January 1-15

We departed Desert Hot Springs on January 2 for a beautiful five hour drive to Fiesta Grande RV Resort in Casa Grande, AZ.
Though Arizona is now the epicenter of Covid the county we're in has aもっと詳しく
January 16-22

It's been a good week, we took a walk around downtown Casa Grande; gazed upon some beautiful sunsets; appreciated an inspirational and peaceful presidential inauguration; hiked the Casa Grande Mtもっと詳しく
Jan 23-Feb 7

It's been pretty quiet since my last post. A big storm blew through a couple of weeks ago bringing rain, wind and cold temperatures here at Casa Grande and snow in the higher elevations.
Our friends,もっと詳しく
February 8-24

We've been enjoying the beautiful weather here in Arizona while monitoring the weather in the Pacific Northwest and Texas. We're glad that our family and friends survived the polar vortex earlier thisもっと詳しく
February 25-28

Thursday we visited St Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery, a spritual oasis in the desert, just outside of Florence, AZ. Though the monestary was established in 1995 the architecture, icons,もっと詳しく
March 1-9

We spent our last week at Fiesta Grande playing... what else...pickleball once or twice a day. Thursday we managed to leave the park to have lunch at the Bent Prop Saloon and sip a bloody mary whileもっと詳しく
March 10-15

We had a busy week in Tucson:
biked 20 miles of the Loop https://www.arizonabikerides.com/rides/586/the-…; took a walking tour of Old Town Tucson; toured the Titan Missile Siloもっと詳しく
March 16-19

We're enjoying our time here in southeastern Arizona's Cochise County. Tuesday we strolled around Tombstone before going to the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area to see sandhill cranes and other birds.もっと詳しく
March 20-23

Saturday we visited the Ramsey Canyon Preserve. We gained about a 1000 ft in elevation during our hike of the Ramsey Canyon /Hamburg trail while enjoying beautiful views, a small clear running streamもっと詳しく
March 24-April 1

It was wet, windy and cold when we departed Huachuca on the 24th of March. We hit areas of slush as we traveled north on hwy 90.
As always we enjoyed our stay at Westwind RV and Golf Resort in Yuma.もっと詳しく
April 2-11

It's been a relaxing ten days so far at Rancho California. We've reconnected with many of the pickleball players we met on the courts in April of 2018, they are a fun and welcoming group.
Friday weもっと詳しく
April 13-19

Thursday we drove the Palms to Pines Scenic Byway to pick up our friends, Gary and Carrie, from the Palm Springs Airport. We're all fully vaccinated so were able to hug, visit and occupy the sameもっと詳しく
April 20-24

I discovered a nice country road to stroll, adjoining RanchoCal, with some pretty views and blooming desert flowers. Tuesday evening we socialized and played pickleball under the lights, a farewellもっと詳しく
April 25-May 3

It's been a busy nine days. Last Saturday we provisioned, in preparation for our journey north, at Costco before having lunch in Old Town Temecula. Wednesday my cousin Steve & Karlene came up fromもっと詳しく
May 4-13

We've been enjoying the spring blooms and many shades of green since returning to Oregon.
My Auntie Toku and cousin Sharon arrived from Texas
to spend time with family, specifically my Uncle Kay,もっと詳しく
May 14-26

We've had a productive 13 days: we've caught up with medical and dental appointments; met friends for lunch; cleaned, purged and organized at Uncle Kay's; smoked a beef brisket and processed theもっと詳しく
May 27-June 13

June 27th we took Auntie Toku to the airport for her return to Texas. We were so grateful that she flew in to be with family, and for her help after Auntie Aki's passing.
Our latest job was powerもっと詳しく
June 14-20

The past week has been busy and full of fun.
Randy had an appointment to pick up a knee brace in West Linn so we had lunch at Nineteen 33 Taproom. It was delicious! Downtown West Linn is charming withもっと詳しく
June 21-28 Lake Simtustus

It was wonderful resuming our annual trout fishing trip to Lake Simtustus. We joined our friends, Jim & Kathy (who we met at the lake 7 years ago) and Dick & Judy, for a week of fishing, dining,もっと詳しく
June 29-July 10

I celebrated Randy's June 29th birthday by performing my civic duty and reporting for jury duty... the defendant waived his right to a trial by jury so I was home by 11:30am.
I did manage to take aもっと詳しく
July 11-15

Sunday we took the ferry from Anacortes, WA to Friday Harbor to spend time with our good friends, Gary & Carrie, at their vacation home on Brown Island across from Friday Harbor.
Since both Gary andもっと詳しく
July 16-31

July 17th we went to the ribbon cutting ceremony for Sandy's first two pickleball courts. The event was well attended and hopefully just the beginning of pickleball in our community. Randy and I haveもっと詳しく
August 1-4

Sunday we had a nice drive to Glen Ayr Resort and RV Park in Hoodsport, Washington.
Monday we went to Lilliwaup and strolled around the Hama Hama Oyster Farm https://hamahamaoysters.com/ then droveもっと詳しく
August 5-8

We arrived at Gig Harbor RV Resort on Thursday for a weekend of festivities celebrating the marriage of Kevin and Megan.
Friday Randy and I celebrated our 44th wedding anniversary with a tour of theもっと詳しく
August 9-15

Monday we arrived at K & M Diamond Point RV Resort located across Sequim Bay from Sequim, Washington.
Tuesday morning was spent biking the Olympic Discovery Trail through meadows, forest and alongもっと詳しく
Welcome to Arizona. We were in Casa Grande, but are now in Yuma. Sorry to have missed you. [Ellen]