Busy time at Mom's

We got to Mom's on Sunday night. Monday it was lab work in Bellevue. Tuesday was errands and company for dinner. Wednesday was a doctor appt in Bellevue. She will have one more surgery, this time for a parathyroid tumor, in Sept. We learned that the neighbor two houses from her had a break in and they beat him severely when he told them he didn't have any cash at home. Gary installed a peep hole in her door and we are now working on talking her into getting a dog. Preferably one that barks. The neighbors are all worried they will start going house to house since the police haven't caught them.

Last night our nephew, Stephen cooked dinner at his house for us. His view is fantastic--Bellevue in the foreground and the Cascades in the background, as you can see.















The Mountain was out all day (that is a weather report in the Seattle area and refers to being able to see Mt. Rainier). The drive home from Stephen's over the Floating bridge was gorgeous--you can see Lake Washington on the right and the Olympic Mts. ahead of us. Don't worry--I wasn't driving--this was taken from the backseat of Mom's van with Gary driving.















This morning, while I cleaned up Mom's house, Gary decided to hook up the car by himself and as he drove the RV around Mom's backyard he hit a bump. Unfortunately, he had forgotten to bungie cord the dish cupboard. Had a bit of a mess to clean up that set us back a bit in departure time. Only a few dishes were broken--looked worse than it was.















Our timing was still not too bad and we met Norm and Barb in Tacoma (Fife, actually) for a quick visit and lunch at a cute little spot with great food.















They brought us these beautiful flowers from their yard. Harbor Freight is across the street from our RV park, so we bought a bucket to carry them home. They had been sitting in our shower in a dish pan as we left Tacoma and we really wanted to be able to see them, not to mention reclaiming our shower for its usual use.














We were delighted to see Mt. St.Helens as we drove toward Portland. If you look closely you can see a little tuft of smoke (ash?) on the top right of the mountain. It was a great trip for seeing mountains. Only had a few drops of rain as we left Astoria, then cool sunny weather the rest of the trip.



We're back at Hee Hee Ilahee in Salem tonight. Yreka or Redding tomorrow with any luck.