Today Kay, Jean, Brett and I headed up I-5, across Hwy 2 and crossed Steven’s Pass to Leavenworth for the first stop on a 3 night road trip.  It is our first family road trip in years, and we are luxuriating in our first prolonged family time since Brett returned from Thailand.  The major event of the first day, other than the drive, was a tubing trip out of Leavenworth on Osprey River Rafting Co.  We took two short trips through the rapids just above Leavenworth over about 90 minutes.  The water was cold but with good rapids, and we had fun.  Birds on the trip included a singing American dipper, Common merganser, Violet green and Cliff swallows, Common Raven, American Crow, a blackbird I think was Brewers but couldn’t get a good look, and near the ride we heard House Finch, Yellow warbler, Spotted Towhee, and Song Sparrow.  We are staying at an AirBNB mobile home behind 59’er Diner off Hwy 2 about 15 miles west of Leavenworth.  It is in a Three Stooges theme, basic but sort of cool.

Tomorrow we are off to Chelan and then to stay in Winthrop.