Easter and the Yo-Yo Man

It was the annual Easter Holiday. We got to get the whole family together. I think it's been the first time we have had the whole bunch. Seems like somebody always has to work or something. Anyway, Jeff got here in the morning and we went to breakfast. After that we came back and watched the Masters. It was the Phil and Tiger show for a while until the faded. Then the network started to cover the leaders. Everybody else go here about 4PM.

Phil and Sue

Jeff and Monica

Kelsey the bouncer

The soon to be newly weds

Tony and Kristy

and a dog

We cooked a Ham with all the trimmings. Every body got their fill. The desert was Key Lime cheese cake. Good. After dinner it became Yo-Yo time. Tony, Jeanne and I use to always be on the search for the perfect Yo-Yo. I have the collection. So we all got down and Yoed. We can still do some of our tricks.

A good time was had by all. I haven't had much to post the last couple weeks, so things have been slow. I finally got my first Social Security Check. That was n ice. Now if I could just convince Sue that Arizona would make a nice home. (Good luck Joe) Golf has not been good. Of course neither has the weather. We are all looking forward to the wedding next month in Canon Beach. Tony and Kristy are getting excited. I'll have lots to post on that one. We will be staying at the Canon Beach RV Resort. That's the place we got trapped in with the bad winds a year and half ago. So, bye for now. Say good by Charlie.

It's a Barbra night

After getting up this morning to snow, we went to the Green Lantern for breakfast and a bit of shuffle board. The breakfast was good, but Glen and I lost our butts to the girls on the shuffle board table. The bums even skunked us on the last game.







Glen and Janet did good at pull tabs, so we went to the casino. This is the one at Ocean Shores. We have been there before. I was disappointed that they don't have Keno anymore. Don't know why a lot of these places have dumped Keno. Must not make enough money. So we played the milk money game. Sue and I only lost $10 of our $40. So we were happy. We didn't keep tabs on the others. We all had a good time.



Back at the beach the wind was blowing and blowing and blowing and blowing and ..........We had planned on a barbecued steak dinner, but with the blowing and blowing and blowing.....well, we made other plans. Janet had brocks and Cesar salad and some french bread. Yummi. So much for a barbecue. We even had our own sand dune in front of the motor home.




After dinner it was going to be Top Gun until Sue remembered the Divas. Now it is Barbra. I like this stuff except they have the TV going full blast. As you can see, I have taken cover under my NASCAR head set.











We will be heading home this morning. I'll get to wash all the sand and salt off Snuffy. It's not blowing so hard now but it is still raining. My new Verizon air card for the lap top works like a charm. Its hard to believe that you can be sitting on the beach and on the Internet at the same time. And as always Charlie was relaxed.

Home 52115, Pacific Beach 52232, Home 52349 Total Travel 234 Miles

Trip to the ocean with friends

Well it's ocean time again. At least I have something to blog about. We have returned to Pacific Beach. Our friends from Twin Lakes, Janet and Glen Olson are with us. We arrived Saturday and went to our usual place for lunch at the Windjammer restaurant. That's the military place on the ocean. They have great hamburgers. That is their trailer and Snuffy

After that good lunch we went to our favorite "distinctive" bar the Aloha Tavern. It has been noted before in m blog from our last visit. Blue the cat was doing her normal thing. Sleeping in her box and drinking from her own glass on the bar.





Janet got along well with blue. There was also a couple little dogs. And I mean little. They were called chowieners. Chow and Wiener dog. They were really cute. (Not as cute as Charlie) Sue was holding one of them.




We like the Aloha Tavern. They have some really good signs. Well worn wooden floor with a wood stove by the door. Everybody knows everybody. People walk in and pick up the dog. One guy has his own Clamato jar for his beer. Has his name on it. A true Cheers only not as fancy.

After we got back we had a lazy afternoon and visited a little in our place and a little in their place. Charlie was in charge here and Rudy and Rowdy

I made Chile for dinner. We also had corn bread.

Then we watched a movie. All in a a good day even if the weather was lousy. They took to dogs to the beach between rain storms while I did the dishes. This time Charlie was an interested beggar.


So off to bed we went to wake up this morning to an ocean surprise. IT'S NOT CHRISTMAS, Richard says its 80 in Arizona.

FYI

Just a quick note. I added a link to another post. On the sidebar to the right on the blog. The one for Steve's TV Travelogue has been there all along. Steve is from Twin Lakes and its very interesting reading about all his experiences. The new one is RV Dreams. They are a couple of full time RVers from the south. Besides reading of their adventures Howard has some really pretty pictures of the places they stay. Its worth the look just to see the photos. Reading back on both Blogs archives are fun as well. Just click on either of them an you can read their blogs.

Change

Haven't had much to blog about lately. But I still need to make a change. Life has been normal. A little golf and a little work. Sue watched the Oscars at Leslies house. I had a job Monday so I stayed home and watched the race. Boats still are not big sellers so I get to spent more time at home. Maybe the stimulus package will fire things up.


I hope things pick up as I'm trying to talk Sue into going south the 1st of October this year. We met a nice couple at the races at PIR last year. He is the Fire Chief for San Bernardino County. He and his crew do all the emergency work at the races in Fontana California at the Auto Club Speedway. They have a race there October 10 and 11. He said that he might be able to get us garage passes which would be really cool. At this stage it is just something to dream about. We all need our dreams. Like I said come on stimulus package.

Went up to Safeway last night and as I was checking out they had a little hand puppet on sale for all of $2.50. Had a nice little heart on it. It also had a device inside that when squeezed would play a song. I thought a new toy for Charlie.

Well guess what, Charlie was real happy. It took him about 2 minutes to find the noise maker. He played with it for about 15 minutes before he had the stuffing coming out on the floor. He got his $2.50 out of it.

Like I said it has been a slow blog week.

Tony's Birthday

Tony's birthday was really Wednesday, but we all celebrated it on Friday night at our favorite restaurant, Angelos in Burien. There were six of us. Sue and I, Lee Rufenacht very good friend from our old neighborhood, Margie and Tony and Kristy.



I'm sure most of you know that Tony and Kristy are getting married in Canon Beach on May 17th. They have their web page for the wedding at http://www.kristyandtony.com/.



Anyway back to dinner. I have been going to Angelos for about 40 years. When Margie and I moved to Kent in 1969, we asked the neighbors Fast Frank and Jerry, Frank was the fasted squeegee in the west (Window Washer), they said Angelos. The rest is history. Mark is just one of the brothers that run the restaurant. He sure knows how to make my steak yummy. For the record they have another restaurant in Bellevue and a wine bar in Burien.

Today its Sunday and I finally get to watch NASCAR again. Its the great American race from Daytona Beach Florida. NASCAR starts their season with their biggest race of the season. Hope it doesn't rain. Have to say Go Kasey Kahne and a few others.

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Super Bowl, Beter late than never

It was Super Bowl Sunday. I'm a bit late with this as I actually had some work this last week. I also played a little golf Thursday. Anyway back to the Super Bowl. We had a gathering at Uncle Mikes house for his annual party. There was a lot of people this year. We arrived via Snuffy. It was nice to bring our own house as then we could enjoy the day and not have to drive home. Mike would have loaned us a bedroom, but poor Charlie would have to stay home all night. Here are a few pictures of the gathering.

Rebecca, Neighbor Sue from Mona Lisa and Mad in the back ground

Steve and Lesley

Mikey, His girl friend and Taylor

Rebecca, Steve and Mad

Neighbor Nancy and Sister Sandy

Mikey the football star

Uncle Mike and Taylor

As with all Super Bowl parties the main subject is gambling. Mike had a football pool board all set up. $1.00 a square. Steve came up with his own game. $5.00 per quarter. Just draw you card. The old ending number stuff. Steve's game paid off $50 bucks a quarter. Sue and I did OK.



As I'm sure most folks know the had a 3-D commercial. So everyone had to get on their glasses for the event. Mike had arranged for lots of glasses.

Mikes new friend Michell



So it was Pizza, Football, gabbing and all the normal Super Bowl stuff. I think Pittsburgh won. It wasn't too bad of a football game. As people drifted away Mike and Taylor came out to the motor home and visited. It was nice to not have to run off. We don't get to talk to Mike too often. He does have a good parking spot.



This time Charlie was still awake but I think his eyes were shutting.

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