After a great time with cousin Rhonda, we traveled thru Oregon and visited more relatives and friends and wound up at Vancouver WA for a few days visit with Duane and Elsie Kennedy. While there we rested and did a concert for their Senior Citizen group, the J.O.Y. (Just Older Youth) Club. What a good time we had there. We are now near Sumpter OR visiting with dear friends, Marty and Wayne Robb. They live way out in the woods and seem to be really isolated, but in reality are only 5 miles from Sumpter. It just seems like farther and they are surrounded by trees and have a lovely log house which they built. We have had a great time with them. Thursday was my birthday and our anniversary and we went to Weiser ID to the Old Time Fiddlers Contest . That was the day for the 14-18 year old competition and we saw lots of very talented young fiddlers, including our friend, James Schlender, aged 14. He was a crowd favorite. The Robbs took us out for birthday-anniversary lunch and I had the greatest hamburger I've ever had. Anybody who wants to have a great hamburger in Weiser ID, go to the Beehive Restaurant. On the way back home, at Baker City OR, we stopped for Blizzards at Dairy Queen. What a good day!! We rode the Sumpter Valley Train the next day and it was a real experience. It broke down and we had to wait for it to get up a head of steam again several times. It was fun. We did a concert at the Meadowbrook Nursing Home and one at McEwen Fellowship Church, both of which were lots of fun. We got to meet lots of new friends and sing for the Lord. The weather has been picture perfect for our whole trip. We couldn't ask for better. We'll be leaving here tomorrow for Milton-Freewater OR to visit friends, the Chinn's there and do a concert at their church. We've met so many great people on our travels. It seems as if the word great has been overused in this post, but it has been great! We go on from M-F to Kallispel, Montana, and then to Colorado for the rest of the summer. We're looking forward to seeing all our children and grandchildren there.
No comments:
Post a Comment