September 12, 2009 – Bothell, WA

What a bunch of slugabeds this morning! Don didn’t get up until 7:30, I stayed down until 8:00, and Geri was a nine o’clocker. Everything was in low gear; Don and I didn’t get out for our morning walk until almost ten, and when we went to the park that we had gone to yesterday, it was wall-to-wall kids playing all kinds of sports. Not conducive to our kind of walking. We headed into downtown Bothell, and Don found a school with a big grassy area around it, and no kids. We had a very pleasant walk, and I found a few good places to roll in. When we got back to the rig, Geri and Don discussed the plans for the evening. Carol and Uncle Mikey the Magnificent were out playing golf with Gary again today, and it was decided that we would have the gang over to the coach for a cookout. So Don took off for his favorite butcher shop, Double D Meats in Mountlake Terrace, to get the makings for hamburgers. He came back with not only the hamburger meat, but a bunch of steaks, bratwurst, cold cuts, barbeque sauce, and mustard. He can’t be trusted to go there alone. Geri headed out for the local grocery to get the rest of the trimmings for dinner, leaving Don and I to set up the furniture outside the rig to accommodate the feast. When all the goodies were accumulated, we had the burgers, baked beans, coleslaw, a pasta salad, a bean salad, and a bunch of chips and dips.

The rest of the gang arrived just before seven, and we all feasted on the accumulated goodies; I was able to mooch several bites from well-meaning guests. After dinner, Geri distributed some of the fudge from the monastery we had visited in Oregon for dessert; I didn’t get any, ‘cause chocolate is very bad for me.

A kinda short, laid-back day, but fun, like we were really on vacation. Maybe we should do this more often!