Time is close

We have just over 1 week before we start our journey to the Northwest.
It will be almost 8 months since we have seen the family. Gracie is almost 8 months old, now, and we have not seen her since she was 2 weeks old. We are looking forward to our extended visit.

It is hot here. We are working only 5 to 6 hours a day. Yesterday it was 100 degrees in the building at noon. It was just too hot to work. It was 118 in GH 3. The plants in there just love it and I have not seen the plants look this good in the 4 years we have been coming.
We seem to be getting the watering right, and the weeds are under control.

Our annual 'golf week' was a success. Chris, Linda, Val & Tony came up for the week. Lots of family get togethers.
My golf game didn't improve, in fact, it has gotten worse. I just couldn't drive the ball and my fairway clubs were worse than ever. I just don't play enough to keep up what little skills I had. and time has also caught up with me.
This was the only time that we played since we have been here. Just no time for all of us to get together and play.

Ann and Alan are having a pool party at their house today. We plan to attend but, won't get into the pool. Brenda and I have not been pool people for a long time. All of Mike's kids will be there as well as Vickie, Vick and Rena. This will probably be our last chance to visit with family before our scheduled departure.

We are kind of looking forward to our trip north. We will be revisiting some of the places we saw during our summer trip with Ted & Donna.
We are staying in Mitchell, SD and maybe visit the Corn Palace to see what is different this year. The Palace is decorated with corn and native greens each year and the facade is different from year to year.

We may again stop at Wall Drugs for our 'free glass of ice water'.  We were there several times during our last trip and enjoyed it immensely.

Our trip is pretty much like last year only we will not be going into ND this time. We will pick up I-90 in Sioux Falls, SD and head due west. All in all a pretty pleasant drive.

We plan to arrive in the Seattle area around June 20th and due to a volunteer camp host cancellation we will be able to go directly to our host site at Lake Sammamish. This will cut a lot of hassle out of our trip[ and help the rangers at Lake Sammamish at the same time.

Ta ta for now.