Let the Summer Begin!

A lot has happened since the last blog.  My elbow is much better, to the point where I have resumed Pilates twice a week and road and mountain biking.  Weight lifting or swimming laps are still out of the question until the end of summer.

Groovy! 

I attended my last board meeting two weeks ago, our last symphony was three weeks ago, and last Sunday we attended our last fundraiser/auction for the season, so let the sumer begin.  Actually, the Rotary 70's party/fundraiser was fun. Even though I haven't been around very much, work has been exciting and business has been booming.  My book, The Confident Retirement Journey, is scheduled to be featured in the Encore supplement of the June 23 Wall Street Journal.


Kathy has been extremely busy with her national and local Assistance League duties, traveling twice to California since the last post. She has another 5-day board meeting in Burbank in late July.  Her 89-year old mother has physically recovered from her February stroke, but still has cognitive issues and is very unhappy and resentful about living in a retirement community instead of alone in a duplex.   It's up to her to find and execute an alternative and  and frankly, we'd be very surprised if she pulled it off.
And speaking of living arrangements, late May marked the 5th anniversary of our move into our condo at the Meridian. The place is now 92% occupied, mostly by renters.  That said, we love it here--the location, the convenience, the view, and our community of neighbors who live downtown and a few doors or floors down.

Summer view from one of our decks

We got the trailer out of mothballs and took it on a trip to the Redwoods and south Oregon coast.  I went tent camping on the Metolius River by myself. Initially Kathy couldn't go because she took her mom to the Portland rose parade and had too much Assistance League work to do.  But she got to go for just an hour or so because I lost my keys mountain biking, and she graciously made the four-hour round trip to rescue me.

Sunset at Sacajawea State Park

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We're now at an Airstream Rally at Sacajawea State Park in Pasco Washington. It's good to see some old friends and make new ones over good food and wine.  It's also the site of a big bluegrass festival, but after a couple hours of  the high nasal voices and the same repetitive banjo licks, we're ready to go on a long bike ride and do some wine tasting tomorrow.

Here's a link to some photos so far.

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