Tthere has been a lot of water under the bridge (not!) since I last blogged. Friends, visitors, and Ken's birthday came and went. And I missed the birthday.
Karen and I fell victim to food poisoning the Friday night before the birthday party and spent Saturday in bed. But it was Bev to the rescue as she took command and made it all happen with the able help of Jeff, Ken, and Rod. Fortunately, I had everything pretty well ready to go, so it came together quite nicely. Except no one thought to put out any wine. Oh well. From my bedroom window, it sounded like everyone had a good time.
Karen and I did some shopping on Thursday and stopped at a little coffee shop/Greek cafe for a bite to eat. I should have been suspect considering the "Greek" salad was terrible and didn't even resemble Greek. Karen too had a salad, but hers had rubber turkey. Ugh. We very easily discovered the problem because we could account for everything we had eaten, and everything else consumed had been consumed by several others in our group.
The Spragues went home a week ago last Monday, and she has emailed to say they can't get the motor home close to the house, and the only vehicle available is the Jeep. They were still crawling over snow banks the last time I heard from her.
Gary and Carolyn Ousey left for home on Sunday; about two weeks earlier than planned. He has a history of atrial fibrillation problems, and he had an episode here about three weeks ago. Their insurance company said they had to return to Canada or be prepared to pay for the care should he experience another. So they are currently on the road and plan to be back in Victoria by the week end. We had looked forward to spending time with them over the next two weeks now that they were moved to our park.
So it is down to Ken, Cooper and me. We stay pretty close to home during the day because the weather is heating up so we can't go anywhere and leave Cooper in the car. We can make short escapes out, but we can't leave him home for very long either because he panics and starts barking!!
We have not made any plans for going home; either when or how. We are paid up here for another ten days. Then we will think about what to do next. My inclination is to simply move a bit to the north and meander our way back to Washington while taking in some local sights along the way. I am a frustrated John Steinbeck with his dog, Charlie, and would like to stop and visit and eat in every little burg along the way.
We talk to all the family on a regular basis. Sheila has started a new job with Boeing, Brian is still commuting to the Pentagon, and Warren and Nolan are busy with school, lacrosse, and body building. Sarah, Janet, and Rachel all have spring break at different times so no family trip this year. Sarah is going to paint her bedroom in her apartment, and I haven't heard what Janet and Rachel have planned.
Craig and Cassie are making progress on the post-flood action. The floor has been sanded and finished, and Cassie's dad helped install base cabinets last weekend. I guess the only good to come out of this is a fresh and new downstairs. Craig is waiting to see what work is going to come his way now that the current school remodeling project in Lacey is finishing up. There is a big chance that he could end up with a long commute which would not be good news right now.
Colleen is just coming off a ten day cold from hell. I think she managed to work two half days last week, but finally seems to be recovered. She and Skyla are just home holding down the fort.
Last week we drove the the eastern side of the Saguaro National Park which we had not seen. It is quite different from the western part in that there are fewer saguaros, but for the most part are older and more interesting. We also saw lots of younger ones growing beneath nurse trees. I find the saguaro to be absolutely fascinating.
That's all from sunny Arizona. Ciao
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