Steph’s & Tony’s Wedding Weekend

Day I: It’s Wednesday and we are taking off early for PDX (Portland) due to grandmas health . Aside from the Carolyn health issues we are looking forward to the BIG Event. The wedding of Stephanie Zimmer and Tony Secretario. Also the gathering of the Zimmer clan from far and wide. And meeting and welcoming the Secretario clan.
After a leisurely drive we made it to PDX. First stop grandma’s (Carman Oaks) Anita spent the rest of the afternoon tending her mom. I headed out to check out some of the places in the area. And ended up at Steve and Liz’s. Now we are hanging in Liz’s friends house that they so graciously offerd of some of the wedding party to stay. Tomorrow we will be moving to Chez Zimmer as the brides maids will be having a little pre wedding party here. See ya all in the morning.

Day II: Sunny and bright!! As expected people are going this way and that way. With everyone on the mission of utter chaos. Or at least it looks that way from my “fly on the wall” observations. Hey it is a wedding. I checked into the Crown Plaza hotel and spent the afternoon trying to chase down a wifi signal.

Day III: Ahhhh grounded! Sitting in a Starbucks with a Giant cup of Hot Black Coffee and WIFI!! What more could a boy ask for:)
  Let the Games Begin !! Great Rehearsal dinner hosted by the Secretario family. Steph is a lucky girl marring into such a great family. Tomorrow the BIG day!

Day IV: The WEDDING!! The day started off normal. Coffee, Breakfast at the hotel, & running into the Secretario family having their morning meeting. As the day went on Anita and Mary went to visit grandma and I wandered around the hotel area. “This time they had the car”
Around 4 something it was time to suit up and head to the chapel for the ceremony. Looked like around 200 people were attending. It all went off without a hitch. Now with that said and done it was off to the Lake Oswego golf and country club for the reception. And what a reception it was.  The place ROCKED til after 11pm. And I do mean ROCKED!!

DayV: Headed home. Got up , Packed up and headed to Steve & Liz’s for a continental breakfast ,say our good buys. and help send Tony and Steph off on their future. “Starting with a round of golf in Astoria” What can I say it was PERFECT!          GOOD LUCK AND HAVE A GREAT LIFE Mr & Mrs Secretario!!!!!!

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GEG Aug 2010

    Day I: Here we are once again at Chez Frey. The BBQ is a heatin up for some inland empire salmon. Had a very good ride over today other than the heaviest traffic on I90 that I have ever seen. All the way to Moses Lake area then it thinned out to more normal. I guess every one was heading to the Pot Holes ect. Had hundreds of cycle headed west. “who said motorcycle people were crazy?” Actually we did not pass or were passed by one motorcycle. Althought we passed quite a few peddle powered cycles.
It’s a beautifull day here around 80degrees. Who would have thunk we would head to eastern Washington for cooler weather. Tomorrow morning we wll head up to Diamond lake.

Day II: Picked up my morning Starbucks and headed down to Riverside park on the Spokane river . Really made me wonder just why anybody would stay in bed and not get an early start out to enjoy the BEST time of day here in the  Spokane aummer. The only sounds in the park were those of birds starting their day and the sound of the river from compleatly silent to the sound of rushing water over some rappids. The air was cool and the sun filtering thru the trees was warm. It just does not get any better than that. “You, Nature., and a hot cup of Starbucks!!” 
Headed out to Diamond Lake around 11am. A beautiful day hanging at Mini Chez Frey. Did a little swin, do a little nap and BBQ tonight.

Day III: Off this morning for Starbucks and a drive to Mt Spokane. Only about  1/2hr drive and this time of year you can drive all the way to the top. The air was warm and no wind.” Perfect!” We spent about an hour exploring around the area. A Great morning. The Picture on the left is from the top looking North East. You could spot all the srounding lakes including Coeur d'Alene. Off in the distance in this picture. This evening Anita, Mary and I once again checked out Riverside park for a short hike.

Day IV: How the time fly’s! This morning the little black Rav4 will be heading west. And life will be back to normal here at Chez Frey.

Seafair Weekend 2010

The Annual Seafair weekend has begun. We started with a experimental dinner. I had been wanting to cook a whole beef tenderloin roast style. After some fumbling around it WORKED!! We shared this fine meal with Mike and Vicki, Bill and Robin, And John and Barbara. John was kind enough to stand in for Everett. Who was on his way home from China. As always Everett was missed. But what the heck more meat for everyone. Mike and Vicki spent the night. I the morning it was off to the old hood to scope out the Seafair activities and check out my old stomping grounds.
Saturday it was off to Jim and Bet Schuler’s for their annual Seafair/Blue Angles party. The weather did not co-operate this year, But it paid off in a much more intimate gathering where everyone got a real chance to have a good visit and enjoy Jim’s great BBQ. I think everyone enjoyed the event to the max. I know Anita and I certinly did.

Sunday I am off to my Evergreen Safety Counsel motorcycle course. Hopefully I will have pictures to follow. Wish me luck!

Tada!! After a long day in motorcycle school I am now officially endorsed to ride any two wheel motor powered vehicle. The day started out with an enjoyable class followed by a written test. After lunch we met up at the riding area. We then spent the rest of the afternoon practicing required maneuvers followed by a practical riding test. The afternoon got very long and thank God it was not hot out. By the time it was over my butt and back had enough!! I think I may wait a day or two before I climb on another bike. But I am GOOD TO GO!!! By the way brother Bill is off today to take his course.