A Great Trip

As you can see, my blog fizzled out in early December.   I guess I cannot type when my hands are in winter gloves 24/7 and my body is chilled to the bone.  During the first part of the month the temperature did not go over freezing for 10 days with the nighttime lows between 10 and 26. 

 

In spite of the cold, we really enjoyed our time spent with Dane.  We walked to his school every afternoon and then walked him home.  We helped him with homework and also took him to play dates and to Karate.  Kevin and Leslie kept very busy with their businesses.

Chig brought our rock tumbler from Sacramento and Chig and Dane polished the rocks Dane had collected in Yosemite in June.  It took 3 weeks but the end result was beautiful.

 We spent our first Christmas away from home ever!  It was different but very nice too.  It was fun seeing Dane open his gifts.  Spending time Kevin, Leslie, Dane, their neighbors and twin daughters was an added bonus.   Irene drove to Portland and enjoyed Christmas with us too.

January 2, 2014, we headed further north to Seattle.  The weather warmed quite a bit.  We parked our RV at Charlene’s house in Marysville.  We could easily travel back and forth to the city.  We were also able to take the ferry to visit Keith and Alice in Kingston.  One evening Cory & Amanda prepared Paella at their restaurant Pintxo where we were joined by family and friends for a delicious dinner.  The group of 13 included Amanda's parents Henry and Diana,  her aunt Ada Mae, Chig's niece Toni and her husband Bob, Chig's sister Charlene, our Seattle friends Craig and Deanna , my cousin Sandy and her fiancé Bob (they live in Victoria),  Chig, Irene and me.

 

                                                This beautiful pan of Paella was a work of art.

                        Three first cousins, Sandy, Kathy and Irene.

On January 13^th we headed back to Sacramento.   Although it was cold, it was a great trip.