It was a great summer. I began the summer in Newport beach with my mother. It was great spending time with her. At 89 she is doing great. The upper middle picture is of Kathy who visited us. We explored the area and our favorite outing was the Museum of Latin American Art. If you are in Long Beach you should stop there. Que bueno! I flew from there to Seattle and visited Tom's family and sadly attended Tom's father's funeral. Then we drove up to Orcas Island to visit Greta. It is really pretty...pretty expensive, pretty green, pretty groovy and pretty scenery. I was home for a few weeks then off on my yearly kayak tour with pal Sal. The picture above is her holding a ??? during our daily cocktail hour on the beach. We toured Upper Priest Lake and loved it. The water was warm, calm and beautiful. Did you know that Merganzer duck mothers carry their babies on their back? We had one living by our camp and she swam by a few times a day and delighted us. My final adventure was to British Columbia for a 2 week bike tour with Tom. It was hard! The area was hilly, hot and smoky. I only cried once and yelled "this sucks" on day 4 as I rode up a hill past Tom. (poor guy was doing his best to make the trip OK for me) Then it got better since we headed back to my favorite place, Kaslo. We stayed there for 3 days and attended a jazz festival. It was really a nice time.
So..how the heck lucky am I!! Great family, great adventures. I read lots and lots of books..and that is another post.
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