Chelan 2022

Greetings Sam 'n Max afficionados! At the end of August we took a big family trip to Lake Chelan for a week, more specifically to the town of Manson. You may recall we took a similar trip around the same time last year, so hopefully this will become a regular tradition.

Mom, Sam, Dad and Max

Baba, Grandma, Mom, Max, Sam, Aunt Sarah and Uncle Nick

This year Aunt Sarah and Uncle Nick joined us for half the trip. It was fun having so many people around, and the boys enjoyed all the attention.

Max likes his stuffed animal "Kitty"

Baba and Sam

A nice rainbow we saw from our porch

Aunt Sarah, Uncle Nick and Charlie

Sam explores the beach with Dad

Sam enjoys the pool

There were several big differences from last year, one of them was that the boys really enjoyed splashing in the pool (with a lot of supervision). Last year the boys didn't enjoy the pool, even with the floats that we had, but this year was thankfully different. We spent most afternoons in the pool, but I didn't take many pictures as I was too busy splashing along with everyone.

Sam looks cute at sunset

Max, holding some piece of the umbrella stand

Sam, Grandma, Max, Aunt Sarah and Charlie

Max liked wearing Uncle Nick's hat

Sam and Max enjoy the view from the playground

This neat playground, Willow Point Park, is by the water. Most mornings we would take the boys to a playground or park, and when they took their afternoon nap then we could go do fun adventures ourselves. We got out paddle boarding and jet skiing this year, which was great.

Max, Aunt Sarah and Charlie

Sam enjoys the views at Singleton Park

Singleton Park was a funny name, because most people have singletons, but we have twins. This park had an amazing selection of equipment and play structures; it was quite impressive.

Sam and Max enjoy the spinning thing

Amanda and I got out for another hike, similar to last year. In fact, we went on the exact same hike as last time, so some of these photos might look familiar.

Amanda at the start of the hike

Blue sky and nice views

Posing in the same spots as last year

I might even be wearing the same shirt, hat and sun glasses that I wore on this hike last year. You'll have to check last year's blog post to verify.

The views

This solidary tree hadn't changed much

This section of forest had burned down several years ago

We visited the beach at Wapato Point. There are nice slides and swings at this beach.

Grandma, Dad, Sam, Max and Baba go swinging

Sam enjoyed playing with the sand and water

Max had fun with the little watering can

Sam and Dad on the beach

Max and Sam enjoyed many more baths than usual

Between the beach and the pool we wound up giving the boys many more baths than normal. Thankfully the boys love splashing around in the bathtub, too.

Grandma, Sam, Baba and Max

Max looks a bit upset in many of these group photos. For whatever reason he really didn't want to be part of photos this year, and just wanted to play. Whenever we picked him up for pictures he got upset.

Mom, Sam, Dad and Max, who obviously isn't enjoying this

This was the best family photo we got at this location. I really wish we had one with Max smiling, but maybe next time!

Max is happy to swing with Baba

Max enjoys the "rodeo chair" at Singleton Park

Max, Dad, Sam and Mom enjoy the teeter-totter

Mom, Max and Kitty

Max, Grandma, Baba and Sam

Overall it was a great trip, and we're already looking forward to doing it again next year. I hope the boys enjoy the pool and beach even more next year, and if the past trend is any indicator, next year is going to be the best yet.