- The Crew for this trip:
Mom - writer and community manager, as well as mother to three kids (18, 11, 10).
Dad - game industry veteran of 19 years, at age 44 dealing with the effects of time and allergies
Lillber - a young man of rapidly growing height (almost as tall as Dad already) who loves being a geek and loves games and books just as much as his Dad. At age 11 he is able to wear all of Dad's clothes.
PezMiner - a boy who just turned 10 that is a big fan of computer games like Roblox, Club Penguin, Age of Empires, and certainly Minecraft. Lately also a great player of a schoolyard game known as "Wall Ball". He is most looking forward to going to Water Parks across the USA.
Luna - our 32' RV, model Coachmen Freelander 32BH.
| Floorplan of our 32 ft RV from Coachmen |
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| PezMiner in the bottom bunk |
Lillber loves the 'bunk over Cab' at the front of the RV which is above the driver.
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| Lillber in the morning sleeping over the driver's cab |
Not appearing on this trip: our daughter. At 18 and with her new drivers license has plenty to do besides being stuck with her parents and younger brothers in a 32' RV for two weeks.
- Summary of the day
Mom had spent most of the previous week getting things ready while I was at the Game Developer Conference in San Fran, CA. Thursday was PezMiner's 10th Birthday. I came home early from GDC in order to be there for his birthday. He was happy with his presents that included a Roblox branded water bottle I had snagged that morning at the Roblox booth at GDC. Key point - if you are making a kids game, make sure to have cool giveaways at conferences for your fellow game industry parents to bring home.
Friday was a half day for the kids so we were able to plan on trying to leave before rush hour. With a few store trips and a beautiful sunny day for a change, we finally got everything packed up and ready to go by 4pm. Saying our goodbyes to Daughter (and not even worried about high school parties while we will be gone), we hit Highway 18 to I-90 and were off.
Great weather and no traffic across Snoqualmie Pass so we made good time to Ellensburg and then south to Yakima. We stopped for a break at the same rest stop we did on our first RV trip back in July 2011. Took some pics of the boys to show how much they've grown:
Compare the boys in 2011 vs 2013:
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| Lillber in 2011 |
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| Lillber in 2013 |
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| PezMiner in 2011 |
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| PezMiner in 2013 |
From the rest stop at the bridge before Yakima it was just a bit longer to get to Grandma's house in Kennewick, WA. We pulled up to her house right as the Pizza Hut delivery man got there with pizza for all of us.
The boys played some Wall Ball and we set up camp in the driveway for the night.
- Itinerary:
Start - 4pm Pacific (Home)
End - 8pm Pacific (Mother-in-Law's House)
Distance - ~ 215 miles
Time - 4 hours including 30 min rest stop
Route - I-90 to Ellensburg then south to Kennewick via I-82 through Yakima
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