Lanius Travels

  It’s almost time to be one the road again.  Bob and I with friends, Mary and Jim Russell took a 3 day trip to Lake Pleasant just to be sure every thing was working in the rig. Cactus in Bloom Mary and I in the Middle of our hike.  My first hike this year was only 4 miles round trip with no problems.  We did see the wild burros. Bob and I took our kayaks we got last year and we played around in the water some.   Then Mary and Jim decided to try these out. It looks like they wanted a little water fight. All in all it was a great trip and now we’re back in Happy Trails until May 16. We fly to South Padre for a few days to be with family.    Stay in touch, we’ll be posting again soon.

Well, it's been awhile since my last blog. It's New Year's Eve and I decided to bring things up to date. After leaving Washington, we went to San Diego to play Pickleball in the San Diego State Senior games. After a little over a week there, we headed to St. George, Utah for the Huntsmen World Senior Games. Spent 3 weeks there before we went to Happy Trails. The 1st week of November was the Nationals out at Sun City Festival. We didn't play, just helped put it on. Some very long long days. Back into the groove with all our friends. Next tournament was the Sun City Grand Skill Level Tournament. I played, but Bob only helped put it on. That was November 17-19th. On Saturday, November 20th, we put on the West Valley Senior Games. It was only one day, but a lot of fun and long. Thanksgiving we shared our meal with 300 or so other people in the Ballroom and then over to NC1 for desserts with 20 or 30 of our closest friends. On Monday, Nov 29th, we worked our first...

Well, the last two weeks were spent in La Conner, Washington with lots of pickleball friends. We had Happy Hours every night and a pot luck on Thursday. Probably 60 people at the pot luck. Play was great with old and new friends. There were players from Canadian and Arizona and those that live both places. Old friends from our past, Ken and Faye Ewbanks were there. Carolyn and John Davis showed up just to visit for the day and Prem and Don Coats were there for a couple of days. We hadn't seen these friends in 5 to 6 years. Really like old times. We need to thank Charles and Jackie West for organizing this event again this year. For more pictures go to my Face Book page.

Most of the week was just normal things, pickleball at Unruh's and visiting Bob's Mom in Snohomish and making my jewelry. Then on Friday, we went out with Zoe and Chuck Coplin on their boat to pick up crabs. We didn't get our limit, but did have a beautiful day on the water. We did get a some crabs as you can see. Afterward, we had dinner at the Coplins. More fun with good friends.

On Thursday, July 8th, we moved on to Tall Chief RV Resort outside of Fall city, Wa. This made us closer to all the indoor Pickleball. Let's see, we played at Bitterlake, Meadowbrook, Mercer Island, and Lakewood during our week here. Had a great time, and some great play. We saw lots of friends. Next we're back to Thurderbird in Monroe for family business. On Sunday and Monday, 18th and 19th, we helped Jen and Craig put down laminate flooring in their kitchen, den and living room. Great spending so much time with the family. Did make it back to Bitterlake for some more play. From Monroe, we moved to the Elks at Lakewood for the Washington Senior Games. I played with Betty Silver, and Bob played with Dennis Duey. I also played with Dennis in Mixed Doubles. We got and earned the Bronze. Lela and Mark took gold with Mitzu and Lance taking Silver. Bob and Suzie Walls came to watch the games and had the Silver's, the Duey's and us over for hamburgers after the games. On...

We got to Washington on July 1st, after spending 2 nights at the Spokane Elks' with Tom and Linda Harvey. In Thunderbird, we discovered that Pete and Toni Boehme. Toni had recently had her knee replacement so wasn't out and about much. They will be staying in this area as much as possible for therapy. Went and visited Bob's Mom. She's doing great and actually recognized us. She had misplaced her lower dentures so we now have the task of getting replacements. On Saturday, we went out to Hat Island with Craig (Bob's nephew) and his family. Craig, Jen and the kids, Hayden, Abby, and Grace are doing great. We had a beautiful day and a lot of fun.

On Monday, June 26, we went to Whitefish, Montana. Vance and Donna Christensen have a great court in their backyard. Linda and Tom Harvey, Linda and Owen and some other friends played for several hours. It was a great time.