Well! It was a nice, lazy 4 days with Rick and Trina, the kids and our friends, Joe and Mel! We had lunches out, did some shopping, had a bbq, went to nice restaurants for dinner and relaxed with cocktails around the fire in the evenings. The PacNW weather even cooperated somewhat and Mr. Sun made an appearance for a couple of days. Boeing even provided a bit of entertainment with a 777 doing about 20 flyover go-arounds at 2,000 feet right over the house to show off for the crowd attending Sea Fair in Seattle. Rick advised that we cut Sea Fair and 100,000 people a wide berth and we were grateful. The flyovers that shook the windows and rattled our fillings were entertainment enough! Altogether, a most fun four days of great hospitality with family and friends.
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| Rick, Lindy, Rob and Trina at Andy's Fish House |
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| Many hours around the fire on Rick and Trina's patia |
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| Joe, Mel, Lindy and Rob at Il Granaio Brewery in Mt. Vernon |
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| 777 right over the house! Holy buckets! |
There are a lot of, “mishes,” up here in these
parts. Cities, islands and rivers such
as Snohomish, Sammamish, Skykomish, Swinomish and Stillaguamish (Say these 3
times fast!). I don’t know why. Maybe there are a lot of Indian tribes up
this way. OR… based upon the PacNW weather
even in July, possibly Eskimos. Time to
break camp and move along, hopefully to sunny, warm weather.
The drive here was short, 95 miles, but it took over 3 hours to navigate the rough, potholed roads with little to no shoulder in many places. Some of Obama’s “shovel-ready funds” should be channeled to the roads in Washington! We at last are parked in our next camp, the KOA in Leavenworth. The hosts at the front desk gave us our paperwork with all of our instructions which included information about the area. “Wildlife: We are located in a region with wildlife, including deer, bears, raccoons, skunks, squirrels, turkeys and teenagers.”
Our campsite among the tall timbers.
God’s hand passed over Bavaria, reached down and grasped
the town of Leavenworth, brought it west and dropped it in Washington. The architecture here must reflect The Old
Country and be approved by the city planners and the cuisine is exquisitely
German. We will see what we can discover
here, but I am sure there will be a Steinbach nutcracker and wienerschnitzel with
Lindy and Rob’s names (in that order) written all over them!
