Pend Oreille River - Back Yard in Newport
It is difficult to grasp that we have been here in Newport, WA for almost two months. The days go by swiftly like the Pend Oreille River in the back yard.
Since my last post, we arrived here at Larry and Lynn’s (my brother and his wife) shortly after Jeremy’s (my grandson) graduation from high school in June. We brought Torie and Alex (my niece and nephew) up to their grandparents for a visit.
- Bonner – 3lbs14oz – 9 weeks
We acquired a new puppy, Bonner shortly after our arrival. He’s a real joy but he did put a kink in our travel plans. Because of him we missed out on a visit at Chuck’s sister Cathy’s. We are looking forward to making up for that lost time when they come to see us in San Felipe though.
After a week of lazing around looking at the beautiful view (above) we took a road trip to Nampa, ID and visited with our good friends Rob (the world renown Robert Roberts of R2rockz) and Cerise. They had just added a new puppy, Ziljian, to their menagerie but the four dogs blended well and became good friends (as long as you don’t mind your friends trying to sit on you:).
From there we made a quick trip back to California, stopping in Susanville to greet our new nephew DJ into the world (my niece Frances and Donny’s son) and going on to Paradise to visit with Staci, Arby and Jeremy and pick up Chuck’s turning equipment and supplies. While there, we also retrieved our retriever, Maxx.Back in Newport, Chuck is again turning but has also been busy building steps for our RV, working on the boat and just generally being handy about the place. He has trouble sitting and relaxing unless he has a computer in his lap or the TV in front of him but he’s finally getting the hang of this retirement stuff.
I have been busy working on my web work (no not spider webs!!!). You can see my latest endeavors on my new My World, DIYEnergy-Net and DIYSolarSupplies sites. Feel free to browse and comment and don’t forget to bookmark my Shop pages for your future Amazon purchases!
We expect to be back in the Sacramento Valley about August 20th and hope to see all our friends and family while there. Then off to San Felipe!
Check out video of Maxx and Bonner playing. Maxx often remains prone to level the playing field for Bonner.