Since our plans are
to be RV’ing in June & July (more details in next BLOG), we needed to
accomplish a “normal” summers activities around the property in the next two months;
not spread out over summer/fall as is our normal routine. So April ended up being a constant string of
chores centered around the house & property:
>almost constant mowing,
gardening & landscaping by Corrie
>Dan installs a USB
charging outlet in kitchen island
>Corrie starts
installing river rock we got from Bob & Pattie (see previous BLOG)
>Dan applies
protective primer & paint to trailer walls he made last month
>Dan finishes two
small sections of garage walls & doors; & sets up a dedicated spot for
all our recyclables (since we have no garbage service)
>Easter Sunday,
05APR, at supper time we see big coyote calmly walking thru yard
>Dan making
dramatic style change in his footwear, from the “tennie” he has worn for
decades
>Dan makes a
couple of Harbor Freight run & gets a few “toys” for his shop & work
bench
>Dan finalizes
& pays taxes
>having sixty
feet of cyclone fencing with a fourteen foot gate installed across our drive
way to increase security & keep the neighbors cows out
>battling
invasive blackberries & holly bushes/trees
>Toad maintenance
in preparation for upcoming trip
>routine dental
& medical appointments
>etc, etc, etc
During all this
Corrie found time to routinely attend exercise classes at The Y, and Dan
volunteered once a week with Habitat for Humanity. Also on 17APR, Dan’s brother Shawn & wife
Cindie come by for an afternoon of reminiscing & BBQ dinner, which allowed
us to present them with a wedding gift.
And there were two
“special events” during the month:
Thursday, 02APR, Dan
headed into Seattle to the Museum Of History And Industry (aka MOHAI) because
admission is free on the first Thursday of each month. (see below BLOG for more on MOHAI; &
Dan’s last visit & history w/MOHAI)
This is a new facility & location for MOHAI. Although it is a much better facility, it is
not a big improvement over its previous location. The building is much bigger, but the number
of exhibits is only slightly larger & pretty much what they had before;
& parking is expensive, not free.
Although entry was free on the first Thursday, you still must pay for any
special exhibit – which this time was “American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of
Prohibition”.
Sunday, 26APR, we headed
into Seattle Center for the Pompeii exhibit at the Pacific Science Center. It was a good exhibit, but in our opinion not
as good as the King Tut exhibit we viewed in 2012 (see below BLOG link). But since we probably will never make it to
Italy & this was the last time the artifacts would be in the USA, it was
still worthwhile. After that we had a
short walkabout of the Japanese Cherry Blossom Festal that was going on at same
time in the Seattle Center. Last stop of
the day was the Capitol Hill Market on Broadway.
