Wednesday, September 1st., 2021…… Another appointment day! We had to meet with several folks prior to
our leaving for such a long period. Plus, we had to take in the truck again for
more work. The camper shell on her truck had a bad hinge and we took it to the
installer in Corvallis to be replaced. We walked over to Panera Bread and had
dinner and hung around there for a while so they could finish. It was done in
short time, and we headed back home.
Thursday, September 2nd., 2021…... Housekeeper come today. Cathye had acupuncture
and an appointment with Robin, who will be looking after Jamie while we’re
gone. We met later to get our hair cut. I came back home and worked with my
Directv service to replace one of the receivers and got that ordered. I checked
in at the trailer and saw that Randy was finishing up the grouting. He is very
careful, and the job looks terrific! He also has the dryer vent done and will
be working on some other items before he is finished. He is willing to do some
of the obvious plumbing connections, but we still have no word from the
plumber, who needs to confirm everything is ok under the house so the water can
be turned on.
Friday, September 3rd., 2021…… Water turned on at the trailer today! Yaay! It was not a big deal, but we couldn’t
remember why it was off in the first place (other than waiting for the washer, sink
and dishwasher installs). No leaks so that’s good! Spent time packing and/or getting things
staged and ready. It’s tough when you are planning for two separate trips!
Saturday, September 4th., 2021……
Mowed the lawn today. Cathye worked some more on unpacking boxes for the
trailer. Some rooms she can move into, like the kitchen. Some still need
additional work, like touchup paint, baseboards, etc. so she will just bring
boxes into those rooms for the time being.
Sunday, September 5th., 2021……
Today we went over a few things at the house with sis, who will be staying
and bringing Quincy over to be with Rylee. She needed to know about the carport because
they called and said they would pick a date and let us know. I needed to show
her exactly where and how I wanted it placed. Later, we met up at Gametime with
Cherrelyn and Penny and had a nice meal.
Monday, September 6th., 2021…… Prep work still going on. We met with Randy, who is still working on Cathye’s trailer to go over his ‘list’ of things we needed done. No worries on most of them but some will need extra help. He is not an electrician so we will need to address that but that can be done at a later date. Later, we had everyone over for dinner. We agreed that each of us would bring what we wanted to eat. I set up a couple of easy-ups and tables and they brought their own chairs. It was nice. We went to bed early because we have a drive to Portland PDX (100 miles).
Tuesday, September 7th., 2021…… We were out early, and it was an
easy drive to the airport. We chose long term parking and got her truck parked
and locked and toted our bags to the shuttle bus (more on this later). We had
pre checked and dropped off the suitcases and settled in and had a nice
breakfast. Complete with mimosas!
The flight was not a problem but when
we shuttled over to the rental car place, it took forever to get through the line
to the one person working the counter. But once we were done and found the cars
down in the garage and got assigned one, we were off. All the way around the
corner to our hotel. It was literally ¼ mile to the Embassy Suites! We valet-parked the car and checked in. It
was a bad idea to get the car at the start of the trip because we had to pay
$55.00 per day to park it. But we felt we needed the assurance of having the
car plus we didn’t know we could walk over there to get one! I’m glad it was only 2 days! Once in the room and unpacked, we found we
were hungry. The three-hour time difference made it 8:00pm so we just stayed in
the hotel and split a meal. I have to say that we had the best crabcake sandwich
I have ever eaten! It was delicious! Tomorrow the fun day starts!
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