Taking Mary to Portland

Mary Anita and Pat. Pat and Mary spent the night then this morning after breakfast Pat headed home to Walla Walla and Mary,Anita and I drove to Portland where Isabel had spent the week. Stopped by my favorite Mexican restaurant in Centralia for some lunch munchies. Then on to Portland. Good drive.

Arrived at Chez Zim after stopping off to visit with grandma. Mike was there home from school.   

Anita and Grandma	Demo time

Monday July 28 Back home relaxing on the deck and living LARGE!

Headed Home

July 4th Karen Larry and Trejean showed up around 5pm or so. We had a ham and beans dinner and I decided not to make an overnight and watch the fireworks. The kidlett Chaos was just a little too much for me. We all had  GREAT night's sleep back at Chez Frey and hung out until 1:30 before we started the trek home. Again it was a great drive. Sunny and bright all the way to pass where we hit rain until North Bend.

The Fourth of July 2008

  The day has begun totally peacefully and quiet. A random fisherman or two trolling on a lake without a ripple. Sitting here with a hot cup of coffee and the tick of the clock the only sound other than a few birds tweeting life does not get much better. Oops the clock just hit seven and the first skier went by. I guess I will just take it all in and wait for the break in the peacefulness. Mary and Isabel should be arriving sometime before noon and Karen, Larry and Trejan not until dinner time.

Party time! Mary and Isabel showed around 11am The boat parade started on time around 2pm

	A few random shots of parade participants and viewers. A good time was had by all

Diamond Lake Day 2

Day 2 Headed to the lake this morning around 9am ,Fixed the water heater.( turned the circuit breaker on) Boy was I a happy camper. No electric shocks or puddles of  water. We went into Newport  for some brunch munchies and a little grocerie shopping for the forth. The day has been beautiful and relatively quiet around here. I am sure things will start livening up this evening with people coming from work for the fourth. We picked up some great steaks at Masons meat shop down the road. And had a quiet BBQ 4 2 :) Now its time for a little walk about Click Here for more Pics  The sage will continue .

Off to Spokane and Diamond Lake for the 4th of July

Once again we are off to Spokane. This time for the long awaited Fourth of July celebration on Diamond lake. Got a late start today 1:25pm. But that turned out as an unexpected bonus. The dirve and the lighting were all together different than we are use to. On of the first  noticeable things was the water level on lake Cachees. I have not seen it so full in years if ever. The fields in eastern Washington were still very green with all sorts of crops growing. We arrived in the Spokane area around 5:30 only to find out the Maple street bridge was closed so after snaking our way through downtown and the neighborhoods we arrived at Marys at 6pm. Then had a nice dinner outside with Isabel and a covey of quail.