Everett

We’re in the Everett area seeing the grandkids and taking care of a couple of items while here. Last Thursday we took Cody and his girlfriend, Janette, out to dinner at the Olive Garden. We wanted to celebrate his upcoming 17th birthday. Cody is a Halloween baby who was born exactly 21 years after his Uncle Brian.

We also were able to see granddaughter, Nichole. We took her out to lunch at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants. Nichole is attending the alternative high school here in Everett. We’re hoping she can graduate in June. She is also working at McDonalds.

We stayed for three nights at the free Tulalip Casino parking lot, then moved to Wenberg State Park for a couple of nights. Washington state has an off-season pass for senior citizens. It’s good from October to March for $50. It then only costs $6.00 a night to stay in the utility sites (with power, water, etc). So, we’re finding this is quite a bargain for us.

The weather is really nice today. We can see the mountains and it is warm (70 degrees) and very sunny. We’re headed south tomorrow. We’re due in Seaside, Oregon by Friday for a square dance event. We’ll stay on the coast for a few days, then head to Vancouver, Washington for another square dance event the first weekend in November.

Our house is making good progress. Brian is going to check on it Thursday, so we’ll hear more on how it’s doing. We’ll be back in Wenatchee by November 5th. We’re hoping to get moved in before the snow flies in the passes. When we came over the pass last Thursday there was about 3 inches of snow on the road at the top of Stevens Pass. This is not fun when you’re towing a 32 foot fifth wheel. But, we made it safely into Everett.