Actually, it is turning into a birthday week. Colleen and I drove to Yakima on Friday night to begin our annual October birthday getaway to stay in a lovely B&B that made us feel like we were in the heart of Germany. The host is German and he and his wife have made the entire abode look like a page out of a country German home.
With their recommendation, we stopped at an apple stand nearby and purchased a variety of lovely crisp beautiful apples for $.25/pound. Yes, twenty-five cents. They were considered seconds, but other than being a bit smaller, we could see no difference.
After a day of driving eastward via Dayton, Waitsburg, Pomeroy, and Uniontown, we arrived at the Spragues on Saturday evening. One stop made during our wanderings was at a working goat and sheep cheese farm. We tasted cheeses and sipped some wine before being on our way. The sidetrip to Uniontown was a double failure; the Sage Bakery had closed 15 minutes before we got there, and our favorite antique shop has been sold:(
Karen had a lovely dinner for us on Saturday evening, and Sunday was a frantic round of buying more produce on GreenBluff and then scurrying back to Karen's to get out the kettles and the peelers and the crockpots and the jars and the lids to begin the process of making apple butter and pear butter. Peeled apples were sliced and vacuum sealed for the freezer for apple pies, and the last of the season's tomatoes were cooked down for tomato sauce for the freezer. A very productive endeavor indeed.
Since there is serious construction on I-5 on the east side of the summit with extensive delays, we decided to drive home via Highway 2 yesterday. It didn't take any extra time, and it was much more leisurely. We admired the old hotel in Waterville and then stopped in Leavenworth for some German food for dinner. We arrived back at Colleen's about 9:30.
Ken had roses for me, and Craig had some very nice wine along with surprises from the two east coast Kirkwood families. All this love and attention helps ease the trauma of another year passing.
One of my favorite cousins turns 90 in November so we are going to meet up with family to help her celebrate next weekend .... in the thriving metropolis of Umatilla.
It is pretty quiet here this evening. Craig closed on his house this week so he has moved into his new home in north Tacoma. We are very happy for him, but we were quite used to having him around. We think he made a good buy, and he is only about a half hour away.
I have become obsessed with Words with Friends on my phone. There is a limit of 20 games at any one time, and I am always playing the maximum. It is addictive:) Excuse me, I have to go see if it is my turn:)
Ciao
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