We did all that was planned in the last blog. Ernie and Jean Perkins came for dinner last Sunday evening, and along with Rod and Karen, we had a great visit. Ernie is recovering from some complications after nose/sinus surgery, and that on the heels of some aggressive radiation for prostate cancer, but he is on the mend.
Ken and Rod spent many hours at the air museum at Hill AFB last week end which is considered one of the best in the country for vintage aircraft. It is fun for us to be able to offer some of these 'little-known gems' to friends. Karen and I made a valiant effort with regard to quilt shops, but had little success.
Last Monday we drove from Hill to Mt. Home AFB which is where we are still with Rod and Karen having left last Wednesday to make their way home. Brian and Sheila had the four of us for dinner on Tuesday evening plus Brian was able to offer another plane opportunity for Rod by taking him over to a hanger for an up close and personal view of the F15.
The trip to Mt. Home proved costly. We discovered one of the duals was flat as we were stopped at a rest stop just east of Mt. Home. In fact, the same dual that went flat in Yuma. But this time it was damage, not a faulty valve, and at the moment, Ken is at Les Schwab getting a new tire. Oh the fun I could have had with the money spent on that one big round black ugly piece of rubber. But again Coach Net, our roadside service, came to the rescue and changed the tire at the rest stop so we could come on in to the base.
On Wednesday, we drove to McCall to spend some time with Brian, Sheila, and the boys at their condo. They went skiing yesterday, and will again today before coming home. We drove up to the lodge yesterday to see the boys on their snowboards. They are quite good except Warren just needs some more weight in order to get up more speed.
Last night was a local hockey game between the Mountaineers of McCall and the team from Sun Valley. This is a sideline for all the players, and in fact there are one or two on the McCall team who are in the Air Force here at Mt. Home. What amazed us was the quality of hockey they played. No fights, just hard and fast skating and checking. McCall won in the last minute of the game!!
Between the last two periods, we were able to chuck a puck. We purchased numbered rubber pucks to be thrown at a small spot on the ice, and if it were to land, and stay on the spot, the thrower would win $150, but no one did. It was fun!! The arena is very nice, and we liked the whole small-town feel of the evening.
There are huge piles of snow all around McCall, and when we got up this morning, our car had about six inches of new snow piled up from the early morning snow. We hurriedly left for Mt. Home, and with some very slow driving in places we made it back. By the time we got to Eagle we were seeing green grass and spring flowers.
We are down to the last few days on the road. We will leave here either tomorrow or Monday and proceed on to the wine country in Washington before we go home. Again, weather will dictate how long we can tarry.
Ciao
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