Awake: 6:46am Temp 60 sleep 6+16 cloudy overnight @ Bothell, WA.
We attend 8:30am Mass @ Saint Brendan in Bothell, 7 min from our
campground. Then Kathy makes a veggie omelet for breakfast & afterward,
talks with Zack about today’s rendezvous.
We couldn’t resist watching “Dark Passage” with Lauren Bacall, Humphrey
Bogert, Bruce Bennett, etc late morning. It was too good to pass up.
Early afternoon e-mail reported one of our ole gang members (Rod) in
Anchorage had passed away this morning due to a heart attack. That was not
good news.
Late afternoon, we drive to Queen Anne Hill & to Zack’s rental house. Just
as we arrive, Nick, Eriko & Jerry are coming around the corner. 5 min
later, along comes Zack with 2 bags of groceries.
Zack volunteered to make us all a dinner tonight: starting with smoked
Gouda cheese, crackers & wine & leading up to a wonderful chicken teriyaki
with brown rice stir fry dinner. He had very little help from Kathy…..he
didn’t need it. He even did some of the dishes that he used to make the
meal but Nick & I begged him to let us clean up the rest. He struggled
with that thought for maybe a millisecond, then slowly nodded in
agreement. We all praised him highly for his “hidden talent.”
Then we guys do some scary jumping on the large trampoline in the back
yard, a first for me but not those other jumpers. All was fun until a
slight breeze blew Zack off course & something happened to his right knee.
We hope & pray it’s not serious.
Next adventure: ping-pong down in the basement where Zack (with the
injured knee) learns to move quickly & NOT feel pain on that right knee by
keeping it slightly bent. And I learned that these guys are not just
computer gurus, but quick, keen & artistic @ other challenging activities
as well.
Eriko took constant care of Jerry throughout the evening letting Nick take
a turn now & then. Jerry’s smile & attempts @ trying to talk with us were
most amusing. We have more pictures.
Back to our bus around 10:15.
Late satellite movie: “The Ref” with Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Kevin
Spacey, etc. A cocky cat burglar on the lam holds a squabbling yuppie
couple hostage on Christmas Eve & quickly learns he's gotten hiself into a
no-win situation. This caustic comedy is meatier than you might expect, so
keep on watching. 1994.
I should say a little about the movie: "Dark Passage." A rather engrossing
caper of escaped convict(Bogart)undergoing plastic surgery, hiding out @
Bacall's apartment till his face heals. We were amused @ how alert &
brilliant the detectives were in this story. 1947.
High temp=72 Lights out: 1:10am
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