Saturday, September 19, 2009

Fixin' to hit the road (to rib Becky)

Our time here in Monroe is soon coming to an end. We are leaving on Tuesday heading into eastern Oregon. I told Mike that we would try to stop at one of his suppliers in Walla Walla, to checkout there irrigation system.
Brenda is planning the trip home. She has us to Salt Lake City, Utah so far and she will continue as we move southward.
I want to check out Lake Havasu, AZ as a possible place to winter. So we will head southwest to Nevada after we see Brice Canyon in UT., then onto western AZ.
She hasn't decided if we are going to Vegas or Pahrump. She is researching Pahrump, so I will just have wait and see.

The coach is ready for the road. I changed the oil in both vehicles and lubed the coach. The weather here has been spectacular, so I was able to climb under the coach without laying in mud. It is raining now, but it is supposed to be over in a few hours.

Fred and I are planning to try our hand at salmon fishing on Sunday after church. The Snohomish River runs right by the campground and we have seen lots of fisherman in or near the water. The report is that this is the largest salmon run in the Snohomish River in many years. Maybe, just maybe, we can catch a few.
Becky, Heather and Lindsay are coming to the house for games and dinner, and we will catch up to them when we finish fishing. Fred and Lurlene were invited on Sunday, but we didn't give them enough notice as they already have plans for that day.

Becky is keeping us busy and will keep on doing so until Monday night.
She wants to go to the driving range to hit a few balls and wants me to teach her. Ha Ha, the blind leading the blind. I really don't want to teach her my bad habits. I enjoy playing for the camaraderie of my fellow players.

Heather is working almost every day so we don't get to see her much. She is also a house sitter and is tending a house for a coworker next week. Pretty good pay and all she has to do is live there.

Lindsay is still enjoying school and looks forward to going everyday.
Her homework assignment this last week has been to read every night. Becky has bought her some early readers with lots of repetition. She reads to one of us every night and seems to enjoy it. She is getting pretty good.

Fred is less busy now with only one class. The quarter is only 5 weeks, but it is 7 days a week and homework everyday. As he rides the train to and from work every day, he has time to get most of his homework done then.
The 2 classes at one time, were very difficult for him, but he aced both. We are very proud of him.

We'll see the Houston folks in November.

Ta Ta for now.

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