HappyTrails

40 years!

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Where we are parked

We have been staying in Issaquah, Washington as we deal with recent death of Jack's younger brother. Here is a link to some local information. Around Issaquah  We chose this location to be close to Seattle. There are only a few options and they are all fairly expensive. We investigated the Elks Lodge in Burien but it really didn't work for our purposes. Issaquah offers quite a few restaurants and shopping options. There are a Costco and Trader Joe's within a mile or so. We have had meals at Cuchina Cuchina and Pogacha which were very good. The sushi options are numerous but we weren't so impressed. I guess we are spoiled, having two excellent sushi places in our former home area. We are hoping to finish family and business matters soon and head back to California. Our schedule for traveling East has tightened and we will be passing up some of the places we had hoped to visit. It really seems that any plan we try to make is slapped down. I'm glad we are able to be flexible.

Planning

We are still in the Seattle area and we are deciding if we will move to a different location or head back to Humboldt. A memorial will be held for Rob in about a month so we need to consider that in our decision criteria.

On another topic.Clancy has been a bit mouthy in the last month. He nips in play but it can hurt and even draw blood. He is typically a sweet guy but inplay he gets aggressive. I was talking with a local resident and she told me about a canine training center very near our park. We've had an evaluation and been given some new training tips. It's already showing results.

Robbie

We miss you. Link to Rob's webpage: 

Very Sad News

It's very difficult to know how to post about this latest tragedy in our family. I'll just state the facts simply. While we were just about to reach the end of the work in clearing Jack's dads' house we received terrible news. Jack's younger brother, and his only sibling, died a week ago. We are In shock. We've arrived in Seattle where we will remain for some time. I have posted on Happy Trails about Rob' fabulous talent as a luthier. I linked to his website which is still online. It will take time to get through this event and to know what is next. 

updated post:  Here's a link to a post when we took Jack's Dad to see the shop 3 or 4 years ago.  It's sad to see these photos but it's sweet to remember how much Rob's Dad enjoyed seeing the shop that Rob built.
Family Views

Update

Clancy went to the vet for his neutering and came home with the
annoying collar. He's tolerating it fairly well. We're hoping he'll
be a little more mellow around Zak and Karen's Boston, Mavis.

We are almost finished here in Humboldt.

Happy Trails!

Almost finished...

Well a week or a little more and things should look much better and we can plan our departure.

We drove through a few tunnels on our travels West.

It's back...empty

We're still working. The dumpster is back because we still have
mounds of debris to get rid of. Looks like we will be here for longer
than we hoped. We're taking it day by day.



We are so looking forward to our next travel days.

Happy Trails!

Uh, oh - Mountain Lion?

We drove a mile to the bike/hike trail that parallels the Pacific Ocean in Humboldt. We like to walk a loop that takes about 40 minutes. This trail, Hammond, has a good variety, slight hills, paved walkway, steps to climb or descend... It also has some lovely views so on a nice day it gets a lot of traffic. As we arrived two women stopped us and asked if it was typical for warnings about Mountain Lions to be posted. Of course we hadn't been on the trail since last year and had never seen a posting like that. We made the decision not to take a chance that Clancy would be bait for a mountain lion and walked elsewhere that day.

Today is pickup day for the larger items being donated. Then we just have the remaining household items that everyone had three of or that are just not wanted by anyone. We filled the dumpster to it's capacity...not sure what we'll do with the last remaining stuff.

It's not fun...

A lifetime supply of binders and stuff collected since the 80's.