ON THE ROAD AGAIN!

After THREE MONTHS in Tuolumne County = Graduation and Party,  Baby Shower for Brandon and Lauryn's baby due September 2nd,  FOUR piano jobs, TWO SERMONS for Tom,  a trip to Kennedy Meadows for a Saturday Lunch / early Father's Day, one bronchitis bug, and one sinus infection - which we both managed to succumb to for a week or two!  Lots of family time picking Ashleigh up from school before the week of Graduation - does ANYONE ride the school bus anymore?   Not by the looks of the pickup line and the traffic coming OUT of the High School.  Ashleigh is signed up for a couple of courses at Columbia Community College this fall =  photography and sign language!!  Two things she is really interested in learning more about and perfecting the skill respectivly.  Right now she is working diligently to pass the DMV test so she can go to Driving School!

The tomato plants had EIGHT baby tomatoes on them and the cherry plant had a couple as did the pepper plant.  The flowers were all in bloom for the weekend of the parties,  especially Tom's prize roses.  He has a real knack with the roses!  We were so pleased that Aunt Diana and Uncle John came from Colorado for Ashleigh's Graduation.  John enjoyed several trips to THE WOODS with Tom when he had to go and fix something!

I was so pleased that four or five couples, friends of son Tom, who have watched Ashleigh (and Brandon) grow up came to BOTH of the parties and even loaned tables and chairs, pop up sun/rain shades.  The Sunday Baby Shower did not start until 1 PM and a good thing as it RAINED about a half inch right at NOON.  That was only the second rain since our arrival just before Palm Sunday.

Our intended departure after the BIG WEEKEND was delayed by a bit of surgery for TOM -- a double hernia repair!  I told him this was IT, no more surgeries!!  He has been a good patient and the doctor had said that after six weeks he could increase his activity AS HE DEEMS POSSIBLE!  No holding him back NOW!! 

We had a beautiful day to tow the trailer over the 9,600 foot Sonora Pass yesterday, stopping to cool brakes and engine a couple of times and when Tom figured the gas mileage after we filled up at CostCo in Carson City Nevada, we got 8 mpg which is not a lot worse than our normal 10 mpg while towing the COUGAR!!  That was from the Bear Creek Station, near son Tom, where we filled up at $6.29 to CostCo where the 91 octane we use was $5.59.  We are hoping to get a DEAL at the Pitt River Tribal Station just north of Alturas CA.

We are at Susanville RVPark on Hiway 395 in CA for a couple of nights, then on to visit our friends in Alturas before camping at Lakeview OR, then deciding which route to take to Boise IDAHO.   We did see Kathleen at the Graduation Weekend, she even stayed with us in the COUGAR having brought her air mattress with her.  After we were up and the bed made, hers just moved to the bedroom, atop our bed!!  Where there is a will, there is a way.  

'Long, long ago in a land far away' we actually slept TEN PEOPLE in the 12x24 mountain cabin at Burland Ranchettes in Colorado by putting the chairs atop the dinette table and sleeping bags UNDER IT!!

Life is never dull with the Wandering Weathers, and I have had three or four good friends say that they envy us this lifestyle.  It does take some getting used to,  but so far we are still enjoying each other's company.  Last evening we watched an old Lucy Ball movie - The LONG LONG Trailer.  What a hoot!!

Unlike Lucy who COLLECTED LARGE ROCKS to remember their HONEYMOON trip, I just collect photos of all the knitting projects that I get done,  BEFORE sending them off to their recipients.  Tiny stitches made with LOVE AND PRAYERS for the intended -- wedding presents, birthday presents, baby presents, even the "signature Martha gifts" cotton washcloths!

Happy Trails...until we meet again!!