05/17/21 In the morning, we all drank coffee or hot chocolate together, laughing and talking about our upcoming day. From here, I drove to do some errands in Silverdale. A new tv from Best Buy to replace the one I broke earlier in the trip, looking for hiking rain gear in 5 different stores, washing my car, and going to the dentist trying to get a crown reattached that broke off about 2 weeks ago but it will need to be redone when I get home. In the meantime, Way...

05/16/21 Mike helped Wayne diagnose the solar issue and helped me install a smart battery monitor. We thought it would take much less time and energy than it really took due to the installation location, needing to create another hole for a monitor wire to go into the RV, and wiring issues. Most of it seemed to require me to be under the RV (not my favorite). A big thank you to Mike for his expertise. We were all invited to another Rosie’s brother and sister-in...

05/15/21 We drove 186 miles to meet Mike and Rosie at her brother Ted’s house in Bremerton WA where their RV has been (they flew down from Alaska about a week ago). Ted has a beautiful home and we are all parked on his huge side yard. Thank you Ted! We “forced” Mike into making his famous margaritas. (He has a huge machine for this task.) Patti made dinner for all of us. It's been almost 3 years since we've been together and it was wonderful! We plan to be ...