Summer Fun

So far we are still having way too much fun. Having my parents' RV to live in during our visit here has been the perfect solution to the "where are we going to stay this summer" question. It means that we have our own little furnished apartment on wheels (and the friends & relatives don't have to worry that we'll move in on them), AND we can "take the house with us" and go "cruising" to do some visiting and sight seeing. Last weekend Chris & I towed Sue's little Catalina up to Sequim for her (she got a great new job necessitating the move) and I had a wonderful time giving him just a taste of that part of Washington. Sue will work and keep the boat in Sequim but is living in Port Townsend (the wooden boat capital of the western U.S.). That whole area is beautiful and Chris loved the scenery. Sunday we spent the night at the Tides Inn ("the romantic setting for the love scene in An Officer and A Gentleman") and Chris probably got tired of listening to me speculate on whether Richard Gere slept in our bed. As it turned out, the next morning we saw a sign on room 10 that stated THAT was the room the love scene was filmed in. sigh...
Tomorrow Chris & I are driving the motorhome to Florence, OR to visit his brother, Lee, and since both his kids and their families will be there as well it should be great fun. After the 4th we start meandering our way north on Hwy 101, visiting friends along the coast and then following the loop around the Olympic Peninsula. This is the part of the world where I grew up and I can hardly wait to show it to Chris. As a boy from the desert he is blown away by the amazing forests in the northwest. Being the facilitator of that awe is really, really fun.
Today is my friend, Mary's, first day of retirement so she & I have spent the day shopping. As I write this we are sitting in the "dirt boat" drinking wine and having cheese & crackers while Chris prepares a fabulous dinner for us. How can you beat it? I was happy to be the impetus for her to retire early. When we left for Mexico the seed was planted and her visit there last winter was the "straw that broke the camel's back". How great is that?