April
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Neighbor Bob attacks the flamingo invasion
Jean and Pam take a trip to Oklahoma & Arkansas;
Taking their father to visit their sister Virginia and then do some touring
The Ozarks
They visit Jean's classmate, John Meyers in Arkansas
One of John's cars and the house
Jean & Pam had a good trip but took few pictures
Another trip to Sprague
Sam and Eli have gained some hight
Adah in action
Easter egg hunt at Sprage school
Alane doing a little egg hiding - Jean looks ready to ride
The Loot
Scenic view on the east side of Sprague
It's 6 pm in downtown Sprague and things are hoppin!
Part of the famous truck collection in downtown Sprague
On the way back to the house - Adah, Eli & Jean
View of the 1910 Catholic Church
On the way home, Mount Stuart view, 9,415 ft (2,870 m)
MAY - JUNE Spring is Here
We help our next door neighbors build a raised bed for planting
We deliver a replacement van to Sprague and some gifts for the grandkids
Hmmm, these new innertubes look a little large
Surprise, new bikes for Sam & Eli - in the back of the van
Excavation of the former porch - artifacts found - note the basalt block foundation
We take a trip in the van - have lunch in Colville
Then on to Republic where we search for fossils at Stonerose Interpretive Center
Our collection is checked - no rare fossils
Florissantia quilchenensis (extinct coca tree) flower - a "Stonerose"
The fossils here are 50 million years old
On our way back
Crossing on the only free ferry in the Washington State ferry system
- holds four cars
Lake Roosevelt - Grand Coulee Dam is nearby which forms this lake on the Columbia that extends up into Canada
Sunset on the long drive back to Sprague - sprinkler system on horizon
We take a walk up to the city water tank - white roof to the right of the church is their house
Collage of wild flowers seen on our walk
Removing our 90 ft Douglas fir
Before & after the limbs were removed - worker with saw on top - neighbors tree remains so far.
When we moved here in 1967, it was 8ft high
No, I didn't saw it down.
A few branches to clip
First, Son-in-law Chris cuts the pieces to size
We rent a splitter and split and stack them
The boys show their earnings
Second summer task, replacing a drain field line - with the help of Grandsons Levi & Brandon
Celebrating our 45th Anniversary - June 25th
Yes, we forgot again!
Brandon's muscles
Levi & Brandon removing the old tile
We visit the King Tut exhibit at the Seattle Center with the boys, then the Pike Place Market
(Inset - Condo we visited years ago at a Bellevue Chamber Chorus party - with views West, South and East)
We show the boys the famous "gum wall" at the market theater
August visit to the Woodland Park Zoo with Alane & Chris's family
Alane won a free visit by guessing the weight of the zoo's two hippos
We also visit our relatives at the Woodland Park Zoo
More relatives... Adah, Sam & Eli
Lunch break - about time for our private tour of the underground Hippo enclosure
33 year old Water Lily - before we start our tour
Time to watch the hippos enter their cage
Guadalupe entering, 12 years old
They are ready for a snack
Alane tosses a Honeydew mellon into Lily's dainty mouth
Sam feed's Guadalupe
The keeper who has been assisting
We go out into the display area bringing hay
Then watch as they move back outside
We stand on the new scale - over 1,000 lbs! Aunt Marianne's brother-in-law built the scale.
Alane receives her free Hippo stuffy and also gets her free bucket of Zoo-do worth $12.95!
We do a hike in our woods with Gillie in the lead
Next, a visit to Janae & Kelly's new home on Whidbey Island
Janae's goats
Tom takes a picture of Etta - who always finds Tom suspicious - note the look on her face
He looks something like my Grandpa Terry but not quite
Still worried
Everybody else and her cousins are fine!
Dragonfly on the flowers
We visit a great park - Adah
Etta finally smiles at Tom
Last walk around our neighborhood
Sunlight Waters Fire
Where Tom's parent's built with the help of all of us a retirement home in 1970 & lived there 20 years before selling it.
We were concerned because a map showed the house in the fire zone.
Aerial photographs taken did not show if the house had been burned or not
In September we drove into the development before our Montana trip and were happy to see it wasn't burned.
AUGUST 22 - Trip to Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge and LeMay Car Museum
We walk through the farm area, and out to the boardwalk where dikes were removed to return the Nisqually River delta to it's natural state. The Nisqually headwaters are from Mt. Rainier.
Twin barns on the area behind the new dyke
We then visit the new car museum in Tacoma on our way back homw
It has four floors of exhibits, often changing
View of Tacoma's Commencent Bay, part of Puget Sound
1947 Lincoln Convertable Coupe
A 1951 Nash Rambler Custom 2-Door Convertible - first successful American built compact.
My parent's had a 50 Nash, somewhat similar look but we called it the green bathtub.
1930 Duesenberg Model J Convertible - 265 hp
Double self portrait using the Duesenburg headlamp
A 1931 Duesenburg SJ - 320 hp - over 12 ft wheelbase
1937 Cord - used to see one in Richland
