Beginnings

It’s time to hit the road again. Time for Thor to transform from being our Washington house into our transportation back to Houston.

Our summer visit to the Seattle area has come to an end but it was a fruitful six weeks. We end on a note of new beginnings: a new life, and a new lake house.

We were blessed to be able to help welcome our first grandchild into the world. Lots of people had told me that becoming a grandparent was the greatest thing; they were right. There’s something heartwarming about your firstborn having a firstborn. It brought back so many sweet memories of our own experience as new parents. We look forward to watching this new life unfurl.

We had some good family time together when Lexi joined us for a weekend in Seattle. Her life as Aunt Lexi is now beginning.

While we were hovering in the area waiting for The Birth Day, we had time to search for a lake house. We were fortunate to find and buy a place on Summit Lake in Olympia. It’s been a dream of ours since we were newly married to have a lake house. The Pacific Northwest is beautiful in the summer: lush and cool. We looked at 19 houses in the Olympia area, and one of them stood out from the rest. We had found our summer home. In case you’re wondering, it’s an hour and half drive to our grand-baby (and her parents of course!) Not too close but not too far.

In keeping with the theme of beginnings, we got to attend the wedding of our son’s friend while we were in Washington. It was nice to be a witness to the beginning of their married life. 

The end of our stay in Washington brought about cooler Fall-like weather. Some of the trees were starting to change color. It was like a cue from nature that a new season was about to begin and our time was up.

My co-pilot’s seat sees me in warm slipper socks now:

Driving from Washington into Oregon we saw beautiful scenery. We drove right along the massive Columbia river. 

Our first stop on the trip home is in La Grand, Oregon, near the Oregon Trail. I like this cute western-themed picnic table at the RV Park:

It was hard to leave our new grand baby and our new lake house but we will be back. Time to see what adventure awaits us on the two-week journey home.