It was about time that we got Lois (Mom) in the front seat of the motor home and took her on an outing. We picked her up just before noon and headed out for Hoods Canal on Puget Sound. Our route took us around Olympia and then onto highway 101 and Shelton. About 15 miles further up 101 we turned onto route 106 and headed to Hoods Canal and Mark and Susan’s (Louise’s brother and sister-n-law) new home. I found a test of my driving skills in getting the coach parked at their home. Thanks to Mark and a little luck, we slid in beside their home with about 6 inches on one side (the corner of the roof was very close) and a foot on the other. Now it was time for a shower and a cold beer… We were with Mark and Susan for 4 days and had a blast !!! I helped Mark put another coat of paint on the garage, which gave me a chance to remember just a little bit of what I was missing by not having to maintain a home any longer….oh ya, I almost forgot… We took a couple of drives out to see the sights of the canal and enjoy some of the local “haunts”. One “haunt” that we really enjoyed was ------- for a great dinner. Their property is tied to a wonderful private beach club. One morning about 10, we headed down there at low tide and enjoyed an hour of “picking” clams. Seeing as how the tide was out, we had a huge beach to rake and pick. The top layer was filled with oysters ( we passed on the oysters this time around because the water was too warm) which we raked aside and found the small clams laying just under a layer of mud. We ended up picking enough to feed the 5 of us with more clams than any of us had any idea we could hold in one sitting….WHAT A GREAT TREAT !!! Now to leaving…I had Mark out there beside me again as I pulled out from beside his house. I had to pull out exactly as I went in which put me heading down into a dead-end street that I couldn’t turn around in…sooo, I had to back out about 300 yards until I found a place I could turn-around in. All worked out great, no one run over and no scrapes or dents…Great Grandma made it home just fine.
2 August ‘06
It was about time that we got Lois (Mom) in the front seat of the motor home and took her on an outing. We picked her up just before noon and headed out for Hoods Canal on Puget Sound. Our route took us around Olympia and then onto highway 101 and Shelton. About 15 miles further up 101 we turned onto route 106 and headed to Hoods Canal and Mark and Susan’s (Louise’s brother and sister-n-law) new home. I found a test of my driving skills in getting the coach parked at their home. Thanks to Mark and a little luck, we slid in beside their home with about 6 inches on one side (the corner of the roof was very close) and a foot on the other. Now it was time for a shower and a cold beer… We were with Mark and Susan for 4 days and had a blast !!! I helped Mark put another coat of paint on the garage, which gave me a chance to remember just a little bit of what I was missing by not having to maintain a home any longer….oh ya, I almost forgot… We took a couple of drives out to see the sights of the canal and enjoy some of the local “haunts”. One “haunt” that we really enjoyed was ------- for a great dinner. Their property is tied to a wonderful private beach club. One morning about 10, we headed down there at low tide and enjoyed an hour of “picking” clams. Seeing as how the tide was out, we had a huge beach to rake and pick. The top layer was filled with oysters ( we passed on the oysters this time around because the water was too warm) which we raked aside and found the small clams laying just under a layer of mud. We ended up picking enough to feed the 5 of us with more clams than any of us had any idea we could hold in one sitting….WHAT A GREAT TREAT !!! Now to leaving…I had Mark out there beside me again as I pulled out from beside his house. I had to pull out exactly as I went in which put me heading down into a dead-end street that I couldn’t turn around in…sooo, I had to back out about 300 yards until I found a place I could turn-around in. All worked out great, no one run over and no scrapes or dents…Great Grandma made it home just fine.
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