Friday (12AUG) wake-up to find that RV park power restored sometime last night while we slept; break camp & jump on I-90W for six hour plus drive back to house in Sultan. Midafternoon get to house to find the grass twelve inches tall; & Corrie’s garden needing serious attention. Plus some pool hoses have leaked & pool level dropped to half full. Disconnect Toad, park RV & open house. Corrie starts dealing with garden & Dan starts mowing yard in sections because mowers definitely straining. Dinner is take-out from new Thai restaurant in Sultan. One nice thing is the marionberry vine still has lots of berries that we immediately pick & freeze asap.
The next week is mostly spent on “cleaning-up” the yard, flower beds; and garden from being neglected for a month while we were on our RV trip. And we also prepped the RV for a four day soccer tournament in Puyallup that the grandsons (Jaxson & Mason) are in. On 16AUG we had a surprise visit from Dan’s cousin Rob Harris & wife Patti. We almost missed them because they drove up & lightly” knocked on front door; Dan was in TV room & didn’t hear them. So they started to drive away, but decided to stop in driveway, call Dan & find out if he would be home soon? Dan couldn’t understand the question & was surprised to learn they were in driveway & wanted to visit. We haven’t seen them since before covid. It was a great time catching-up & reminiscing.
Friday, 19AUG, on the road early to Puyallup, WA, for grandsons’ soccer tournament; tournament is four days but we will miss today’s games because they were early AM. Make it to RV park around lunch; park is half trailer park & half RV; average but it has pool. Rebecca meets us there with Jaxson & Mason; Rebecca heads back to her house & we will see her & husband Raymond & tomorrow at first game of the day.
Dan & grandsons go to pool before dinner. After dinner off to Mike N Terry’s Outdoor Fun Park for putt/putt golf. Course definitely showing wear & tear, but still fun🙃 Unfortunately the go karts & paint ball sections of the park were closed.
Mike N Terry's Outdoor Fun
Park – Mike N Terry's Outdoor Fun Park (mikenterrys.com)/
Saturday & Sunday each boy had one game per day, often in the record sun/high heat. Then it was back to RV park & pool; while the parents headed home to east Bremerton. Sunday they were eliminated from play-offs on Monday (yeah). So all the Pitre family went home & we went out to Mama Stortini’s for excellent Italian😊! Highly recommend you order all your choices from happy hour menu; half size items & reduced prices. Then back to RV to crash. Monday morning back to home, Sultan, WA.
Mama Stortini's
Restaurant & Bar - Federal Way, Kent & Puyallup (mamastortinis.com)
Tuesday, 23AUG, Dan continues mowing, while Corrie gardens; Dan finally replaces bad outdoor LED lights for two shop doors; problem with LED lights is that if the fixture doesn’t use LED bulbs, then the entire fixture has to be replaced if LEDs fail☹ If you are extremely lucky the fixture is still for sale; but in this case we had to replace the entire fixture.
Sunday, 28AUG, sun returns; before lunch we drive to Edmonds ferry terminal to pick-up grandboys (Jaxson & Mason) to spend the next week with us. We really haven’t had them stay with us much this summer, like past years. First thing was into the pool (first real use this year); then al fresco BBQ dining.
Monday AM Dan takes the grandboys with him to the Sultan Food Bank until lunch time. They even volunteered to take onions out of a 50 lb sack & bag them into smaller bags.
Tuesday AM we take Jaxson & Mason to Monroe Evergreen State Fair; first fair since covid shutdown. Last one we went to was four years ago. We know the “effects” of covid/supply chain issues are still being felt, but nothing justifies the smaller scale of the event (ie noticeably less exhibits/concessions) and higher prices (plus the inconvenience of cash only!!!). At their age the boys are not interested in the kiddie rides anymore; but not brave enough for the big kids rides? There were two “fun houses” in different areas of the fair; & Jaxson & Mason would run through them again & again. Thankfully in the 90 degree heat they only lasted three hours.
The
Ryan RV Express: 01-31AUG18 - Sultan, WA (many trips on wa state ferries)
Wednesday (last day of
August) another hot day; not much done; Corrie runs errands & has dental;
Dan starts another round of mowing;. The
boys spend most of the day in the pool & insist on “night swimming”! Night swimming to them is after sunset with
no cloths🙃
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