Quick Trips Are Worth It

Besides Steve having a few adventures on his new motorcycle, I managed an adventure to spend some time with one of my nephews.

Kevin and Annie, married August 1, were able to break away from Corvallis and spend time with their Aunt Tory in Lincoln City.

My drive over there was nice as the scenery was gorgeous. I also saw how much more Bend Oregon has grown since the last time I was through that area.

We spent a few days walking on the beach, eating way too much, drinking nice wine, and playing games. Annie’s Mom came and spent Saturday with us which was very nice.

 

I returned Kevin and Annie to Corvallis on Monday and headed north to visit my dear friends that live in Gig Harbor Washington. Had a great visit and again ate too much and drank nice wine. Seems there is a theme going here doesn’t it?

Kathy and Joel have a wonderful property so I wandered around and took a few pictures of the flowers that hang out there.

The entire trip went extremely fast but I was glad I could get a chance to see them. Izzy stayed with Steve up in Cascade so I know she had a blast.

Now we will be tackling some projects and pretty sure Izzy will be supervising unless she is trying to nap.

Trying Not To Fall Asleep

Stay tuned as I am pretty sure we will have an adventure in the future, if not before the end of the year most likely early in 2019.

Dog Days of Summer

 June-September

Seems summer is going by faster than the tumbleweeds would when I was growing up in the desert.

It is hard to say what we have been doing so far but I do know we have been spending some time playing, hanging out in Cascade, fly fishing, golfing, walking Izzy, running Izzy, and everything in between!

 Walk observations

 Golf Course Residents

Ready for my Walk

Steve decided to sell his motorcycle that traveled all over the country and Canada with us and upgrade to a little bigger one that is more of an adventure bike. He has been having fun outfitting it so he can do short overnight trips in the back country. So far he managed to forget his tent on his maiden camping trip! Quite a bit different than traveling around in the fifth wheel!

Ready to Load

I think I have Everything

 Ready to Load

Not Too Shabby

We did make it northern Idaho to visit family friends of Steve’s. We were in Kingston and Kellogg for several days and I got to meet the guy who hooked Steve on fishing. Randy was fun to meet and his wife Carol and they enjoyed catching up. Marilyn, Randy’s Mom, lives at the place where Steve went when he was a little boy for vacations during the summer. I can see why the family moved from Riverside California to here as it is gorgeous country.

 Randy and Steve

 Steve and his Dad

The View from our ATV Ride

We managed to get in one float trip to dust off our fly fishing rods. The day was bright and sunny and fishing a bit slow, although Steve did manage to catch several fish along with George. I decided to simply practice my casting until we were almost done. I proceeded to catch the biggest fish of the day. Granted it was the only fish I caught!

We have played golf a couple of times and took in a car show. Some pretty cool looking cars and a motorcycle caught our attention. Of course it would have been hard to choose which car to take home so we decided to not buy any of the ones for sale!

 1939 Lincoln Zephyr

 Classy

 This beauty goes up and down

Now it is October! Fall colors are all around us and the weather has certainly turned from the dog days of summer to the cooler temperatures at night. We did sell our beach bungalow in Florida so we will see if we can manage to stick out the colder weather as the season progresses to winter.

We have a few projects planned to keep our skills refreshed. I won’t go into details here as that would ruin the surprise of the next update from SIT! So you better stay tuned!