Family Reunion

Happy Canada Day!!

We are hoping to get down the driveway in the MH sometime this afternoon for a week in Spokane. With kudos to niece, Marty, most of the family is gathering at Calla & Sam's on Saturday for a reunion of the descendents of Bill and Lilly Kirkwood. We expect at least 40, and are hoping for more. Keith and Janet have arranged their vacation plans to fly into Spokane on Thursday evening before going on to Billings on Monday to visit her family. Colleen and Craig, Cassie, and Greta are driving over Friday morning.

We will park the motor home at the Sprague RV Park on Big Meadows Road. The price is right (free) and the company delightful. Karen and I are hoping to assemble her mother's quilting frame so we can tie a quilt top that Lillie made many years ago. That to be squeezed in with all the visiting. She and Rod have their entire family with them over the Fourth, and have had/will have various and sundry grandchildreen coming and going.

We are now the proud owners of a new hot water tank after we discovered our showers yesterday morning were a bit on the cool side. That tank was here when we moved in almost 15 years ago, so I guess it was time to replace it. I would love to opt for a tankless system, but it doesn't make sense considering the age of this house and the question as to how long we might live in it.

We are seriously considering renting the house, sorting and storing our stuff, and drifting down the road this fall. I think the daunting part of the equation is the sorting and storing. I miss the days of navy life when we had to sort and purge every two years. Even with obscene gas prices, we wouldn't have to drive very far at any one time to see and do new things.

I need to get busy if we are to be out of here at a reasonable time today. Have a happy and safe Fourth. Ciao