An Ellensburg Weekend

Saturday morning after our long run (and nap!) we headed over to the town where we both went to college - Ellensburg, WA. The home of Central Washington University, where I spent four years (1997-2001) and Matt spent a few more. This place holds SO many memories for us! We went this weekend as we were invited to go to a little 80's themed birthday party.

We had fun!
All I had was a NKOTB shirt/skirt combo, but Matt was a bit more creative :) We had a fun time! We stayed overnight with our good friends there and first thing on Sunday morning we made a beeline for our favorite little restaurant in Ellensburg - The Yellow Church Cafe. It has the best breakfast in the world.
We were the first people there at opening time. See there we are, chomping at the bit for the open sign to go up.
And I got myself a latte! So good.
I am hungry just looking at this photo. We actually saved half of our meals to have for lunch later!
After we were all fueled up we walked the campus and took photos of CWU:
The theater.
The newly renovated Dean Hall - I took a biology class here...
Shaw Shyser - computer labs were here. (Do they even have those now?)
The science building - I took some Soc classes in there...
Ahhh the Ganges. Yucky irrigation water, but pretty view!
The L&L (Language and Literature Building).
Matt's old dorm! He was relieved to see that it was still standing. Barto Hall got torn down, as well as Muzzall. So strange!
It was a walk down memory lane. All morning we shared stories of college memories. We were only there at the same time 1998, so we have a few shared memories, but wow - what a rich time in our lives.

We visited the nearby Chestnut Street Baptist Church for services at 10:15am - and Matt's old bandmate, Jeremy, was preaching the sermon that day. So cool to see old friends!

After church we had a picnic of leftovers...
We forgot plasticware, but the chopsticks we found in the glove compartment worked great! ;)

Our next to last stop: D&M Coffee. A great place to study - so we did! Matt brought his laptop and tackled a paper that is due while I journaled and sipped a mocha..
So, there you go - our super fun awesome memory lane weekend.

Our next adventure will be another Wallowa Lake trip over Labor Day Weekend - SO looking forward to returning, and with Matt's folks with us! What are you doing for Labor Day weekend?

Finally - A Getaway: Wallowa Lake, OR

Even though Matt had a paper due this weekend, we got a chance to sneak away for 36 hours of it. And it was so wonderful! I managed to snag a cabin for one night down at Wallowa Lake, Oregon. It is an adorable little town and a fun place to vacation!
We rode the Wallowa Lake Tramway all the way to the top of the mountain...
...and got in some great hikes!
We enjoyed a horseback ride through the forest...
It was Matt's first time on a horse. He did great!
I was pretty excited to be out in the wilderness. Fresh air, no sage brush for me to have allergies over, and "vista!" as mom would say.
I had a great time hiking with Matt and catching up with him on life.
And catching up on kisses for the camera, like we love to do...

It was a great weekend. We left Saturday morning and got back Sunday afternoon - and three hours of driving there and back through beautiful country made the trip commplete. I had the best coffee of my entire life at Arrowhead Chocolates in the town of Joseph. If you are ever passing through, you gotta stop there!

So now I am back at work and have the worst case of Monday's, ever. Boo.

Nevertheless, now that Matt has weekends off again, we can plan a getaway. Even if he is typing a paper the whole way there and back! ;)