We have officially completed our longest road trip as a family of four. We left Lakewood around 3 am on Mon. July 29 to spend 3 days in Lake Tahoe (Stateline). Phish was playing a two night run and we were able to buy tickets and secure a hotel room earlier this year. The trip up there was relatively easy and Brynna, who is potty training and doing very well at it, didn't soil her diaper the whole way! She used gas station toilets along the way each time we stopped and I took those opportunities to nurse without a cover in honor of National Breastfeeding Week. ;-) We sang songs and Brynna watched Ice Age on the portable DVD player.
We arrived at our hotel around 10 am. The Lakeside Inn and Casino. We were able to check in right away and were really excited about how cute our room was! It felt like a cabin with exposed ceiling beams and wood paneling.
We relaxed for a while before heading out to find some dinner. We ended up eating take out from Sprouts Cafe where Brynna proudly announced at the counter, "I'm vegan!" The food was really great! Over the next few days we enjoyed hummus melts (sans cheese), Santa Fe tempeh burgers, a baked tofu bowl, a kids burrito, 2 hot shots (wheat grass w/ lemon, ginger, and cayenne), and ABC cookies. Really great and very busy restaurant.
Night One (7/30) of the show was pretty great. Really dark and funky jams that were easy to dance to. Kellen was a bit overwhelemd and fussy for a good chunk of the show but I held him closed and nursed him until he fell asleep. Brynna made a friend named Juniper and the danced alongside each other, two adorable toddlers getting their groove one! Juniper's mom is named Elise and we got along with her really well.
Night Two (7/31). Amazing. The kids were in great moods. The walk with them in carriers between the venue (Harveys) and the hotel was doing a number on our backs but it was worth it. We met up with Elise and Juniper inside again and had an amazing experience with the kids. The show was amazing. Set 2 opened with a 36 minute Tweezer that was so fucking perfect and intricate and awesome I forgot what I was listening to and was just entranced by the beauty of the music and the happiness I felt being there with my family. My babies have no idea how lucky they are to have been at that show. I'm ecstatic that we were that lucky.
Our drive home the next day was a little rougher...we left at 9 am and withing the hour Brynna was car sick. She just threw up one time though and we got her cleaned up pretty quickly. Kellen seemed uncomfortable and hungry the entire ride and I spent most of it turns around in my seat trying to sing him to sleep. We hit rush hour in LA and Brynna couldn't hold her pee pee in until we got home.
Such a quick rundown of the trip...I'm blogging from my phone which I hate typing on. In short, it was a fantastic family vacation. Kids were great, Tahoe was beautiful, and Phish was spot-on amazing.
