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1964: after high school life begins. Asked to consider not returning to OSU after the first year. 1966 drafted; grunt, door gunner, HU1 pilot. Out in Dec '70. 1972 married, joined fire dept and bought first house over a 6 month span. 1980 moved family (which now consisted of wife Teri, daughter Amy and son Ryan) to CO. 1990 moved all to bush Alaska to work for the dark side (the FAA). Started Blog to keep family and friends up on our whereabouts. Retired in March 2010. In Feb 2012 sold house in Alaska. By May had bought in Redmond and completed the move. Still nesting in Redmond and loving it!

Friday, April 29, 2011

Next phase

Finally back to "normal", so to speak.  The truck and fifth wheel are stowed at a nearby lot and will have to wait until the next traveling season this Fall for any more attention.  Already have a list of items needing work before we shove off again.

Still waiting to get in touch with our Tuscaloosa friends.  Been unable to get through, so we just think positive thoughts.

So now it is two more plane rides then back to getting the homestead on the market.  Getting lots of Nina time in and a little sight seeing.  We all took the tram and immediately had to explain to Nina why we couldn't just keep riding it all day long.  So much for worrying about her being frightened.


A tram view of a few Willamette bridges and the site of the next one in the foreground.  It is to be for bus, bike, light rail and pedestrian only.


A few more of Portland's many bridges.

Went to a local shop appropriately named Yarnia.  A small place where they can blend yarns to get whatever effect you are looking for.  They had the greatest machine for winding spools of yarn.



We spent some time there and got some Portland Timbers colored yarn for future projects.

The sun has finally made an appearance and the flowers are really coming out.  Here's the neighbor's front yard and a dry swale for a change.


The Azalea in the front yard is ready to explode.


One more Timbers game this Sat night and then a Sun afternoon flight out.  I'll probably post a few times through out the summer, should we do anything worthwhile.

Stay away from tornadoes! (I have lots of other profoundly wise advise but I'm doling it out slowly.)

Later.