We camped out at Chris and Tanya's this last weekend. Their daughter, Rylee, and I share the same birthday. Angela and her two boys came up from California to join in the celebration too. We had a wonderful time. We went to watch Rylee's first soccer game. She did a great job and we know she is just going to get better at each game. Then that night we had a pizza party and celebrated Rylee's birthday. The kids had a great time playing volleyball, jumping on the trampoline, riding the merry-go-round and standing on their heads on the lawn. Even Grandma jumped on the trampoline.
On Sunday, we put everybody in the RV and drove about an hour north to Kah-Ne-Tah. An Indian reservation with an RV Park, casino and three swimming pools that warm hot springs feed into. The water was warm and it wasn't too crowded. We swam for a while and then went back to the RV and had lunch. Then returned to the pools. They had a big slide for the bigger kids and a little slide for younger kids. We wore the two little boys out good.
On Monday, Tanya took me to lunch and then we went to Rylee's classroom to take cookies for her birthday celebration. We all had dinner together and crashed early. We all were exhausted from our busy weekend.
We are now back in Coburg/Eugene. They have received a part for us and we hope to get everything fixed in a couple of days. Our friends from Brookings, OR just called and are heading our way. So maybe we will get a little golf time.
Hope all of you are doing well. We are enjoying our life and think of all of you often.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
We can't believe we actually stayed in one place for almost 10 days. The Elks Club RV Park in Salem, OR turned out to be a great place. We are about half way between Portland and Eugene, OR. We went to the club one night to have a few cocktails and dinner. Turned out that they had live music and we had fun dancing the night away.
We had hoped to reorganize our basements but discovered we had a big hydraulic leak. It squirted oil every time we put out a basement drawer or lowered our leveling jacks. So we decided not to open the drawers unless we absolutely needed something.
We went to the car races on Saturday night. The track is a 1/3 mile dirt track. They had all different categories and the drivers were very competitive. It was really fun.
One night we went to a Minor League Baseball Game in Salem. The Volcanos are a AA Minor farm team for the San Francisco Giants. They are very good and lead the league. They beat Eugene 12 to 5.
On Monday, Labor Day, we decided to pack a picnic lunch and head for Wilamette Park. The weather was great and we wanted to see the carousel that was handcarved and painted by local artisans. The carousel has 42 wood carved horses. It was absolutely beautiful and the kids were having a great time riding it.
We went to another area to have our picnic lunch and play a game of Skipbo. I had visions of a wonderful fun picnic - spending some time outside. Well, the bees decided to come and check out our turkey wraps. Larry wasn't happy about the bees intruding on his lunch. He was about to take a bite of his wrap and just happened to look and see a bee buzzing around inside the wrap. After we would sneak a bite - we would quickly have to wrap them up in foil. What a pain!!! We decided to finish our game and then we would leave. Larry went to put his arm down on the table and didn't realize that there was a bee sitting right there. His arm squished the bee and the bee fought back. Stung him good. Now, Larry really isn't happy. My wonderful idea of a fun picnic in the park was quickly turning into a disaster. Then the bum came to visit. He was amazing. Dressed fairly nice and attached himself to another table. He took out a couple of pages of newspaper and spread them on the bench. Then he unfolded another page (which had been folded many times) and laid it on top of the table. Then he put his jacket and nice leather bag on top of the paper. He took out his bottle of water and his partial bag of chips. He was very neat and tidy. After I beat Larry at Skipbo (just had to say that) we left. Oh well, it was a good idea - but the bees won.
We are now in Coburg, OR. Had to get our oil leak fixed. Then we are off to Sisters, Or to visit our Son and his family. Our daughter, Angela and her two boys are driving up from Chico, CA to help celebrate my birthday and our granddaughter's birthday which are on the same day. We are not sure how we are going to get there since there is a really bad fire just north of Sisters.
After the birthday celebration , we plan to head north into Washington and Idaho. Our cruise out of Portland isn't until September 23. So we have plenty of time to go exploring.
Hope all of you are healthy and safe. Love you all
We had hoped to reorganize our basements but discovered we had a big hydraulic leak. It squirted oil every time we put out a basement drawer or lowered our leveling jacks. So we decided not to open the drawers unless we absolutely needed something.
We went to the car races on Saturday night. The track is a 1/3 mile dirt track. They had all different categories and the drivers were very competitive. It was really fun.
One night we went to a Minor League Baseball Game in Salem. The Volcanos are a AA Minor farm team for the San Francisco Giants. They are very good and lead the league. They beat Eugene 12 to 5.
On Monday, Labor Day, we decided to pack a picnic lunch and head for Wilamette Park. The weather was great and we wanted to see the carousel that was handcarved and painted by local artisans. The carousel has 42 wood carved horses. It was absolutely beautiful and the kids were having a great time riding it.
We went to another area to have our picnic lunch and play a game of Skipbo. I had visions of a wonderful fun picnic - spending some time outside. Well, the bees decided to come and check out our turkey wraps. Larry wasn't happy about the bees intruding on his lunch. He was about to take a bite of his wrap and just happened to look and see a bee buzzing around inside the wrap. After we would sneak a bite - we would quickly have to wrap them up in foil. What a pain!!! We decided to finish our game and then we would leave. Larry went to put his arm down on the table and didn't realize that there was a bee sitting right there. His arm squished the bee and the bee fought back. Stung him good. Now, Larry really isn't happy. My wonderful idea of a fun picnic in the park was quickly turning into a disaster. Then the bum came to visit. He was amazing. Dressed fairly nice and attached himself to another table. He took out a couple of pages of newspaper and spread them on the bench. Then he unfolded another page (which had been folded many times) and laid it on top of the table. Then he put his jacket and nice leather bag on top of the paper. He took out his bottle of water and his partial bag of chips. He was very neat and tidy. After I beat Larry at Skipbo (just had to say that) we left. Oh well, it was a good idea - but the bees won.
We are now in Coburg, OR. Had to get our oil leak fixed. Then we are off to Sisters, Or to visit our Son and his family. Our daughter, Angela and her two boys are driving up from Chico, CA to help celebrate my birthday and our granddaughter's birthday which are on the same day. We are not sure how we are going to get there since there is a really bad fire just north of Sisters.
After the birthday celebration , we plan to head north into Washington and Idaho. Our cruise out of Portland isn't until September 23. So we have plenty of time to go exploring.
Hope all of you are healthy and safe. Love you all
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