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We are back home now. After our golfing weekend in the Tri Cities we went to Portland. We stayed at the Jantzen Beach RV Park on Hayden Island just across the boarder from Washington. They have a nice park with two pools and a lot of other stuff. We just spent the night.

The reason for the trip was I had to finish up looking at a boat that was nearing completion. Sue and I saw the boat last April when it was mostly just a hull. Now it is in the water and just about ready to head to Mexico. The owners/builders Chris and Bill Brees are really nice people. Bill showed me around and Chris gave Sue a tour. This boat is a power catamaran that is 62 feet long and about 20 feet wide. All aluminum construction. Twin 200 hp John Deer Diesel motors. Generator, water maker and a whole lot of other stuff. The plan to travel to Mexico for the winter and Alaska for the summer. Sounds like fun.

After working for a bit we went back to the RV Park and went for a swim. After dinner we went for a walk around the place down to the river. Jantzen Beach is a small community. The RV Park is a small part of it. Mostly it is an old style trailer park. They call them Park Models now. There are quite a few of the trailers that sit right on the river with a great view. It was interesting looking around as I remember living in a 10 x 50 trailer a long time ago. Sue, I and Charlie liked the walk. Charlie was in sniffing heaven. Tuesday we drove home and arrived about 1 PM. Next time out will be Moses Lake for another golf tournament.

Left August 12, 2009, Start 53562 Home. Arrived at Elensburg 53680, at Pasco 53792 at Jantzen Beach 53025 and back at Home 54169 on August 18, 2009 Total trip 607 Miles

A fun weekend

Another golfing weekend is past. Meadow Springs is a great place to play ad the members we have meant are really a nice bunch of folks. Saturday we played well but self destructed in the last 5 holes. We went from 6 under to 3 under. (#^#&%&$%@$&%&$#). We were lucky as a lot of the scores were high. We had Net 69 which put us in the top 10 of 37 players.

Sunday was another beautiful day with the temps around 85. We played with another couple from Meadow Springs. We did better and shot a net 65, which was enough to get a tie for 3rd net in our division. I guess this makes us 3 for 3 this year.

Amy and Jerry

Not that I want to rub in in, but we bet Baileys 5, 5, and 5. $5 for the first day, $5 for the second day and $5 overal. That's a total of $15 bucks if you win it all. I really wanted to stop at the store and get them a sympathise card as they had a bad weekend. Ken was a bit upset that they had to give us 7 strokes each day. (I'm the Twin Lakes Sandbagged now since the Club Championship), but as I said they had a bad weekend. Thanks for the money Ken. You can get it back next time. :) :) :)

They really do it up good here. Last nights dinner was ummie. They have a guy who sings and does a great show, specially for the folks from the 50s and 60s. The theme was Beach Party. Look at this really cool couple.

After golf they had everything set up for lunch a a bunch of drawings, awards and all that sort of stuff. We won 1st team Saturday and 2nd team today. Tie for third in our division Net. Dan and Mary Gleason sored good in 1st division as did All and Joanne Schriber (past Twin Lakers) won low net. Twin Lakes showed up well.

Back at the homestead we watched Tiger lose. We then sat in the shad of the awning and visited with Ken & Elaine. We talked about the tournament and I tried not to dissect every hole. We did talk a lot about dogs.

As with all event, Every thing must move on. Tomorrow we will move to Hyden Island in Portland where I have a bit of a job. (Ugg Work) Then we will be home Tuesday. As you can see Charlie has a lot of sympathy. Ha..Ha...

Another Golfing Adventure

We are off. This was our normal stop in Ellensburg at the Days Inn. Sue was cooking after our trip to the pool and hot tub. Hot tub was nice but the pool was COLD. Oh well still an nice break in the road. We left Wednesday afternoon and stayed there. After a nice breakfast we were off to Richland.

This time its Meadow Springs in Richland, Washington. This is our fourth trip here. Meadow Springs is a very nice golf course. Greens are really fast and the rough is like wire. It really requires a rescue club to have any hope of getting out to the short stuff.

We are staying at Sandy Heights R.V. Resort, which is a KOA Park. The facility is nice with a lot of permanent residents. A little close to the freeway so it is a bit noise. It's a clean place and Charlie likes it, so all is well. About 10 minutes to the golf course.

We did a combination dinner last night with Ken and Elaine. We all brought steaks. Sue made a salad and Elaine did corn. Ken cooked the steaks. All was really good. It was really nice to just hang out and visit.

After dinner the girls walked Charlie and Ken and I did the dishes. We of course did a bang up job. Note the quality of the finished product.

We played our practice round today with Ken and Elaine. The weather was good. A bit overcast and around 77. That is very nice for around here. It's suppose to be in the mid 80s this weekend. That will be great. Last year it was in the mid to high 90s and that was hot. We have quite a few from Twin Lakes here. Besides us and the Baileys, there are also Dan and Mary Gleason, John and Linda Ward from Twin Lakes and also our friends Darrell and Moe are . suppose to be here. They play from Willow Run. After golf we had our customary trip to the bar.

New friends Mark and Joyce Garand and Kevin and Lilah Amos, all from Capitol City) followed us around the course. They also joined us after golf as well as at the Motor Homes later in the day. All in all a enjoyable day.

As we all know the family pet Charlie was back at home with his legs crossed. I wounder how one can cross four legs and still bounce in the air when he sees you. Anyway, he was glad we were home.



Tomorrow will be the tournament. We get to start with Mimosa or Screw Drivers. 8:30 Shotgun. Wish us luck.

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