This was our annual weekend at Longview Golf and Country Club. Another couples Chapman tournament. For those who don't know what a Chapman tournament is, Well it's where we both tee off. For the second shot I hit Sues ball and she hits mine. We then pick the ball we want to play and finish the hole. Because the forward tees are moved up a long way, we hope Sue gets a great drive and I get a great second shot. I'll tell this weekend results a bit later.

The best thing about Longview is we park Snuffy right in front of the 10th tee box. Motor home is a bid down hill in the front, but it all works and camping is free. I bring the golf cart so that saves money, and our commute is about 30 seconds. This picture is the motor home with the tee in the back.

While we were there I tried to tackle the new digital TV stuff for the motor home antenna. I didn't do well and had to finish the job when we got back home. As you can see there are a lot of wires and they are somewhat of a mess. Took me two hours at home but I finally got it all straight.

Our friends Darrell and Mo, who were at Walla Walla as well joined us for some drinks Saturday evening. Darrell just loves to get Charlie railed up. Gets Charlie into his Whoo Whoo bark. Sort of like our neighbor Karl. They stayed for a while then moved to their hotel. We will be seeing them again at Meadow Springs next month.

The tournament format besides being a Chapman is a team event. There are three couples and "A" team (Low handicap) "B" team (Middle handicap) and "C" team (High handicap) We are the "C" team. Just love those 27 strokes. Our "A" team on the left were Jerry and Darline. They were a 6. The "B" Tim and Kathy middle (We played with the at Walla Walla too) were 18. Now the results. We didn't do too well as a teem on Saturday but we did much better Sunday. We pulled up to a third place team finish. $120/couple.

As to Sue and I. We did well both days. 63 net on Saturday and 61 net Sunday. We were 2nd net of the field. This left us 1st in our flight. So we got $100 there. It's nice to win once in a while. I don't think we won much last year, but so for this year we are two for two. All in all we had a great time. Our team members were a blast to play with. I especially liked the Birdie Bottle. If someone got a birdie the would break out the Birdie Bottle and every one had a shot. It was a mixture of Vodka and what ever was in the refrigerator.

As I noted being parked right behind the 10th tee box we got to see if the guard dog was doing his job. As you can see in the front window there he was guarding. I don't think he can see that far so I'm not sure if he recognized us. But he was doing his job.

Well know its back to work for a while untill Medow Springs. See ya all later.

Home 53339 and back home 53558 Trip 219 Miles

Weekend in Walla Walla

Thought I would post a bit on the blog so everybody knows were are still around. So here goes. We just spent a nice weekend in Walla Walla playing golf in a Chapman Couples tournament at the Walla Walla Golf and Country Club. This is the fourth time we have played this tournament. Besides us there were Ken and Elaine Bailey, Marc and Deanne Olds, and Darrell Hunt and Maureen McFadden (They use to be at Twin Lakes) We stayed in Snuffy at the RV Resort Four Season again. Very nice place with all the hookups. As usual we commuted to the golf course in our golf cart. Passed a cop this year and he didn't pull me over.

We did well it turns out. We had a 64 net on Saturday with a 71 on Sunday. The weather Sunday was bad. Even bad by Seattle standards. 50 degrees wind and rain. The whole field did bad which saved us. We ended up with a second low net in our division. Ken and Elaine got 1st Gross. Didn't see what the others had. Also we made the Saturday paper in Walla Walla. The Walla Walla Union Bulletin Darrel and Mo are in there too. All in all it was a good weekend. Next up is Longview in about 3 weeks.

Home 52748 and Back home 53112 Trip 364

A wedding Viedo

Tony's friend Matt put this video together. Tony has sent this to some folks, but this if for my blog followers. I really looks cool. they are back from Hawaii. Sounds like they had a great honeymoon. Chick Here. The Video

Hasn't been much blog stuff lately. Going to Walla Walla this weekend for a golf tournament. Post a little of that next week.

The big day is here.

Sunday May 17, 2009----The big day---The wedding----And it was a GREAT day at the beach

Kristy and Tony are getting married.

We did have a little build up to the big day. In the morning we all ended up on the beach for a walk. The group at the Tsunami house headed north while the group in the city headed south. Others of us started from the local park. We all ended up out there on the beach and had a group picture.

Saturday night was the rehearsal dinner at the Tsunami house. Margie and I being the parents of the groom got to do dinner. Kristy had requested lasagna, so I made a few, like 6. Margie was in charge of salad, bread and the stuff to serve it on. We also got a few beers, some wine and Spumoni ice cream. Lasagna, salad, bread and stuff to put it on was right on for quantity. I brought 6 gallons of wine which I still have 5 and Margie got 4 gallons of ice cream which I hope she has a lot left. The beer went quickly. It was a good party.

Jeanne, Margie, sue, Tony and Me

The groom to be

Jo and Tom

Just a note here. I didn't get to talk too much to Jo and Tom, but when I did the seem like really nice folks. I can see where Kristy got to be so nice. Their whole family are really great to get to know. I hope we get to see more of them in the future. Charlie misses Jada and the beach. We are glad to welcome them as members of our family.

Kristy and Tony

I told Tony that when Sue and I got married our friend Larry Ness gave me the following advice. Learn two sentences. "Yes Dear" and "Your Right Dear" Sue added "Can I have another $110 bill" Not sure about the last.

Tony and Margie at the Spumoni Ice Cream dish. Spumoni is GOOD!!!!!!

I was really worried what would happen if I had my picture taken in a Suit. Well it happened. I had Mike take my picture and darn if the lens broke. Had to get a new camera for the rest of the pictures. :) :)

So just after the camera broke I got to hang with Tony, Mike and Heather. This was sort of the holding area for the grooms pictures prior to the wedding. Mark the official photo guy got there and took a lot of pictures.

Next it was getting ready for the wedding. This was to take place just north of the Tsunami house. Just about the time to get moving to the beach the wind came up a bit and the fog rolled in a bit. There was a short time when it almost got to a change of venue because of the weather. But all was well and we continued on to the beach. I walked with Tony on the way down. I guess it's a dad responibilty to give wedding day advice. I told him "You done good" "When you get to Hawaii get in Maui time ""SLOW"" and bring it back home"

Jeanne was to be the minister for the wedding. Yes she became a minister so she could marry, as she said "Her two best Friends" She was a bit nervous waiting for everything to get rolling. Looks like Tony and Shane (The best man) were too. Jeanne did a wounderful job. It was so special to see her , Tony and Kristy celebrating together. ""Tears from Me"""

Others looked on, like Skip and his wife (Skip is Tonys boss at A Sharp Music) where Tony has worked for 17 years so I hear. He started there when he was still in high school. Skip put him to work because he was always hanging around when on break from the pizza next door. Skip actually closed the store so they could attend the wedding. Thanks Skip.

Here are a few other on lookers.

And here comes the bride and her proud dad. I don't know about Tom, but I had a few tears in my eyes, well quite a few as things got rolling.

And there they go. Mr and Mrs Tony Bennett. :)) That's what Jeanne said. I think it was suppose to be Stevens but Jeanne was entitled to one boo boo. Although a lot of folks were asking Tony if he was going to be "Tony Bennett"

A bit later it was time for the reception. This was held in the convention center in Cannon Beach. Kristy and friends had been there to set things up in the morning and then Tony set up the sound system. They did this separately so as not see each other on the wedding day. Everything was nicely set up. Barbecue dinner with the trimmings. Good wine and beer.

It was just a really great day. Sue and I are so happy to have Kristy as a member of our family. She is such a cool gal. And I know that she and Tony are really in love.

Now a note to blog viewers. I have a lot more pictures that would take a zillion years to post with captions, so I will be using a slide show at the side of the page. You should be able to just double click on the slide show, then go to the upper left corner where it says slide show and click. A bar showes up at the bottomof the pictures where you can pick your speed to watch and then youcan watch all the pictures in a larger version. It was hard to pick what to post in the main blog. I didn't get as many pictures of Kristy and her family as I would like because I was on the other side so to speak. (I was hanging with the groom) Just a final thank you to everyone who took the time to come share Tony and Kristy's moment.

And as always I close with another moment of Charlie being exhausted. Now what is that "W"?

Cannon Beach 52533, Home 52717 -Trip 184---Total trip 365 miles

Day of rest

Yesterday was a day to sit back and relax before things start getting busier today. We sort of had a quiet morning then went to the beach near the Tsunami house. This was good for Charlie as he got a good run. Mikes daughter Jada and Charlie had a blast. She even hat Tony call this morning to see when Charlie would get to the beach today








We got to walk right in front of the house. Looks pretty nice from the beach. Tony, Jeanne and Kristy all came out as well. Here is the house and some of the view with the happy couple.





After our walk we came back to good old Snuffy and just relaxed. Read books and played a little on the computer. Tony and Jeanne came for a visit and a couple beers. Nice relaxing afternoon. They had made reservations for the whole gang at the Lumberjack restaurant in town. Reservations were for 8PM. I don't really like to eat that late anymore so we went down early and had dinner. We hung out in the bar and then visited with everybody when they got there. I'll see how I do with names this time. Yesterdays post I called Luke Mike then I changed that to Chad. I finally got it right after the restaurant. Sorry Luke.

Heather and Mike with Jeanne.

Kristy, Tom and Jo

Luke, Mike, Jada,Chad, Ashly and Sally

Me, Roy, Karen, Margie, Gene and Sue

I had the waiter take our picture just as Sue was on the phone. We did have a nice visit with everyone. Got back home about 9 and watched a little TV and went to bed. Snuffy (Our Motor home for those who don't know) is a very comfortable home. After 3 years and 25,000 miles we have got quite comfortable in it. We are looking forward to the winter in warm Arizona.

Today is the rehearsal and dinner afterwards. We are meeting Margie about 4 PM to start cooking the Lasagna. I will have a big report tomorrow.

Cannon Beach for a Wedding

Well, it's the big weekend. Tony and Kristy are getting married. We got all packed up on Wednesday for the trip. We came down in Snuffy. Charlie was all excited when we packed. He parked on my clothes and hid behind my boots. We are at the RV Resort at Cannon Beach. This is the place we rode out the hurricane two years ago. It's much more peaceful now. Sue pointed out that we have never been here when the sun stays up until 8 at night. They also have a inclosed pool with a hot tub. Hope to use that before we leave.




Kristy and Tony are staying at a place called The Tsunami House. It is a 5 bedroom home right on the beach. Haystack rock is to the right. It's only a few steps from the beach. Click on the link. (You all remember the highlighted stuff) We all got together last night for pizza and got to know Kristy's family. Her mom and dad Jo and Tom are really nice. Kristy also has three brothers here with their families. I'm still under name training so I'll fill that in later. I didn't get pictures of them yet.

Jo and Tom

The blushing bride Kristy

The groom Tony

The minister Jeanne and Sue

Tony Tom and Luke

I'm not too sure who those two are. But they sure like those yellow cups. Today, Friday is sort of a lay back day. No real plans so we will most likely take the dog to the beach and look around town a bit. Probably do some more visiting. There will be more folks arrive tonight. With even more on Saturday.

Anyway its fun to be back blogging again. To my visitors check out the links on the right side to RV Dreams and Steve's travel log. The both have some really neat pictures on their blogs. It's worth following them for the pictures and the free info that goes with them. So long for now from Cannon Beach. Joe and Sue

Home 52353 Cannon Beach 52533 Trip total 181 miles.

Auction Night

It was the annual "Starry Starry Night for Hearing & Sight" live auction put on by the University Lions Foundation. This is the 5th year I have gone and it must be Sue's 20th or so. Steves friend Kermit Alskog and His lovely wife Margret are our hosts. This is quite a night. They have lots and lots of items. They have silent auctions on 5 tables and a live auction with the big stuff. While you wander around the silent tables they serve champagne. Dinner is Salmon or Filet Mignon. Not to mention wine with the dinner and after. They have some of the University of Washington Cheer leaders selling keys to a treasure chest. All in all it's quite an evening. Thank you Kermit and Margret for inviting us again this year.




There were 8 of us this year Kermit and Margret, Steve and Mad, Peg and Ted and us. I didn't bring my camera so I had to steal Mads. I stole the card out of it and brought it home.

Steve Kermit and Margret

Kermit and Steve

Guess who and his bride

Steve and Mad

Peg and Ted

Our hosts Kermit and Margret

And lots of people

While getting the pictures from Mads camera card I ran across this warning for the rug eating dog. Look at this nice cat. This must be Elles cat in California. Charlie should see how nice and comfy that a cat is. I'll bet the cat does not eat rugs. He looks too nice to claw anything so we won't go there. Watch out Charlie !!