Our Choose Your Own Adventure wasn’t for the wimpy. In order to survive this vacation — or at least to think it was fun — you had to be adventurous, malleable, creative and most of all… you had to be low maintenance.
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The sleeping of six in our minivan was like a game of Jenga. Ultimately, the best arrangement was…Navy was on the back bench. Scout was temporarily on the middle bench that was pushed all the way back to Navy’s bench. Dash was on one side of the spacious floor space. On the other side of the floor was Pippi — with Dash’s feet in her face. Micah took the passenger’s seat that was reclined to about a 150 degree angle — creating a cave for Dash. After I finished driving, I reclined the driver’s seat to 150 degrees and woke up Scout for that spot, while I took the middle bench. And the crazy part…we all slept like babies.
The northwest coast is in constant fog. So drying out bathing suits was an impossible task. But hanging them all over our car while we were stopped, and then letting them fly in the wind while we drove, took them to a damp level instead of dripping wet. We must have looked insane!!! But I think our bug-covered license plate reeled any looky-loos in.
Our most creative and low-maintenance moment came after a day of filth, where we actually looked for a hotel and couldn’t find one. I went into one final hotel to try and get a room, and when they denied us…I said, “Ok…all I need is a shower. Where can I find fresh water in any way? I needed a pool shower, a beach shower…anything! The ladies heard our story, and were cracking up. We all brainstormed, and then I said, “Hey! Do you have one of those spray car washes?” They did! And about eight minutes later…Scout and I were showering in the car wash.
The others looked on and laughed. Scout and I smelled on and laughed.
And truth be told…the spray car wash came in handy for everyone later on in the trip!
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