Today, Friday, 22 June 2018, we're getting ready to take off for Colorado and Wyoming. Packing, cleaning, turning things off, etc. The CRV is ready to roll...we'll load her up tonight.

 Yesterday (after work) we took Carol's Corolla to Grand Ronde for dinner...

then, we continued on to Lincoln City. We had tickets to see...Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons! They were great...sang all the old songs and a couple from a new CD. We got home around mid-night. I really didn't feel like getting up to go to the gym this morning...5:00 am came around really quick! 

 Frankie is 84!!! Still doin' it!!! 

Sunday, 17 June, we picked up Jim and Vonnie and drove to Seattle, WA. We bought tickets a long time ago for Brian Culbertson at Jazz Alley (second time in 5 days :). Great show and good food! Man, that guy can play the keyboard!!! This was his last show of his Colors of Love tour. We loved every second of it! We'll see you again, soon.

A few more pics from the car show at Spirit Mountain:

 That's all the news from this week. We're on the road for the next two weeks. I'll post more when we get home. 

  

Now we are all caught up on the past months that I slacked off …. JUNE is so nice! Love the weather and we're kept very busy. We had the carpets cleaned , washed all the windows, changed the oil, and rotated the tires...so, we are ready to roll!!! We went to Salem, OR of a Brian Culbertson concert with Clay and Cindy Nagel on Wednesday, 13 June.

 Of course, he was fantastic! He brought his baby Grand piano and gave us a taste of his new CD - The Colors of Love. Plus, lots of songs from his previous CD's. 

The very next day, Thursday, 14 June, Gary Critser and his cousin Rob road in on their Honda Goldwings. Gary was pulling a trailer and a weld had broken on the hitch support. We called around to local weld shops and we ended up leaving Gary's bike over night at the welder's place. We met Danny O'Neal at Claim Jumper for dinner an a lot of reminiscing (old Navy days). Long story short...we got the bike fixed on Friday. Relaxed a bit and grilled some hot dogs and burgers. 

Saturday morning I was up at 5:00a.m. for the gym and when I came home Gary and Rob were on the road, headed for the coast. Carol and I went to Spirit Mountain for breakfast and the classic car show!!! 

 Anyway...you get the idea! Lots of cars and beautiful weather! 

I'll post more soon....Danny...that last pic is for you :)

  

Catching up with MAY...we like to take care of the yardwork at Jim & Vonnie Lash's house while they're on vacation. So, from May 3rd through 17th we made a few trips to their house to trim & mow. We missed our Pinochle partners :)

I volunteered to work with Oregon SOLVE to clean and trim Warrenton, OR cemetery. They have a section for military I was interested in. So, May 12th I drove to Warrenton (near Astoria) and met Jonah, the Parks Supervisor. He had all the maintenance equipment (including bottled water) in a trailer! That helped a lot! Three other families showed up.

 We got a real good start on clearing branches and brush, early in the afternoon. Then a bus arrived with about 15 teens from Astoria Teen Action. At 4:00p.m. we loaded everything back into the trailer and everyone said their good-bye's. I will volunteer for this again!

The rest of the month was filled with work, yardwork, small house projects.

Catching up with APRIL...not a lot going on besides the usual. Work and home projects we've put off takes up most of our time. Tuesday, April 10th, was supposed to be the hottest day of the week in the Portland area...so, after work we took the dog and went to Cannon Beach for dinner. When we left it was 84 degrees, it was 59 degrees and "partly sunny" in Cannon Beach. We ate at Mo's (fish & Chips) then headed for Seaside to see if it was a local thing. Nope, it was all up and down the coast. 

 The rest of the month was routine. We're starting to enjoy the longer days and warmer weather!

So...now, I get to catch up with everything that's been keeping us so busy the past few months!

The first weekend in MARCH, Carol felt kind of funny, dizzy, and she was wearing a wired heart monitor her doctor prescribed. We received a call from OHSU, Sunday, 4 March stating she needed to go to the emergency room as soon as possible due to irregular heart palpitations. Long story short...they admitted her into the cardiac care department, ran lots of tests, checked for clogged arteries and heart disease. All tests came out negative. But, she does have a leaking heart valve and a rhythm issue.  They discharged her on Thursday, March 8th and assigned her to a Beaverton cardiologist.  While she was there, they implanted a wireless heart monitor. 

That weekend, March 10, we picked up Jim & Vonnie Lash and had lunch at Mo's at Cannon Beach.

On Tuesday, 13 March, Carol and I went to the airport and picked up Mikayla. She was visiting her Dad for a week or so. Really nice to see her again...so grown up!!

March 24th was Oregon S.O.L.V.E. beach clean up. I volunteer twice a year to help pick up trash on the beach at Seaside, OR and Cannon Beach. Nice and cool weather...no rain. 

I'll post April and May happenings soon!