Suncadia Cle Elum

We made it out of Weippe...hanging onto the last sliver of liver we had left. And we've begun the final leg of the journey home. Home? Loose word since we're going to a city that i've barely been to, to a house we don't have, without a job. It's a weird feeling calling a place home that you dont know anything about. But that's what it's going to be for the next 6 ...

We drove through the mountains to our daughter-in-law's parents’ home in Tacoma Washington where we will stay for the next week or so. The sun was shining in Cle Elum, but as we crossed the mountains we drove into the clouds and they stayed with us ...

... like Lola...she's wonderful!

3. GPS's can be wrong especially George....said with a spanish accent.....even if you're nice to them and say good night everytime you turn him off.

4. If you're about to run out of gas and you're going downhill in Idaho...you may want to run in and out as Mr. Personality who runs the gas station sort of looks like he's sizing you up to take your kidney!

5. If you're going to drive across the country ...

After leaving Richland we decided to dawdle a bit and pick up fruit along the way for our next few days in Leavenworth. The heart of the Yakima Valley is known for it's fruit, so we stopped in the small town of Prosser where we bought two quarts of fresh-picked blueberries for $5 from the back of a farmer's pickup, then crossed the street to the Chukar Cherry plant and ...

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... my idea of fun, but surely it is fun for my husband. Shannon is, it turns out, also a farmer. Deirdre and Blake are grow your own food farmers, my sister's more like a rancher farmer. She's got three horses, two goats, two turkeys, and an entire chicken coop. In addition, she's got pets; five dogs and more cats than she would admit to (I've counted seven). It's very farm-like.

... you are thinking of doing there are a thousand excuses out there why not to do it. And I have thought of almost every one but i only needed one reason to go. Just remember one thing...Dont let the man keep you down! The Dhalai Lhama wrote a great line which goes something like this "I am a friend, a son, a tibetan, a buddhist but foremost i am a human being". That line really speaks to my trip. Thanks to... "Soft Bulletin" by The Flaming Lips for providing an ...

... to my sister's house. I got to meet my sister's friend and we all hung out for a bit. Then, my sister, brother and I went to my sister's work for sushi dinner. The restaurant she works at is in Kirkland, the ritzy part of Washington with grand houses, fancy boats and fancy cars. Though, it was a lovely drive out there across the Washington Lake. And, dinner was really good. It was my brother's first time to sushi so that was amusing to see ...

... Aug 26: Valencia Aug 27: Valencia -> San Sebastian Aug 28: San Sebastian Aug 29: Sarlat (France), Bordeaux Aug 30-31: Carcassonne Sept 1: Arles, Avignon Sept 2: Avignon Sept 3-5: Nice Sept 6: Lyon Sept 7: Dijon Sept 8-9: Paris Sept 10: Paris -> Seattle (U.S.A.) Sept 11-22: Wenatchee Sept 23 - Oct 8: Portland Oct 9: Olympia Oct 10-12: Seattle Oct 13: Seattle -> Paris (France) Oct 14-15: Paris Oct 16: Bayeux Oct 17: Pontorson Oct 18: Tours (Loire ...

... to get off to my left. humbled again. Met my brother Carson in Dallas and was practically accosted by two women in the bathroom. when you gotta go, you gotta cut in front of everyone apparently. So we sat for 13 hours on the plane. not much to say about that. thank you sleeping pills, i guess. 11/29/05- Arrived in Buenos Aires