My brother and his family are in town (yippee!) and my parents are taking us all on a snow vacation! What an amazing gift, family time AND a getaway.
We started out unloading at the ferry terminal, 10 people and 15 bags. It’s a lot of luggage, but we let the boys schlep their own bags plus we had all the snow boots and gear to bring as well. We were quiet the caravan of luggage and kids.
So nobody had the pressure of driving this crew over the snowy pass, Nana and Papa got us tickets for the train. As we were walking to the train station, a Seahawks game was in progress and walked by just as they scored a touchdown. That stadium is LOUD and the kids loved the fireworks. Pretty neat to even see it from the outside.
The train ride was 4 hours, mostly in the dark. We had the whole lower section of a car, so the kids could wander around a little and we plugged them into a movie to help pass the time. Carlos and I ventured up 3 cars to the dining car and got hot chocolate for the kids. We goofed around a bit while we were waiting for it to get made.
We arrived in Leavenworth around 8pm to snow! Lots of snow. We caught the shuttle to our condo @ the Icicle Inn and settled in for the evening.