Sunday, May 24, 2009 Lorraine’s Report
I hope everyone is enjoying this Memorial Day weekend, we are. Well, another week just flew by.
We are still here at Thousand Trails/Naco West in Birch Bay, WA. The weather the past couple of days has been great, and the TV weatherman has said this is the first time in the past 30 some odd years that this Whole weekend will be sunny and warm; at least warm for the full time residents who are here year round; and by that I mean in the high 60’s to low 70’s.
Since I last wrote, we’ve been to Seattle twice, down to Anacortes once, over to Lynden once, and into Bellingham a bunch of times.
Last weekend Susy, Kaitlyn and Mark flew into Seattle for another short visit. Mark’s mom had bought them tickets to go see a children’s play “Good Night Moon’ last Christmas. They came up for that. Susy called us to come down Monday, spend the day with them, and then drive them to the airport Monday night, since Mary can’t leave Bill alone. We went down early Monday morning, did some running on the way down and then spent the day with all of them. We left by 4 pm, took Kaitlyn to a park to play, then went to dinner before we dropped the kids off at the airport. What a nice visit with Susy, Kaitlyn, Mark and his parents.
Tuesday was errands day. Then we took my sis, Thelma and BIL, John with our friends, Rob and Norma, and Barb to Northwood Casino for the $2.00 buffet. It was simple, but very good food.
Wednesday, Norma and Barb invited me to go shopping with them; Barb had left her bag of clothing home in Squamish, BC, and needed to get a few things. We had a great afternoon, and no one came home empty-handed, only some of us had bought more than others.
Thursday, Chuck had a doctor’s appointment in Seattle at 10 am. We left here at 7:15, had to stop for gas and Mickey D’s for breakfast, and got there by 9:15. They took Chuck in by 9:30 and I ran to Nordstrom’s to look for my special bras. He was out by 11:30ish and we then drove up to Lake Tyee to see friends, Steve and Sandy. We spent the afternoon with them. They have a very nice spot up there by the creek. Not wanting to leave them, we decided to meet them and their neighbor, Janet and her hubby, Todd, Friday evening for dinner at Northern Lights Casino for the Friday night Crab feed.
We then drove back to Bellingham and stopped at the airport where I purchased tickets for Susy and Kaitlyn to come back into B’ham when we are here for the wedding at the end of June. We got back home around 7:15, a long twelve hour day.
Friday was shopping for food for the Memorial Day get together with my sister and her family. All the stores here were packed, and everywhere was busy.
Saturday is the annual “Ski to Sea” Parade. This is a two hour parade with bands, floats and entries from around the area. This used to be called the “Blossom Time Parade”. It is now named for the race that starts at the top of Mount Baker where several members of hundreds of different teams ski, cross-country ski, bike, run, cross-country bike, canoe, and sail/kayak down to Fairhaven, the end of the 90 mile race. Fairhaven then has a festival with food, vendors and music going on all day.
I was at the parade with my sister and her family, it was a very nice parade and we all enjoyed it very much. I ran some more errands, then came home and started preparing food for the get together today.
So another week has passed very quickly. This week we both have doctor’s appointments of Tuesday. We will then decide whether we will stay or go.
Till next time, Happy Memorial Day, I hope this finds everyone well.
Lorraine
Sunday 5/24/09 Chuck’s Report
First, I would like to wish everyone a happy Memorial day. I also would like to thank all the military veterans out there, as well as thank those currently serving. Remember, all veterans gave some, some gave all!! It is because of them that we can live and enjoy our lives here in this great country of ours.
We had a fairly uneventful week, just one doctor visit in Seattle that went well. We also had a call from Susy letting us know they would be in Seattle last weekend, leaving on Monday. Of course, we wanted to spend time with them when they are close so we headed down to Mark’s parent’s house and saw them on Monday. Following are some pictures of Kaitlyn and Mark in his parent’s swimming pool.
Mark’s parents, Mary and Bill, really nice folks.
Kaitlyn high fiving a bear carving outside the restaurant.
On Thursday, we had to return to Seattle for another doctor visit for me, everything checked out ok once again.
On the trip back we were able to stop by and visit with our friends Steve and Sandy at their place in the foothills North of Seattle. We met these fine folks in Red Bay last spring and spent some time with them in Arizona this winter. We also got together with their friends Janet and Todd for a seafood buffet on Friday evening. Once again, we had a good time visiting with them and enjoyed meeting and visiting with Janet and Todd. Here are pictures of Steve/Sandy and their place with a nice stream right behind them.
A picture showing a different perspective of Mt. Baker on the return trip.
Every spring this area has a week celebration called Ski to Sea. They have a carnival, a kids plus a regular parade and on Sunday they have a race. The race is from the top of Mt. Baker to a city park on the bay. The teams consists of a cross county skier, downhill skier, runner, mountain biker, kayaker and sail boater, each taking a portion of the race. On Saturday, Lorraine met with some of her family to watch the parade, here is a picture of them along the route.
Later today we are going to Lorraine’s sister’s house for a Memorial day get-together and Bar-B-Q, I plan on getting a good picture of BIL John this time, ha. Should be a good time, it always is.
This week should be more of the same, we have doctor visits on Tuesday, here’s hoping for more good news. So far all the tests have been good, here’s hoping for more of the same. We plan on visiting with some of our friends and enjoy a card or domino game this week too.
So until next time - - - - Chuck
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