Sunday, July 10, 2011

Mid July (Almost)

Hairold Doing What He Does Best

Watching For Rafters (in the wind)



Back Up Just a Little More........................................................


Old Tanker Truck and Horses in the Corral along the Yakima River



Rafters on the Yakima River


Colorful Flower Pots


The Homestead



The View From The Front Porch



6 Gallons of "Home Brew"

We made it past the 4th without getting blown up or anything too crazy. There hasn't been a lot of excitement since the last episode. The 4th was spent between Gail and Randy's for a few hours, then over to Josh and Brynn's for the evening which turned into what sounded like the front line in WW II! Don't think I've ever heard that much artillery going off except for Ron and Jan's, which is right near the Muckelshoot Tribal Fireworks sales area.
On Thursday we took our weekly drive with a destination in mind, but forgot to bring a map! So we ended up in Yakima with a drive down the Canyon Road which winds down along the Yakima River. The weather was nice, and we stopped in Cle Elum on the way home for dinner.
Other than that, it's been the normal maintenance projects inside and outside the house. I started the first batch of home brew on the 5th, and it is Merrily bubbling along. It will be 14 days to bottling time and I'm now frantically trying to empty enough bottles to be ready. Joyce is no help in that department.
We went to dinner with Joe and Molly last night over on Leschi at the Blue Water Bistro. Good company, so so food. Joe and I have a tentative golf date set for this Saturday morning. That will be my first "real" time out since April in Arizona. Should be interesting.
The motorhome is still in the shop, and haven't heard a word in about 10 days. It will be nice to get it back so we can take a small trip or two to check everything out before we head south in the fall. Later, Ernie

2 comments:

Sky said...

great pictures dad, Hairold looks very happy!

Ron and Diane said...

The "Homestead" looks great, ours is struggling with all this heat. Hairold looks hard at work guarding the front door.
The Yakima River looks so inviting.
The home brew looks....well, interesting.
Thanks for the pictures....Diane