Remodel

The Remodel is almost complete. We are so pleased

Trip to Entiat Park

Susie, Mac, and I set out to get some Big Horn Sheep pictures on Sunday but did not see one on this trip. Consequently, we decided to stop at Entiat Park to air Mac out. There was a big flock of those "evil" Canadian Geese there so Mac did his duty and cleared them out of the park. He does not understand why they can poop in the park and he can't. After they were all in the Columbia River Mac did his "Terrier Testosterone" dance to impress us. It was a fun day, and I am certain those geese are still shaking!

Diana Krall Concert

Susie & I took Terry & Marylou Johnson to the Diana Krall Concert at the St Michelle Winery on Saturday night. We had a wonderful time eating our dinner at the winery and drinking a fine Merlot. We spent the night in Kirkland and got up on Sunday and took a tour of the Magnolia area where Terry & Marylou used to live and had a wonderful brunch at Chinook's. Great weekend with no construction.

Still working on Photos

Here is another tease but I started out with about 4300 photos and have deleted my way down to 1200. This is so hard but I will make it.

We're Back from South Africa & Botswana!

We are back from South Africa & Botswana, and we had a wonderful time! We are now re-adjusting to the 9 hour time difference and trying to live in a house with a major remodel going on. I have a digital camera, and consequently, have too many pictures but here is one to tease you with.

South Africa & Botswana Adventure

We leave tomorrow for South Africa & Botswana! We are so excited to be going but not excited for the actual flight over there. There is a 9 hour time difference, and it will take us about 10 hours to fly from Seattle to London where we have a 5 hour layover. From London to Cape Town it is another 10 hours. I am exhausted just thinking about it. The following picture is from our 1987 trip to Kenya. I put it in to "tease" you about our trip!

YoChi Evening with Addy & Joseph

Most of our crowd takes Yoga or Tai Chi from Addy Hernandez, and we have been doing it for about 5 years. Addy and her husband, Joseph, own and operate KI Fighting Concepts which is a comprehensive martial arts business. The business includes the studio where we do our Yoga but also their home where they do martial arts retreats, corporate training, video & on-line training, and various publications (see kifightinconcepts.com) . With all the martial arts work, we in the YoChi Group have complained that we need equal treatment. Consequently, we were invited to their home overlooking Lake Chelan for a wonderful evening. The view of the Lake from their house is amazing!

The house and grounds were very special. They have lived here for over 20 years and have worked hard to make the home and grounds their own and the result is very "Zen Like." We all loved their house and felt amazingly comfortable there.

Addy and Joseph are very fit as you would expect from martial arts masters but with this gym I think we would all do better with our fitness.

Our group works with Addy and we had not met Joseph prior to this evening. I think that initially Joseph was wondering 'what the Hell' Addy had done to him, but once Susie started us on a "bodily function" discussion he decided that we were pretty cool!


We want to thank both Addy & Joseph (and Blue, the Chocolate Lab) for a wonderful evening at their home!