I woke up earlier than usual this morning - 3:45. Wide awake. After laying there a bit I decided to get up and have coffee with you all.
We got everything done yesterday that we needed to do. We're ready to roll. Our furniture came and I like it! Good thing - I couldn't remember what we'd ordered! lol! The guys reluctantly carried our old couch and giant recliner through the door into the garage, but we made it worth the 5 minutes of their time. $$
Today's activity will be riding. It's about 160 miles to Leavenworth, nestled in the eastern Cascades. Decades ago it was a logging town, but as the logging industry waned it turned itself into a Bavarian themed village. Cute shops, (a dynamite quilt shop!), restaurants, parks, festivals, and flowers everywhere. All the buildings are fronted with a Bavarian look. We're going to be in the Icicle RV Resort for 4 nights. We've never stayed there before but our friends, Doyle & Susie, love it. They are there for 3 weeks right now and talked us into joining them. With the Cascade Mtns as a backdrop and the beautiful Wenatchee River, it truly does look like you're in the Alps.
IRISH - I LOVE plants, too, and it's all I can do to resist filling my cart when I go flower shopping. But then I think of planting, weeding, slugs, squirrels & deer eating the plants, and more weeding. I get over it - usually. But when we get home from this trip, we might go pick up a few more shrubs or perennials. We have several good wineries even on this side of the mountain,though they get their fruit from the east side. Ste. Michelle, Columbia Crest, Leonetti, and more I can't think of at the moment, but 95% of the wineries are in SE and Central WA. Bill and I worked for Forgeron Winery in Walla Walla during their crush seasons of '05 and '06. Walla Walla is 620 miles from Reno. Yakima is another 100 miles, give or take. We have a booklet with most of the wineries if Kathy & Tim would like to have it. We get new ones every year. I hope your tummy settles down. Though I rather like poached eggs for supper . . .
JANA - today's Michael's date! You are prepared! And he is, too! Pray all goes well. What are you taking to work on? Bill's sister had surgery in April and her hubby sat in the parking lot for 7 hours. I hope all is quiet in SLC for your and for Aaron's sake. Seattle has been crazy with 6 nights of protests and rioting. I didn't even turn on the news last night. When is your trip to ID or are you still hatching it out? I love red flowers, too. And blue ones. And yellow. Even white is nice! So cool that Sarah is getting free landscaping! Because it ain't cheap! She deserves it. I know she works her tushy off for her employer and they are lucky to have her.
BECCA - I hope today is a home day for you. You've done your share of running this week. And weed-eating. I declare it BECCA DAY. You get to do whatever you want - relax all you want, read all you want, and no chores!
Well, we ordered sandwiches on-line from Subway last night. We chose their standard Turkey & Black Forest Ham and then went down the list selecting the cheeses, veggies, & condiments we wanted. They forgot the ham! And a couple other things. But they added tomatoes and onions, which we did NOT want. Bill e-mailed a nice letter to Subway and the district manager responded almost immediately with an apology and a coupon for another sandwich. I suspect the store got a message from him, too. They had a special - buy one foot-long sandwich and get a second one for free. So we got a free one, even though it was identical to the messed up one. They still tasted fine but weren't even close to what we ordered. We're saving the second one for lunch today and hoping it won't be too soggy.
As for supper tonite - I think we're going to grill pork chops in our campsite, have a salad, and maybe a potato/onion/cheese packet on the grill.
I think I'll be around most of the time, by phone if not by computer. But we may not have cell coverage for part of our trip. If possible I'll be here just to say howdy if nothing else! We should be home about June 23.
