Saturday, 14MAR, was
a late morning start back to Sultan, WA.
Although this was a record dry winter in the Pacific NW; it appears we
have brought the rain with us, because we experienced heavy rain once we
crossed over Snoqualmie Pass. In fact,
this winter was so mild, that the ski areas are already shut down & they
lost about 50% of their season due to lack of snow. After our arrival in Sultan we spent rest of
day emptying the RV & re-occupying house.
We awoke Sunday
morning to a record rainfall ever recorded for 15MAR & the 3rd wettest day in March ever – welcome home!!!
Even in the rain, Corrie starts gardening & clearing the yard/property. Although it was an extremely mild/dry winter
for Seattle area, there must have been some strong winds because many branches &
small trees are down. Dan continues
emptying the RV & assembling one of his “toys” he purchased back in
September 2014, while in Canada; & we have carried in the RV for six
months!
On 20MAR, in the
late afternoon we headed to Redmond’s Marymoor Park for the Cirque du Soleil
show KURIOS. This show was one of the
best Cirque shows we have seen; much better than one we saw in November, in New
Orleans! The costumes & staging were
unique even for a Cirque show, but several of the acts stood out: 1) a group of acrobats are sitting around a
dinner table & start stacking chairs on the table higher & higher w/one
acrobat always balanced on the top chair; BUT another group of acrobats are
suspended high up on the ceiling mirroring the group below, & they starting
stacking their chairs downward until the two acrobats meet in the middle &
pass the salt & pepper! 2) three
performers only use their fingers, hands & small props to recreate famous
scenes; these scenes are projected up on to large screens & were
mesmerizing! 3) a guy with nothing but Yo-Yo’s
performed tricks that we still think were impossible.
Another unique
aspect, was they had a large “swinging” bridge that stretched from backstage
all the way to the front row of the audience.
We noticed that every few minutes before the show, audience members
would get to backstage & then walk across the bridge to their seats? We assumed these customers had paid extra for
the VIP tickets? But Corrie asked one of
the ushers & found out anyone could do it by just asking! So naturally we had to do itJ!
Sunday, 22MAR, we
headed over to Dan brother Shawn & Cindie’s for a visit & late lunch. Turns out not much has changed in their life
other than they are now married & have bought their own house!
The remainder of the
March was spent:
>Corrie
constantly gardening between mowing & thatching sessions
>Dan trouble
shooting why photo electric eyes on three outside porch lights stopped working?
>cleaning out the
annual mess made by mice & rats in the old barn
>semi-annual
visit to dentist, where Dan is told he now needs a “mouth guard” at night
because he supposedly grinds his teeth in his sleep?
>Corrie starts a
raspberry “patch” with starters from the neighbor
>etc
