Lanius Travels

    I know it’s been almost a month since me last post, there’s really not much going on.  Due to no pickleball and mostly bad weather, we sort of just vegged until we moved to LaConner on the 18th of July. Bob was able to play pickleball with some of the regulars at LaConner. Joanne Browning came over a couple of mornings.  Rick and Linda (Linda is a ranger at Palm Springs during the winter Months) were there with Cindy and Phil, Dottie and Al, Dick and Bev, and some others.  I’m still not able to play due to a torn meniscus in my left knee.  I thought that my pain this summer was from weather and just old age, but I must have injured it since one morning when I went out for my regular walk, it was hurting worse and didn’t let up after getting it warmed up, just got worse so that I couldn’t do anything that didn’t hurt bad. The doctor that did my right knee 10 years ago was able to see me and after an MRI will be doing surgery on Aug. 9th.  So even...

  Well we made it across Stephens Pass to Monroe and to the Leisure Time Park there.  Got here on the 28th and since we were able to get full hookups and satellite ( a luxury in this park) we’ve decided to stay 2 weeks.  It’s only about 15 miles from Bob’s Mom so we can visit her and take care of business.  It’s about 30 miles to the nearest indoor court, but since the park is small (I can walk all the park twice going up and down the streets in 30 minutes) we have to go to get exercise. First business was going to see Mom and taking her to get some blood tests at the Clinic.  After a little ride, it was back to the home to check out her TV.  It died.  Thursday we went to Meadow Brook to play Pickleball.  Had a big group including Dennis, Bunny, Betty Silver, Lela Reed, Shirley Sikes, Carole Myers, Frank, Fran, Kris and Ted Koch and others we had met last year.  The weather is off and on with mostly off.  Had lunch with some of the gr...

  As we move west, our next stop is the Thousand Trails Park at Leavenworth, WA.   Anyone been there knows it’s 14 miles outside Leavenworth in the Lake Wenatchee National Forest.  We got there early on Sunday since we only had 80 miles to drive that day.  Luck was with us and we were able to get full hookups and find satellite for Direct TV.  It gets harder and harder here in the Northwest.                                                                                         Monday morning on my walk, I was able to take this...

We finally got away from Lewiston, ID on Tuesday  after the windshield wiper motor came in.  Got to Crescent Bar around 6:00 pm.  Beautiful weather and we got a spot facing the water.  The next day, we played around on the tennis court , pickleball of course, and then went out in the kayaks for a couple of hours.  Wednesday was windy and we couldn’t really do anything, but on Thursday and Friday,  Pickleball first, then a couple of hours of kayaking.  High 80’s during the day and 50’s at night.  It’s a rough life, but somebody has to do it.  We’re heading to Leavenworth today.

Now we’re in Lewiston, ID. We got here on Wednesday, June15th. Of course, we didn’t have to use our windshield wipers except to clean the windshield until we left Boise, heading for Lewiston. It’s raining, and they stop in mid stream. Luckily it’s not raining too hard and we’re able to see enough to get into town. On Thursday morning, we’re supposed to meet Jessie Dawson and some of the other pickleball players at the Airport Tennis courts to play. But we have to take the rig down to a shop to get the wipers fixed. You know, we’re in the Northwest now and need wipers, not like in Arizona. They order the part and instead of leaving on Sunday as planned, we’ll be leaving on Monday after they get the part in. Being retired, we just change our plans. Thursday is rainy, but not raining. We go meet the other players at the Lewiston High School to measure off the courts for play on Friday. It’s a small tournament, but some decent players. We didn’t have partners for the doubles,...

After Bryce Canyon, we thought about going up to the Grand Tetons, then over to see Wayne and Nancy in Clyde Park, MT. After checking the weather, we said “NO WAY” This was Friday, June 10th and it was going to snow in the Grand Tetons that weekend. So we headed to Idaho. Friends, Dennis and Linda Forbes, from Happy Trails came over to the RV Park on Sunday just to check in. On Monday, they picked us up and we headed to the Pickleball courts near their house. Dennis teaches and had around 14-15 players there. The courts are temporary courts on concrete slab, but they have 3 marked off. They had painted the lines on two tennis courts right next door the day before, but they needed to dry. Of course, I forgot my camera that day so no pictures. That evening, we had dinner at Dennis and Linda’s place in Eagle, ID. Nice time and good food, really enjoyed it. On Tuesday, we went to the only real pickleball court in town. Another Dennis has one in his back yard. IT is a very nic...

  On Tuesday after “The Wave” we headed out and went to Ruby Inn and RV Park right outside of Bryce Canyon.  Just rested for Tuesday Evening. Next morning we needed to rest my toes from hiking so just went over to Grosvenor Arch in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.   Have you ever seen Baby’s Breath on the plant, I hadn’t.  If you arrange flowers, this area has all the already dried flowers you need. Next we headed for Krodachrome State Park.  They were awarded the name by Kodak after National Geographic did a story on them severalyears back. Thursday, we hiked the Fairyland Trail in Bryce Canyon.  This is the most strenuous hike in Bryce, but is only a 8 mile loop.  The scenery was awesome.   There are so many pictures and so many views, that it’s hard to pick out which ones to post.  It was a fantastic hike with many ups and down.  We really enjoyed it. Today, we just took a 3 mile hike of the Navajo Loop and Queen...