Last days in USA
Have had a busy time over the past few days, but it has all gone smoothly and we have been spoilt by the most superb weather, really warm with a gentle breeze, no humidity and not a cloud in the sky.
Yesterday cleaned out Ruakiwi and packed the bags, seemed to be a lot of stuff. Terry has a set of special digital travel scales which meant that we were able to arrange the heavy stuff and keep all the bags under the 50lb allowance.
She was all set for the winter after having an oil change, then Ian and Terry took Ruakiwi to the storage yard and covered her over…..good bye for another year.
Sherry and I picked wild blackberries which are so abundant throughout Washington, have never seen so many huge berries just hanging off the vines, in no time at all we had filled a very large bowl which Sherry used to make a blackberry cobbler…so spoilt.
Dinner tonight at a Mexican restaurant was really good and we came home to a late desert of blackberry cobbler, amazing flavour.
Ian and Terry had a boys day today at Terry’s motorcycle club meeting and a visit to a vintage steam machine open day while Sherry and I had a great girls day with the Farmers Market and some retail therapy in some local stores. What a relaxing day. As always we have been so well looked after here in Anacortes, Sherry and Terry have just been so helpful and make the job of ending our trip so easy.
It has been three wonderful months of summer just cruising, a lifestyle we both enjoy but looking forward now to getting back to NZ and catching up with the family and our friends. We fly tomorrow from Seattle to San Francisco and then it is on the flight back to Auckland at 9.30 pm. With the 10th anniversary of 9/11 expecting heightened security through the airports, but guess it will be a very safe day to travel.
So no more blogs for awhile until we get back to Lake Tarawera,
Yesterday cleaned out Ruakiwi and packed the bags, seemed to be a lot of stuff. Terry has a set of special digital travel scales which meant that we were able to arrange the heavy stuff and keep all the bags under the 50lb allowance.
She was all set for the winter after having an oil change, then Ian and Terry took Ruakiwi to the storage yard and covered her over…..good bye for another year.
Sherry and I picked wild blackberries which are so abundant throughout Washington, have never seen so many huge berries just hanging off the vines, in no time at all we had filled a very large bowl which Sherry used to make a blackberry cobbler…so spoilt.
Dinner tonight at a Mexican restaurant was really good and we came home to a late desert of blackberry cobbler, amazing flavour.
Ian and Terry had a boys day today at Terry’s motorcycle club meeting and a visit to a vintage steam machine open day while Sherry and I had a great girls day with the Farmers Market and some retail therapy in some local stores. What a relaxing day. As always we have been so well looked after here in Anacortes, Sherry and Terry have just been so helpful and make the job of ending our trip so easy.
It has been three wonderful months of summer just cruising, a lifestyle we both enjoy but looking forward now to getting back to NZ and catching up with the family and our friends. We fly tomorrow from Seattle to San Francisco and then it is on the flight back to Auckland at 9.30 pm. With the 10th anniversary of 9/11 expecting heightened security through the airports, but guess it will be a very safe day to travel.
So no more blogs for awhile until we get back to Lake Tarawera,
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