Al is getting the ladder ready for the paint job on the Utility Room...When that is done he will
install new vinyl flooring... Can hardly wait for that!
 

My darling Husband has 3 purple dust bunnies ready to attack the Utility Room.
Al (our neighbor) came over and helped move our washer
and dryer out of the Utility Room so Sweetheart here
could paint our Utility Room. 

Al hangs my clothes line...YEAH.













IT IS SO NICE TO HAVE A MAN AROUND THE HOUSE.... and what a man he is... 

Dual purpose wood shed...

This was a necessary item during the
heat spell we just had...

Nothing worse than running a dryer in
101 degree weather....
Yikes. 

We bought new flooring for the
Utility Room...

Now Al has to install it.... 

We have been packing and gettin' ready for the last few days... Except today, we went to Chehalis, WA, picked out new flooring for our utility room, had a great Chinese food lunch
took lots of pictures then I accidentally deleted
all of the pictures.

BUT WE ARE STILL SMILING.... 

This is a picture of Al doing the thing 'he likes best'...sitting on a front porch, playing the music he grew up listening to. He is looking forward to playing 'The Blues" where it was born, in the
Mississippi Delta. 

We are going on the road and to help off-set the expense of travel we are selling Al's CD
"ALONE AND BLUE". If you would be
interested in a CD, please send $15.00 which
will cover shipping and handling with your
name, address and e-mail to:


Al Carson, P. O. Box 111, Ryderwood, WA.
98581 and we will send it to you ASAP!

Newsflash.. Sorry!
THESE ARE ALL SOLD OUT!

We went to Vancouver today to meet with our long time Financial Advisor, Mark...

He said , yes, HAVE FUN AT YOUR REUNION !


AND I C A N H A R D L Y W A I T ! ! !

Nourishment at Mongolian Grill...what a great lunch they serve!!
We sure like the food there... 

This is our Financial Advisor, Mark!
His smiling face is because he just told us that
we could go to Molly's family reunion in
Missouri and he'll pay for the diesel...
WOW... Are we excited...

We can't go to a town that has a Trader Joe's without stopping.....
We did just that. Had to 'stock up' on some
"Two buck Chuck" for our travels...

WOW I love that store. 

This is Christopher.....Verizon Wireless Customer Service..... he sold me a new Verizon phone...with all the trimmings.. Since Mark told us we could go to my reunion in Missouri and travel again for the winter our needs were CELL PHONE.... again.


Cute, isn't he? 

A true sign of Washington State................................huge logs traveling on the Interstates.. 

Our new Italian Restaurant 5 miles just outside town...
We really wondered just what kind of food they
would serve because on their
sign it stated "Italian Restaurant" but..
also on their sign was a "Bucking Bronco" ......

Now anyone knows that these two don't go
together but after eating there we were very
pleasantly surprised....it was great.

You go figure...... 

Aren't Monarch's suppose to be headed to California about now..... but I found this one

right across the street from our house.... 

Our friend,
'LUCKY' the camel lives just down the road....

He use to work for
Lucky Strike.... 

WHAT A GREAT TRIP WE HAD AT THE 3RD ANNUAL TOWN CAMP-OUT.

Just a few pictures from my new camera.
Thanks, again, Laura for the help.

Many fish are caught from the well used
'Fishing Bridge'.. It was built next to the logging
road that comes out of the surrounding forests.

A bit of a color burst! 

At the end of this trail is the opening to get to Riffe Lake.
We walked down this beautiful path to the lake....what an
awesome day. 

Another walk 

One of the many walks in the park. 

One of many Potlucks in the covered pavillion.  

Pretty great looking catch...