Our Scenic Trip through Washington

We stayed at my Sister Julie and Frank's home for a week following her Surprise Birthday Party. We slept in the guest bedroom upstairs. It was a beautiful king size bed they had just gotten from Kali .It was like the Bed in the Movie  "The King and I. "It was 4 feet off the ground and was a challenge for us to crawl into.Finally we got a box to stand on which helped. Still I ended up pulling Ron into the bed.

Ernest LeRon Derricott and wife Betty

Julie and Frank took us to the their new Stanwood Cupcake Shop.There we enjoyed Ice Cream Cones and Cupcakes. It was started by their Bishop and his wife recently. They were yummy. We helped her clean her house. We started to get colds from the wet weather and air. We watched DVD's with them every day to pass the time.  We left for home on Thursday Nov .11 th.

         Phoned my cousin Erna Derricott Hershey who lives in Vancouver, Washington. She told me a lot of family history about her family. Also that her brother Ernest LeRon Derricott was living in Salem, Oregon. So when we went through Salem I called him and we went and visited him and his wife Betty Anderson Derricott. He is Ron's age 70 now.He had his own Upholstery business, loves to cook and do wood working as a hobby. He made a beautiful patio kitchen with lots of cupboards. Lots of build in seating around the deck.

     Ron's Childhood Home in Roseburg,Oregon

They gave us a lot of family photos. Told us about Grandma Hildegarde Thelin who lived with them when they were children. She taught Ron how to sew when he was three years old by hand. Taught him to love green onions as a snack. Grandma died when Ron was seven years old.  She had been blind before her death but seems to manage fine. Grandma had diabetes and died peacefully from heart problems.

What BIG Tires we saw.
   We continued on our way home through Oregon, met Ron's cousins again, visited Barbara Robertson Elaine ,Don and Betty Reber. Stayed at Barbara's motor home that night. Then went to Grants Pass and stayed at Cheryl and Dave's for a night. We needed to get our car brakes fixed there. There were leaves all over the yards. It was Fall and everyone was complaining about all the work to clean them up. Stopped at the Olive Pit Store and stocked up Olives and oil.

  Drove to Kettleman stayed in a Hotel for two days to rest. We needed it.Drove straight home through California  on Monday. Saw lots of Windmills in California. We are back to Sunshine and Palm Trees. Arrived home at 7:30 p.m. We were glad to be back in our own bed.

Tacoma,Washington Dome
 Our daughters had surprised us again , they had repainted our living room walls beige and the ceiling, and the bedroom ceiling. They had rearranged all the pictures for me, took down the shelves in the living room.