Wednesday, August 15th, 2018…… For some reason, Rylee woke me
up around midnight. I took her out but
she didn’t need to potty, so we went back to bed and back to sleep. It may have
been too hot for her even with the door open. We also have had some smoke
settle in from the fires so maybe that got to her. Today we had plans to go to breakfast and
then shopping. We took Mike & Cheri to Shirley May’s and I think they liked
it!
Then it was off to
Costco to pick up some things for dinner this week. We got back and rested and
visited for a bit. Mike needed to go to the urgent care facility to have blood
drawn for tests he is doing. We got in the truck and headed out. But, on the
way out, I spotted a car pulling a trailer and I thought I recognized the
driver and passenger, so I turned around and found that it was our friends,
Paul & Alice! They were on their way to their son’s house in Yamhill
(southwest of Portland) and were bringing up some items for them to store. They
wanted to stop by on the way up and visit with us a bit. They told us they have
made the decision to sell their home in Anaheim and find a place up here
somewhere. With Mike and Cheri here, it was like old home week, with our old
square dance friends. They stayed about an hour or so then headed north. Mike
& I went off to urgent care and Lydia & Cheri went to Walmart. Urgent Care
sent us over to the lab in the community hospital across the street for the
blood draw. That done, we headed back home and the girls started dinner. We had
bought bbq ribs from Costco and my sister came over to help us eat all of them.
Yummy! We sat around after dinner and visited until it was time for bed.
Thursday, August
16th, 2018…… This morning we fixed breakfast. We planned to go
out to show them Foster Lake and the surrounding area. But I got a call from
another long time square dance friend, Carol. She had previously told Lydia
that she and hubby Gene were going to be up in the Seattle area and might be
stopping by on their way back home. Well, today was that day! We waited around and they showed up about 11:00am.
They only stayed about an hour or so but we had a nice visit.
They headed out and we took off to go tour a bit. We hit Sweet Home and Foster Lake then went by my sister’s house. She came by later and we drove to Coburg for pizza. It was as good as always! We are registered as customers there so I get special deals emailed to me every month. This month we got, with two pizzas (any size) a free family size baked spaghetti dish. So, we each ordered a small pizza. But we got the spaghetti to go since we had way enough to eat. After the drive back home, we were ready for a rest!
They headed out and we took off to go tour a bit. We hit Sweet Home and Foster Lake then went by my sister’s house. She came by later and we drove to Coburg for pizza. It was as good as always! We are registered as customers there so I get special deals emailed to me every month. This month we got, with two pizzas (any size) a free family size baked spaghetti dish. So, we each ordered a small pizza. But we got the spaghetti to go since we had way enough to eat. After the drive back home, we were ready for a rest!
After pizza, we went over to Walt's for ice cream cones. They had a concert in the park so we walked over there and enjoyed that as well.
Friday, August 17th, 2018…… Today we went geo
caching! Mike & Cheri have been doing this for several years and we were
interested in how it all works. There are websites you can go to and read all
about how it all started. You can download an app on your phone and it will
show you a map with spots all over it where caches are placed. The object is to
use your locator on the app to zero in on the spot. Clues may be available to
help you find the object. Once you find it, you write on the log in the object
and log it into your files. We didn’t find the first one but found one on the
way to Albany (it is in the metal post of the old famous honey sign billboard
on Santiam Hwy). They logged it in and then we headed off to Albany. We wanted
to show them the carousel. I think they liked it!
We were able to go
downstairs and got a tour of the carving shop. I have been tracking the
progress on Geno the whale. Here is a shot from a few months ago and then one from yesterday.
We walked around and
enjoyed ourselves for a bit then headed off home. We did stop at the Lebanon
Water Gardens (in the courtyard of the Premier Hotel in town). We tracked down
another geo cache there. We came home and heated up the spaghetti dish plus all
of the leftover pizza and had a nice filling dinner. Then it was time to play
dominoes for a while until it was time to call it a night.
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