Back in Chehalis

We left Yelm and came back to our leased campsite in Chehalis.  We needed to get a few things out of our storage unit in Chehalis - warmer clothes, Seahawk jerseys and sweatshirts, fall decorations, etc.  We also thought if we were in camp, we could keep Lexie very contained so she could hopefully get better - she's doing OK, but still limping.

We went down to Salem last week for a funeral - my first boss at State Farm in Sept. 1974.  It was great to see everyone there, some I had not seen since moving to Puyallup in 1998.  We then bought Craig a "new toy" and visited a dear friend.

We had one good weather day since being here and we spent that day setting up Craig's new Barbecue.    He would like to start smoking and cooking meats with this new pellet stove, and this unit can also serve as a convection oven since our's in the coach can be a little small - baking cakes, pizza, cookies, etc.  I'm sure I'll be learning to make meat rubs and sauces for "his" new hobby:)

We had quite a wind storm yesterday with lots of rain - didn't seem to mind too much since it was a great day for football - Seahawks are now 4 and 0 - with the fantastic win in Houston.  Can't wait to go to our game in Seattle against the Titans.  We had to use the generator last night as we lost power a couple of times, but the generator gives us everything we need; lights, heat and TV.

We are looking forward to mid-January when we plan on heading for warmer and dryer weather.

Garage Sale in Yelm

So we arrived in Yelm on September 4th.  We had a couple of appointments throughout the week and  the next week, but all four of us started sorting, pricing and arranging garage sale items.  We got everything marked by Wednesday and then had a full day on Thursday getting everything arranged in the garage and the driveway for Craig's parents garage sale.  Wow, what a long day and so much to arrange.  The garage sale started on Sept. 13 and over the two days we sold lots and lots and lots.

We have spent the last week cleaning up, hauling off all the donations, recycling, etc.  Everything looks great.  

For those of you who knew what our Mt. Rainier view looked like, this is our view at Mom and Dad's out our motorhome windshield - a little different view than at our Puyallup home, but we enjoyed it all the same.

We've also been doing a couple of appointments - wouldn't you know once we don't have dental insurance that I would break a crown - oh well - I got that all taken care of over the last couple of weeks.

Also, Lexie has been having some limping problems over the last few months and so we took her into a new vet that is closer to Chehalis and got a second opinion and new drugs.  He immediately referred us to a Tacoma specialty doctor and so we spent about 12 hours in Tacoma on Wednesday having her checked out, Xrays, ultrasound, etc. and they gave her a steroid shot in the shoulder.  We'll take her back at three weeks and again at eight weeks to make sure the shot is working and that she won't need surgery.  They said her injury was like a rotator cuff issue on a human along with some bursitis.  She is doing better and now we need to keep her very confined for the next 2-3 months so that the tendons can heal.

It's so great to have the time to do all of these things - Craig and I just looked at each other and said how strange it was that we could both just sit around and run errands all day on Wednesday when we only expected to do a consultations in the morning.   But now that our schedule is so flexible it worked out well.  But, as the nights are getting cooler, we can't believe that summer is already gone and autumn is here - the time goes by just as fast if not faster than when we were both working.