ON THE ROAD AGAIN!!!!!

After endless rounds of doctors' appointments, tests, labs, etc., we said, "The hell with it all." We are on our way to Prosser to do some relaxing and wine-tasting for a few days.

Ken is feeling better, but the only answer so far is a diagnosis of diabetes.....which could be a player in the previous three months' problems, but no one is saying. He is more mobile, and in considerably less pain, but he right leg and knee are not to be trusted because of so much atrophy. PT starts on Tuesday.

So in spite of setbacks, we are feeling pretty frisky and decided we wanted to go play for a while. He has given himself a bit of a break and allowed me to drive the MH for a short stretch which I have been saying I need to do anyway, just to be sure I am comfortable with it. I think I've got the hang of it.

I have made two trips to Yakima/Union Gap in the last three weeks to take advantage of peaches and pears. I canned seven more quarts of peaches, but the pears I made into chutney as well as subjecting some of them to drying. I used an "off-the-wall" method of drying using a box fan, furnace filters and bungee cords, so it will be interesting to see how they turn out. The whole process is from an Alton Brown "Good Eats" segment on the Food channel.

We have had a dearth of encounters with our friends for various reasons. Rod and Karen Sprague are leaving Spokane on Saturday to take in the balloon festival in New Mexico and then will go on to San Diego. We haven't gone anywhere, and they have been busy so haven't been over our way.

We haven't seen Jeff and Bev Schuler since last January. They usually come to Steilacoom in the spring and again in the fall; neither of which has happened. The fall trip is hoped to occur yet this month. Jeff stepped on a piece of wood in his shop and did enough damage to require surgery. He should be mobile again in the near future.

But the Jaynes and their friends are coming to western Washington the end of this month, so we are looking forward to a visit with them!!

We are just rolling down the hill with Yakima spread out before us.....and even though there are lots of clouds, there is sunshine peeking through at the moment. In another hour we will be settled in at Wine Country RV and relaxing with a little libation!!

Ciao