7/25 - Visit with Lee

This will be a short post because today's activities may not interest anyone except family. I did get some pictures worth sending though.

Our visit with Lee was wonderful.  She is delightful. Jim and I can only hope we will be as sharp as she is if and when we reach 88.  Actually, she's probably sharper than both of us put together so we'll have to go some to catch up with her. She got fed up with TV several years ago so gave it up and she flatly refuses to get on the internet. She uses a computer for creative writing (mainly short stories) but doesn't want to be bothered with all the irritating stuff that comes with the internet. Maybe that has something to do with how sharp her mind is. 

Lee Hanson, family friend since 1952

Lee's kitchen has been torn up for 10 weeks due to damage done by water leaking under the sink and going through the sub-floor. (This is what our plumbing issues the day before leaving on this trip could have done to us......)  She's managing with her laundry room sink and a microwave and toaster. Rather than feed us peanut butter sandwiches she took us to lunch at the Alderbrook Resort, a lovely place on Hood Canal.

Along Hood Canal.

The heavy blue in the sky is from the tinted windshield in the truck.

Across Hood Canal to Mount Washington, part of the Olympic Mountains.

The three pictures above were all taken from the road running along Hood Canal as we were leaving after lunch.  The resort is next to a large piece of land owned by Bill Gates. Lee said there are 4 or 5 houses on it and, from what little we could see, they were not at all pretentious.  Several float planes landed and took off while we were eating lunch.....they make travel from Seattle quick and easy. We're guessing it's the way the Gates family travels to the canal.

The rest of these are from the campground this evening.....

Sunset at the campground on American Lake. We've seen two bald eagles flying in this area.

The campground's lakefront row has the best view. (We aren't in that row.)

Sunset at the campground.

Tomorrow will be a day of chores.....oil change in the truck, laundry and groceries.  We'll have the adventure of trying to find our way around JBLM (Joint Base Lewis McChord) which is a huge facility.  Unless something happens that's interesting enough to relate, I won't post again until Wednesday when we plan to go to Mount Rainier National Park.