June 6, 2009

Morning All:
We have arrived back in Washington and it is hot!!

We met our friends from Eugene for dinner last night in Kennewick and had a great time. As Colleen put it, "we had to drive from Arizona together to meet each other in Washington!" So true. But hopefully we can meet again on the Oregon Coast this summer.

It is windy today so won't be doing too much outside. We do have to unload this motor home soon as I have laundry to do! Thank goodness for my own washer and dryer.

We have had a great journey and hope to continue it soon but for now we are going to stay put, get the house in order to sell and just kick back.

I will start my blog again once we get on the road and will email you all to let you know.

Thank you for being such good friends and keeping up with us on the blog. I had fun doing it.

Spidey will be going home this week but will miss him/her. It has been a good traveler and ate little.



Until next time...

June 5, 2009

Good Morning:

I hear the Tri Cities got quite a storm last night!! Hopefully Ken and I will bring sunny weather to you.

I had to turn on the furnace this morning as it was quite cold in the coach. We had it professionally washed yesterday and it looks beautiful.

We will pack it up today and head towards the Tri Cities. Our friends from Eugene, Bob and Colleen Towe will be coming into Horn Rapids today as well so we will finally get to see them!!

We will be going back to the Coast and possibly to Montana this summer, our journey is NOT over. We need to get our house ready to sell and possibly get a realtor involved so that when we are gone someone can show it. We will store Ken's tools in a storage shed (rented) and get the den which has collected all our "catch all" in order to show the house.

Saving all our laundry for my own washer and dryer!!! You don't realize how much you need one until you see all you have to wash. I would gladly give up one of my closet spots for a washer/dryer combo, but don't think Ken will go for it.

We are looking forward to coming home for a while but hope Ken doesn't get too comfortable and not want to go anywhere once we get there.

Our trip has been wonderful and I have enjoyed every minute of it.

Our journey is coming to an end today but I will start my blog up again once we take off for the last leg of our journey.

If you click on any of the photos I have embedded into my blog, it will enlarge it for you.

We will NOT have our land line turned back on so please use our cell phone numbers to call us. We raised our minutes on our cell phone sharing and hopefully we won't go over them. Sometimes 1400 minutes a month goes quickly and sometimes it doesn't. Call us whenever you need us.

Now it's time to take Coco for her morning walk and it is beautiful here in Deerwood today. Everything is so green and lush. A gorgeous Park.

Until later...

June 4, 2009

Morning:

Today is our last day here at Deerwood and Eugene. We met some new friends here and visited with some dear ones. We will miss them all but Ken said we will be back again possibly this summer.

We went to Hendrick's Park here in Eugene and the Rhodies and Azaleas were in full bloom. Sadly though, the did not allow dogs in the Park so we went across the street with Coco and took these photos. This place is beautiful!!! If you ever come to Eugene this time of year, this is the place to visit.

Our trip is NOT over yet. Ken said we will still be going to the Coast this summer and Montana. I can't wait. I love to travel and as long as we can we will do it. Ken is a fabulous tour guide and can tell me about all there is to see when I see it. He has done this so often in his Journeyman days and knows all the great spots.

The rain stops during the day so we can do our thing then at dinner time it starts again which is just fine.

The retired cop from Alaska has a 10 year old Rhodesian Ridge Back dog and he is huge and so gentle. He spotted Coco yesterday while we were outside and rushed over to her to play. She would have nothing to do with that big dog and ran up the stairs inside the motor home. He can't get up the stairs so she was safe. He is so sweet and just wanted to play but you know Coco, no dogs!!!!

Well will close for now. Got to get ready to go to Camping World and Trader Joe's as we didn't do it yesterday. We are having someone come and wash the rig as the bugs are embedded into the paint or so it seems and we don't want to stay here while they are powerwashing it. We'll take Coco with us so she won't have to be here by herself.

Until later...

June 3, 2009

We had quite a rain storm last night with lightening and thunder and some wind.

It made the park here so beautiful and green which it already was but more so.

Ken took some photos of a Rhodie outside our window.




Eugene has a place called Hendricks Park. It has the most beautiful flowering plants I have ever seen. The Rhodies and Azaleas are gorgeous and they get close to 20' high. They have one that is pure white and called the Bridal Veil. Well named as it has so many flowers on it you can't see any foliage at all, just the white flowers. If we get a chance, we will go there and take some photos. Too short a time for us to be here. Since we won't be going to the coast due to the rain, we will be home to the Tri Cities on Friday afternoon late. We want to get the house ready to sell and hopefully go on to Montana to visit friends.

We have had a wonderful vacation and hope we have more to come.

We had dinner with our friends from Eugene, Ken and Cathy McCoy and then we came back here to the motor home and my Ken went and got the next door neighbor as he is a retired cop from Alaska and Ken is a retired Fireman from Alaska and they both seemed to know the same people. Small world. Then the storm came up with thunder and lightening and rain and soon after everyone left. Was wonderful visiting with them. I will miss them a lot when we leave. Not a good thing to see friends just once a year.

We don't have too much planned for the day as it isn't the best day with all the rain and wet outside, but will go somewhere.

Until later...

June 2, 2009

Morning:
We are in Eugene, OR!!! What a beautiful drive it was from CA to OR everything is so green.

We got our rental car, got Ken's prescription from Walmart and came home for dinner and relaxation.

Today we have to go grocery shopping and maybe do some laundry and meet up with friends from Santa Clara for dinner.

We want to go out to see a friend who deals in motor homes just to see what is out there.

It is cloudy today but so cool!!! After what we have been through with weather this is a welcome change.

Until later...

June 1, 2009

Morning:
We are in Redding, CA and will be headed for Eugene, OR today. We will be there about a week then will drive over to the Coast and relax, just relax. The beach trip is more for Coco as she has been the best pet ever on this trip. So sad when we leave and so very happy when we get home. She was left alone a lot on this trip with us going out shopping, looking for homes, visiting with my daughter, etc. and left her alone only to find a sweet, lonely little puppy waiting for us when we got back. So we decided to take her to the beach and let her run her legs off. Not sure how she will take the ocean but it will be fun to see. Will take photos.

Yesterday, while we were on the Interstate, a motorcycle came flying between us and the other lane of traffic right up the middle. I swear, this state has the worst drivers ever!!! It is such a dangerous situation to put anyone in by driving between cars up the middle of the Interstate going 70MPH, so stupid.

This RV Park is so beautiful here in Redding. The Oleander is in full bloom with white, pink and red flowers and the palms are gorgeous as well. I did find some seeds of the red and pink Oleander so will try to grow them when I get home.

We will be going to Deerwood today. It's been over a year since we were there before but only for a short time as last time I had to get back to work this time, no hurry! Am loving retirement.

Got to get this rig ready for travel so will get off of here.

Until later...