My visit to Jon and Melanie was fantastic! I now remember how much I really liked living in the northwest. We went whale watching but didn't see any whales. We did see a lot of porpises, bald eagles and harbor seals. The weather was very nice. About 75 degrees. It rained a couple of times but only Washington mist.

We went to Pike's Market on Sunday. Lots of nice flowers and fruit. We bought apricots the size of peaches. The cherries were everywhere just like I remembered. There were all kinds of neat things there. Handmade jewerly, leather goods, clothes almost anything you can think of. I even got to buy some devil's claw for the strained muscle ointment I make. There was a street band playing and they were pretty good.

They were a funky-folky sort of band. Pretty eclectic bunch.

We went to the Pt. Defiance Gardens. The roses were in bloom. There were so many different types. I wish I could of taken all of them home with me.

Today we are off to Troy IL. for one of Catie's softball games. Her team won last Thursday. Thier first win of the season. It was pretty nice since it was Catie's 13th birthday. Here's a picture of her batting. Nice socks, huh. They were suppose to be tyed diyed but the couch couldn't get them. One of the girls does have them though.

Below is the video of the sailing we did on Mother's day.

This Thursday we are off to Washington state to visit Jon and Melanie. We are planning to visit McCord AFB while we are there and drive around Seattle a bit. Maybe take a trip to Pike's Market. On Saturday we are going whale watching. It has a 60% chance of rainning on that day but I don't think the whales mind being wet. So perhaps we will spot a whale or two.

I'm still having a hard time learning how to get the pictures and text lined up right. So please be patient if the format is strange.

We'll we are off to the game.