday night we enjoyed some A&W for dinner, and I had a monstrous Root Beer Float that I barely managed to finish. We played Munchkin Booty back at the hotel and I finished reading a book.
On Friday I not only read another book but we went to a different Sand Dune and leanred a couple of awesome tricks. The highlight of Friday was renting quads and tearing up the dunes with the tires. I was completely and utterly terrified throughout all of the hour we had them for, and I spent most my time trying to work up the nerve to get up hills.
Saturday was quads again- Dad and I got a two person quad (called a rhino- I believe) and he manged to thoroughly freak me out and snap my spine into two. I enjoyed this day quite a bit.
On Sunday moring we said goodbye to Levi and loaded into the van at 9:30, not seeing our wonderful little home in Tonasket until about 11:00 p.m. By then, we were all tired and I slept until 10:00 the next morning.
