Above Snowflake Lane

Tonight we watched the Snowflake Lane Christmas parade from a different vantage point. I think it was through Forum Social House but they provide hot cocoa and you get to watch the festivities from their balcony. I thought it was a hit. One of the girls in Ernie's daycare class happened to be there too so that was fun for him to hang out with her a little.

 

Kissabels

I wrapped up my first Wenatchee business trip today.

It's funny you can be doing a normal thing like driving your car to work but everything seems much more profound with a giant mountain range staring down at you. 

I'm very impressed by these Kissabel apples with the red flesh.

I had one last lunch with my boss then headed back over the mountains.

I brought some Kissabels home for my kissable family.

One advantage of coming home after being gone a few days is we could then catch up on our Italian cookie Advent calendar.

Apple Capital of the World

Today I took a shuttle van to Wenatchee, WA for my first business trip since being hired at my new job. There was a lot of swag.

They had some red fleshed apples on hand to try that were fun.

Residence Inn by Marriott Wenatchee had some great views of the mountains.

Seaplane Escape to America

We were about ready to go out back into Victoria, BC but first we needed to find out if all our shopping bags would fit on our head.

I sampled some of the local candy culture.

We had an opulent tea time at Pendray Tea House.

You can never have too many old lady tea pots, I always say.

A block away at the Hotel Grand Pacific they were having a Gingerbread Showcase.

Ernie now sort of conjugates "ho ho ho". If he wants to see more Santas or has just seen another Santa it’s “mo ho ho”. Recently he was leaving the Germans house and said goodbye to a girl wearing a Santa hat: “bye ho ho”.

We headed near the seaplane dock/airport thing and soaked in our last time in Victoria while awaiting our chariot.

Wheels?! Where we're going, we don't need wheels.

I've wanted to fly in a seaplane since I was a kid and I saw Indiana Jones fly one into exotic jungle locales in Raiders of the Lost Ark. It wasn't jungley and no one was shooting at me, but I still think kid me would be proud of adult me for getting this adventure done. 

It was a fun ride. I'd do it again.