Visiting Friends and Family Everywhere!

As we traveled the Pacific Northwest we were able to see so many old friends and some family members, too. There is a problem entering some of our photos, since the blog program is turning them sideways. The above photo shows Bill with his aunt, Ruth Johnson, who lives in Sequim, WA. It was a gorgeous day on the Olympic Peninsula, with the lavendar fields in full bloom. As we returned to her home from dinner out, deer were grazing in her neighbors' yards! We also visited Bill's cousin Mildred and her family in Lynnwood, WA, where they have retired. We stayed with our son-in-law Owen's parents Owen and Janet Walker in Bellingham, WA. It was special getting to know them better! In Portland, OR we saw Alice's daughter Stephanie. We had lunch with Alice's foster son, Chris Woody, in Medford, OR.

Friends ranged from Pat and Rod in Lake Tahoe, whom we met on their sailboat in La Paz to friends from when Alice and her family lived in Eureka, CA in the 1970's. Several are pictured on the right of this page. Others were our boating friends Ted and Carolyn in Moscow, ID who were proud to show us their new 52' trawler in Tacoma, WA, their daughter and son-in-law, Lisa and Mike and their family in Burien, WA. It was fun to 'catch up' with Jan and Larry in Wilder, ID, friends from the desert who have retired to a cooler clime. Alice's high school friend Shirley and her husband Warren have retired from Chula Vista to Central Point, OR where her mother lives. We enjoyed seeing all three of them.

Our last visit was with Jim and Marilyn, teacher friends in Eureka. It was interesting to see the changes around the town Alice called home from 1970-77. The first night was misty but the following morning cleared to a beautiful sunny sky and a great photo opportunity around town. Bill enjoyed driving through the beautiful redwoods where he remembers vacationing years ago. Then it was on to Sacramento where we spent a weekend getting acquainted with our lovely state capital.

Alice's daughter and son-in-law, Alison and Rod, put us up both leaving and returning. It was great to visit with them and their nine children and say goodbye to grandson James, who was packing to leave for BYU as we headed home- whew! We'll talk about Alaska another time!!!

Summer 2008

Summer 2008 found us putting 5000 road miles on our little Prius~ what a gem she is, at 47 mpg!! Alice has been slaving over a large sized scrap/album for the entire eight weeks, while Bill was collecting supplies and parts for Grey Wolf. He left on Friday, Sept. 12 for Santa Rosalia and some very intense days of work. Alice has managed to sign up for Medicare, begin some dental work, get her battery of doctor appointments booked, and has touched base with quite a few friends. She has been procrastinating on doing this blog, as she doesn't know where to begin! She has saved some photos to the laptop hooked to the printer, but that one does not have internet, so now she will have to regroup and access those photos. Suffice it to say that the summer was great and the opportunity to see old friends and make new ones was priceless, even though our Mastercard DID pay for it!! Don't give up on us; there is more to come- MUCH more.