{"id":2188,"date":"2017-06-18T20:35:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-18T20:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/?p=2188"},"modified":"2017-07-10T14:38:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T14:38:35","slug":"new-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/2017\/06\/18\/new-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"New Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is Father’s Day today and I realized something. \u00a0We are currently traveling and are at the headwaters of the Missouri river, a key location in Lewis and Clark’s expedition. \u00a0Last year at this exact time we were at the Gateway Arch<\/a> in St. Louis which is a memorial for those who made possible the western expansion of the United States including Lewis and Clark! \u00a0So, it seems as though our new family tradition is to spend each Father’s Day doing something related to Lewis and Clark. \u00a0Ok, maybe that’s a silly tradition, but I think its pretty interesting how we ended up on Meriwether and Williams’ path 2 Father’s Days in a row.<\/p>\n

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We decided to just enjoy a lazy day around the campground. \u00a0To start the day off Steph made a traditional breakfast then the kids showered me with gifts. \u00a0Brielle had made this great little popsicle stick ladder where each rung contained a very nice compliment. \u00a0Caden drew me a picture of the rig as Beauty and the Beast and Dacen composed a song called There’s a Song About Everything<\/em> (the kids think it is hilarious that Steph and I can usually find a song about whatever our topic is).<\/p>\n

We went to the playground to climb, dig holes and throw the frisbee. \u00a0Back at the camper we played several rounds of Bananagrams, Codenames \u00a0and a couple lousy rounds of Insider. \u00a0We tried using Codenames cards for Insider but realized this was a bad idea as Codename words have multiple meanings by design and this turns out to be bad for the game Insider (but we still had fun). \u00a0Brielle ran the Wach family lottery (she created this out of the blue back at Devil’s Tower) but I did not win this time…Dacen and Caden took the prizes today.<\/p>\n

Steph and I planned out a bit more of our trip and Steph made one of my favorite meals: \u00a0hamburgers, baked beans, coleslaw and potato salad. \u00a0Maybe it’s the eastern European in me, but I really like coleslaw. \u00a0And it’s a good food to like because its relatively healthy (we make our own so we can keep it pretty healthy) and it is cheap. \u00a0So it bugs the heck out of me that at restaurants they give you that little shot glass of coleslaw. \u00a0REALLY?! \u00a0Come on, gimme a big bowl full of the stuff! \u00a0Anyway, Steph made a LOT of it so I could have as much as I want. \u00a0And I add my own little secret sauce to give it a kick: \u00a0a liberal squirt of Sriracha! \u00a0We washed it all down with a little root beer. \u00a0For dessert we had Nutter Butters (my favorite store bought cookie) and settled in to watch the movie Shrek together.<\/p>\n

It was a wonderful day.<\/p>\n

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From Brielle<\/p><\/div>

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From Dacen<\/p><\/div>

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From Caden<\/p><\/div>

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Teeter totter<\/p><\/div>

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Digging<\/p><\/div>

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Reading<\/p><\/div>

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Codenames<\/p><\/div>

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Serenade<\/p><\/div>

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Ready for Pearl St.<\/p><\/div>

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Dinner<\/p><\/div><\/div>