Random Ramblers Crew Abducted by Aliens and Monsters While Being Lost on Trains in North Bend!?!

Greetings fellow readers! I hope all was well with you this week. This week’s adventure had road block once again. That seems to be the theme lately. I had to spread out what we were doing over the whole weekend due to engagements that couldn’t be changed. We didn’t have a chance to find the local Seattle artist as we had planned to find but, I think the spur of the moment trip we conjured up does some justice. So, sit back, relax and enjoy yet another adventure via the Random Ramblers Crew.



I had been promising the boy’s to take them to the new movie that just came out Monsters vs. Aliens. It seemed like a perfect Saturday to go to the show. Sunday Coen has soccer and the boy’s are scheduled to go to Grammy and Grampy’s for the week for spring break, not to mention we are scheduled to attend a previous special guests 1st birthday Cruise. (She is the one who likes to eat wind.) We all pack in Jack and head to Lincoln Square in Bellevue of course to take in the new Pixar film. We decided to try it in IMAX 3-D. Our first IMAX experience how exciting!! Baby Kalyx was dropped off with Ms. Nicole for few hours she had to take one for the team there is no way she can handle a movie yet. As we settle in and put on our ridiculous looking glasses the show begins. I have never been to a “real” 3-D movie before and quickly realize the craze as I jump at the first 3-D action. Cool was all I could think. The movie was a hit the only complaints were that first I didn’t buy popcorn because we had just eaten lunch and second most of the 3-D action was during the 1st part of the movie. All in all we did have a blast. No Pictures though after all it is a movie.













On Sunday we woke up and got ready to go to baby Cruise’s 1st birthday party. We head to Redmond to party it up!! We arrive at my FFF’s Bekki’s house (Cruise’s Auntie.) Low and behold a bounce house!!! Yay!! We go on in to enjoy pizza from Garlic Jim’s what a fabulous piece of pizza or two that I ate. Cruise had a bounce house for her party so Kalyx and her good friend Addison had “girl time” bouncing away in the house. Once the boy’s entered it was over for Kalyx they are too crazy for her. We wrapped up the party watching the kids bat at the piñata and Cruise open presents while enjoying some yummy cupcakes. After we said our goodbyes it’s off to pick up my good friend Lisa once again at Herfy’s.




We arrive to pick up Lisa and rush like bats out of hell to get to Coen’s Soccer game in time. We are about five minutes late when we arrive so Coen naturally takes off running to support his team. Coen did pretty well this game he was so close to getting his first goal ever. He mostly plays goalie that’s the reason he lacks goals. The Skeletons (Coen’s team.) lost by two to the tigers. Nice try Skeletons!!(Note this pic is older but it works)









After the game we are scheduled to meet up with my pops and Jane in North Bend to ship Cadin and Coen off to visit Grammy and Grampy’s house. Out of the corner of my eye I see a new restaurant that has taken over what used to be a Denny’s it is now a Los Cabos. After convincing my dad to go there we head on in to grab a table. We were seated immediately and chips and salsa weren’t far behind. I have to say Los Cabos has the best salsa that I have ever eaten at a Mexican restaurant. Yummy!! The boys ordered hard shell chicken tacos and my dad, Jane and Lisa all ordered chicken enchiladas. I ordered a Chile Relleno with chicken. Baby Kalyx ordered frijoles and arroz. Everyone loved their food. My relleno was super good to the last bite. The enchilada ordering folks couldn’t quit talking about how delicioso they were. The boy’s ate their tacos in silence which is always a good sign. One honorable mention was our server Omar, what a delightful gentleman. We appreciated his outgoing spirit and how he was so eager to please his customers. He made our dining experience exceptional. Good job Los Cabos you have passed the Random Ramblers stamp of approval.


After our very filling meal we say our goodbyes to Cadin and Coen and go in search of the train graveyard. On our way out we stumble upon some busses that appear to be carrying cadets of some sort. We thought that was Random enought to be an honorable mention. After getting lost in North bend circling around taking pictures of random stuff we get the nerve up to stop at this random art gallery to ask for directions to the train graveyard. We ask the gallery owner who shall remain nameless how to find this mysterious place. He directed us to the right town we should have been in Snoqualmie. How do you get lost in North Bend you ask and the answer is simple. Just ask my FFF Bekki and Jessica they will point you in the wrong direction. We then commented on the bark Sasquatch he created. He went on to tell us this horrifying story about his statue. His story consisted of two women that stopped to take pictures of the statue and leave their scent whatever that meant?!? We hightailed it outta there. TMI dude. Mortified by the story told to us we took another wrong turn and ended up somewhere at a dead end sign. Back to square one we finally find the right turn and find the cemetery that we had been searching for.

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At the graveyard we took time to explore the old trains too bad the museum was closed. I broke the rules a few times and climbed on the trains whoops I must have missed the gazillion signs that said stay off the trains. Looking forward on we see a huge log and journey towards it to get a better look. We conclude that this sucker is a gazillion years old. Being the expert ring counter I am I lost count at 12,983,477? During this time on our adventure Lisa gets a call from some friends letting her know she is late for a concert she is supposed to be at. On that note we pile in Jack and rush to get Lisa home so she can make it to her show. I have to mention some honorable places we saw. Ko Ko Beans espresso!! That is my Coen's nick name co co beans or frijoles in espanol. Got Rice? how clever.












This was a make do adventure this week and that’s exactly what we did made do. It is amazing what you can come up with to do on the spur of the moment. Thanks for the help of Bekki and Jessica we discovered somewhere new to go. Whenever you get a chance check out the awesome trains in Snoqualmie not North Bend although there are some good sites there as well. Stay tuned in for next week when we head on search for that local artist that was supposed to be found this week. Henry if your out there ready or not here we come!!