Just checking in . . .

The golf course Gary and Judah played yesterday was nestled right next to the Columbia River and looks beautiful as you drive by. Well, looks can be deceiving. The ground was so wet it felt like it was moving or as if the grass was floating right on top of a body of water. It was like walking on quick sand. The sand part makes sense with it being like the Sahara here, but wet? Either they are pumping millions of gallons of water on this course overnight, or the river is flowing right underneath it!! I thought for sure we were going to get sucked in with every step, never to return. It was a bit creepy. And it was sooo noisy with the traffic since it sits right next to the interstate. It was almost hard to hear each other talk. But, Gary and Judah had fun anyway. On number 9 they both hit their shot right next to the green, within inches of each other. So, Gary says, "We'll have a chip-off." So Judah hits first, and chips it right into the cup! Gary steps up and says, "That was pretty good, but I can get it closer." To which Judah declares, "That's impossible!" But Gary steps up and chips his ball in as well. So, that ended nicely. But we won't mention what happened on the water holes and the sand traps . . .

We went to pick grapes today. It was so cool to see these huge cluster of grapes just hanging there on the vine. It was so peaceful up there in wine country walking down all the rows that hung overhead like a canopy. We picked 32 pounds of grapes! At 60 cents a pound, how could you not?! And they are so unbelievably sweet - almost too sweet really. Some had already turned into raisins, and those were sweeter still. Just amazing

Well, we are ready to move on. There is so much to love here, but we've decided to go a little nearer to the Cascade Mountains. This valley gets filled with a smog-like cloud that filters down from the north along the river, and just hovers here. It looks almost like Los Angeles at times. It must be from all the chemical spraying of the orchards. So, we've decided to head further north. Besides, we'd like to be around a few evergreen trees instead of sand and sagebrush.

It's still been 90 degrees here this week. I don't know if that's typical or not, but it sure is nice.
And it's been kind of non-eventful kind of week - which is not a bad thing for us AT ALL - you know - given our track record! :) We actually don't mind a bit of boring! Well, I don't - Ezra on the other hand, is having a little tougher time with that. It's a bit hard, but, hey, he's learned to play a mean game of shuffleboard with his left hand, so that's good. Hey - it's better than jumping off the picnic table and doing a summersault, or climbing the light pole at the library like spiderman or hanging off the railing on the RV. (Yes, with his CAST ON!!! Is it any wonder I am getting gray?) So, you know, I'll take a little boring whenever I can get it!

Well, that's it. We are glad it's finally the end of the week. We are so looking forward to a restful day tomorrow. Hope you all have great weekend too!

Blessings,
jill and all

Still not a short enough post? Rats. Maybe next time I'll do one-sentence snippets with bullet points.
Yeah, don't hold your breath.