Visiting Family

Can you figure out what Lee’s Easter dinner task was?  This was his finished product.  We laughed ourselves silly over his creative designs.

We arrived in Washington the day before Easter on a gorgeous spring day.  The day before Easter was gorgeous but with Easter came the rain showers.  We didn’t like that but weren’t given a choice.  The great part about it is that we were able to share Easter with our son’s family.

Sabrina has been much, much better than I in losing weight.  She’s almost reached her goal and looks fantastic!  It’s not long until she’s going to treat herself to one heck of a shopping trip as she replaces the clothes that are several sizes too large for ones that actually fit.

Monday was another rainy day and anytime you’re around family you have things to do.  My 91 year old aunt lives close so it was off to visit her in Vancouver.  Then, we made a trip to Portland to check on my brother who had moved into a retirement home a couple days prior.  

That is about it for now.   We’ve made a few appointments and after that we figure we’ll take a trip to the beach …….  the weatherman is telling us that those blue skies will return soon.  A great forecast is in the future.  In the meantime, we’re just going to loiter around until Terry gets back from his appointment in Phoenix next week.

The only thing on our immediate calendar is the Royal Wedding.  Anyone else going to stay up and watch it? Sabrina and I are throwing a party.  It starts at midnight Thursday night.  You’re all invited.  Bring snacks.

We’ll be back on the road soon.  In the meantime, we are going to check out some of the RV places around here we’ve stayed at in the past.  We stopped by Camp Kalama yesterday.  I certainly don’t understand why places in great locations don’t take care of their grounds.  The grass in some spots was pretty high and it just didn’t look maintained.  That’s not to say I won’t want to stay there during Salmon season.  There are a few sites right on the river you could back your RV into and fish during one of the runs.  Great location but at $32 a night it’s a higher price than it’s worth.  However, I still want to stay there for a few days with my fishing pole out but only when the salmon are running in the river.

(PS: Duchess said to tell Millie she sure is enjoying the grass here.)

And, since we’re just hanging around for a while, I thought I’d alternate posting a few pictures of some great places to visit in the area and also previous RV parking sites.  This one is where we were parked last summer right on Nehalem Bay.  Gorgeous location …. and we hope to head back there soon.  A small marina is located at the park - Paradise Cove Resort.  Fishing and crabbing available.